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The Boss's Baby
From secretary — to mistress!
When her fiance ditched her, Olivia's world was blown away — and with it her natural caution. She went to the office party and seduced her handsome boss!
Not that Lewis protested. His once prim and proper PA had turned into a wild, wanton woman and soon he and Olivia had more than just a working relationship — top of their agenda was making love!
But Olivia had a secret that she dared not tell Lewis — their first reckless encounter had led to more than just an affair: she was expecting his child!
When her fiance ditched her, Olivia's world was blown away — and with it her natural caution. She went to the office party and seduced her handsome boss!
Not that Lewis protested. His once prim and proper PA had turned into a wild, wanton woman and soon he and Olivia had more than just a working relationship — top of their agenda was making love!
But Olivia had a secret that she dared not tell Lewis — their first reckless encounter had led to more than just an affair: she was expecting his child!
187 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 1999
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Miranda Lee
815 books235 followersMaureen Mary was born on 1945 at Port Macquarie, a popular seaside town on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, and is the youngest of four children. Her sister was the novelist Wendy Brennan (Emma Darcy). Her father was a country school teacher and brilliant sportsman. Her mother was a talented dressmaker. When Miranda was ten, her father was transferred to Gosford, another coastal town in the countryside, much closer to Sydney. After leaving her convent school, she briefly studied the cello before moving to Sydney, where she embraced the emerging world of computers. Her career as a programmer ended after she married, had three daughters and bought a small acreage in a semi-rural community. Following this, she attempted greyhound training, as well as horse and goat breeding, but was left dissatisfied.
Miranda yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! It took a decade of trial and error before her first romance, After the Affair, was accepted and published. At that time, Miranda, her husband Tony, and her three daughters had moved back to the Central Coast, where they could enjoy the sun and the surf lifestyle once again. Not long into her writing career, Miranda committed herself to writing a six-book series entitled, The Hearts of Fire, with a deadline of just nine short months. Bravely, her husband left his executive position to stay home and support Miranda’s writing career. He learned to cook and to clean, two invaluable household skills. Numerous successful stories followed, each embodying Miranda’s trademark style: pacy and sexy rhythms; passionate, real-life characters; and enduring, memorable story lines. She has one credo when writing romances: Don’t bore the reader! Millions of fans world-wide agree she never does.
Miranda was the sister of the late author, Emma Darcy.
Miranda yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! It took a decade of trial and error before her first romance, After the Affair, was accepted and published. At that time, Miranda, her husband Tony, and her three daughters had moved back to the Central Coast, where they could enjoy the sun and the surf lifestyle once again. Not long into her writing career, Miranda committed herself to writing a six-book series entitled, The Hearts of Fire, with a deadline of just nine short months. Bravely, her husband left his executive position to stay home and support Miranda’s writing career. He learned to cook and to clean, two invaluable household skills. Numerous successful stories followed, each embodying Miranda’s trademark style: pacy and sexy rhythms; passionate, real-life characters; and enduring, memorable story lines. She has one credo when writing romances: Don’t bore the reader! Millions of fans world-wide agree she never does.
Miranda was the sister of the late author, Emma Darcy.
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June 4, 2019
Re The Boss's Baby - Miranda Lee does number eleven of the Expecting series with this quick little office romance outing.
When the book starts, the straitlaced and rather miserly h has been dumped by her fiance for a fun and frivolous French tart.
The h, who works for the inventor H as his buttoned up secretary, isn't really a hopeless killjoy, she just was poor growing up and wanted to have financial security for herself, her future husband and her children.
But French tarts have a way of driving immature pretty boy's off their heads, so the h is drowning her sorrows in champagne at the annual office Christmas party. When the office lothario tries to make a move and the h isn't impressed, she grabs an extra bottle and goes off to seduce her almost divorced inventor boss instead.
The h firmly shatters her staid and prim image and she really lets her hair down, among other things. The passion is purple and a very good time is had by both the H and h, until the champagne and the bad prawns the h ate during the party come back to haunt her.
The h is ill and wants the H to forget this night ever happened, but the H is astounded and seems really nice and keen on the h. However she is going to her family for Christmas for the next five weeks, and she think she might have to find another job after that.
The h finds out she is preggers while with her family and her mother tells her to wait a bit and then seduce her boss again so he will marry her. The h doesn't quite follow that advice, but the H is very keen to marry the h once he finds out about the baby.
The h and H get a visit from his soon to be ex wife during one of their passion events and she nastily tells the h that the H only wants what he wants when he wants it and that the H threw her out because she wanted to wait before having a baby.
The h isn't sure what to believe, because the H claims the ex-wife only wanted status and money and refused to start a family and that was not how she was going into the marriage.
Anyhows, the h vacillates a lot about the H and has a lot of back and forth in her own mind about if the H is really sincere or just taking advantage of a brood mare.
The H's mum helps the h resist the H's demands for marriage when she gifts the h with her very own flat with a garden in the apartment complex the H bought for his mother. The H gets tetchy when the h doesn't want to sleep with him after this and the h decides the H is an utter nematode snot snarfer who only wants sex and wants to dictate everything.
The H was feeling rejected himself, but he does feel bad for being snotty and he tries to apologize. The h isn't having any of it, until her ex-fiance shows up sans the French tart and wants to get back together.
The H gets all kinds of jealous and shouts at the ex snot toad fiance that he loves the h and the ex can't have her. The h melts at the fierce declaration and instantly declares her love and accepts the H's proposal.
There is a cute little epilogue where the H and h have a boy and everyone is delighted, because both the H and h's mother decided they were perfect for each other right away and we have a sweet little pink sparkles with a baby bonus HP HEA.
This one was pretty cute and very fluffy. Not a lot happens and the h is cranky a lot, but overall it is a pretty easy HPlandia outing.
When the book starts, the straitlaced and rather miserly h has been dumped by her fiance for a fun and frivolous French tart.
The h, who works for the inventor H as his buttoned up secretary, isn't really a hopeless killjoy, she just was poor growing up and wanted to have financial security for herself, her future husband and her children.
But French tarts have a way of driving immature pretty boy's off their heads, so the h is drowning her sorrows in champagne at the annual office Christmas party. When the office lothario tries to make a move and the h isn't impressed, she grabs an extra bottle and goes off to seduce her almost divorced inventor boss instead.
The h firmly shatters her staid and prim image and she really lets her hair down, among other things. The passion is purple and a very good time is had by both the H and h, until the champagne and the bad prawns the h ate during the party come back to haunt her.
The h is ill and wants the H to forget this night ever happened, but the H is astounded and seems really nice and keen on the h. However she is going to her family for Christmas for the next five weeks, and she think she might have to find another job after that.
The h finds out she is preggers while with her family and her mother tells her to wait a bit and then seduce her boss again so he will marry her. The h doesn't quite follow that advice, but the H is very keen to marry the h once he finds out about the baby.
The h and H get a visit from his soon to be ex wife during one of their passion events and she nastily tells the h that the H only wants what he wants when he wants it and that the H threw her out because she wanted to wait before having a baby.
The h isn't sure what to believe, because the H claims the ex-wife only wanted status and money and refused to start a family and that was not how she was going into the marriage.
Anyhows, the h vacillates a lot about the H and has a lot of back and forth in her own mind about if the H is really sincere or just taking advantage of a brood mare.
The H's mum helps the h resist the H's demands for marriage when she gifts the h with her very own flat with a garden in the apartment complex the H bought for his mother. The H gets tetchy when the h doesn't want to sleep with him after this and the h decides the H is an utter nematode snot snarfer who only wants sex and wants to dictate everything.
The H was feeling rejected himself, but he does feel bad for being snotty and he tries to apologize. The h isn't having any of it, until her ex-fiance shows up sans the French tart and wants to get back together.
The H gets all kinds of jealous and shouts at the ex snot toad fiance that he loves the h and the ex can't have her. The h melts at the fierce declaration and instantly declares her love and accepts the H's proposal.
There is a cute little epilogue where the H and h have a boy and everyone is delighted, because both the H and h's mother decided they were perfect for each other right away and we have a sweet little pink sparkles with a baby bonus HP HEA.
This one was pretty cute and very fluffy. Not a lot happens and the h is cranky a lot, but overall it is a pretty easy HPlandia outing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 6, 2019
Jilted heroine drinks to much at the office Christmas party and has a one night stand with boss. Pregnancy follows with the proud heroine sending mixed messages to the let's-do-it-again Hero.
The story was fine - just a bit predictable and saggy in the middle.
OM was appropriately creepy when he wanted a second chance. OW was bitchy, but had very little page time. The author also threw in the heroine's mother's backstory, the father's unemployment, a makeover with a fellow secretary, a meeting with hero's kind mother and an advertising campaign. That lack of focus took away from the romance, imo.
The story was fine - just a bit predictable and saggy in the middle.
OM was appropriately creepy when he wanted a second chance. OW was bitchy, but had very little page time. The author also threw in the heroine's mother's backstory, the father's unemployment, a makeover with a fellow secretary, a meeting with hero's kind mother and an advertising campaign. That lack of focus took away from the romance, imo.
January 26, 2013
Five stars for the story! One star for the title.
This was a truly enjoyable read about two individuals who are a bit jaded when it comes to love, relationships and commitments. They both have just come off very damaging relationships so their trust level is at an all time low. I thought the heroine was very well written. She was complex with insecurities, yet at the same time willing to stand up and make the right decisions (well most of the time). She gave as good as she got. The hero was well done too. He had his set of hangups, but that didn't stop him from being kind and generous.
There's a ton of tension...that kept me going till I finished it.
A wonderful surprise.
This was a truly enjoyable read about two individuals who are a bit jaded when it comes to love, relationships and commitments. They both have just come off very damaging relationships so their trust level is at an all time low. I thought the heroine was very well written. She was complex with insecurities, yet at the same time willing to stand up and make the right decisions (well most of the time). She gave as good as she got. The hero was well done too. He had his set of hangups, but that didn't stop him from being kind and generous.
There's a ton of tension...that kept me going till I finished it.
A wonderful surprise.
March 22, 2011
It was a fun n terrific read,
Olivia gets dumped, and then decides to turn the tables on a man. Not just any man - her boss, the rather conservative Lewis. He, too, is suffering after the breakup of his marriage. The rather mousey Olivia drops all her inhibitions with a few glasses of champagne at the office Christmas party and proceeds to seduce Lewis after they slip off to his office. As the alcohol wears off, Olivia is horrified and regretful. They both part to go on Christmas holiday with plans to "forget it ever happened." -- No such luck since Olivia finds herself pregnant! Lewis (after much persuasion on his part) manages to seduce Olivia back before finding out about the pregnancy. His (almost) ex-wife shows up once and insults and belittles Olivia. Since Olivia figures Lewis is on the rebound, she refuses his offer of marriage. All he cares about is the baby, right? How long will it take until he breaks through her defenses and convinces her he really does care?
There were some good secondary characters. Lewis's mother was great and promoted Olivia's independence, as long as she was independent nearby with the grandchild. Olivia's family was great too. For once, both main characters had normal loving childhoods
Liked the book,do read it
Recommend it
Olivia gets dumped, and then decides to turn the tables on a man. Not just any man - her boss, the rather conservative Lewis. He, too, is suffering after the breakup of his marriage. The rather mousey Olivia drops all her inhibitions with a few glasses of champagne at the office Christmas party and proceeds to seduce Lewis after they slip off to his office. As the alcohol wears off, Olivia is horrified and regretful. They both part to go on Christmas holiday with plans to "forget it ever happened." -- No such luck since Olivia finds herself pregnant! Lewis (after much persuasion on his part) manages to seduce Olivia back before finding out about the pregnancy. His (almost) ex-wife shows up once and insults and belittles Olivia. Since Olivia figures Lewis is on the rebound, she refuses his offer of marriage. All he cares about is the baby, right? How long will it take until he breaks through her defenses and convinces her he really does care?
There were some good secondary characters. Lewis's mother was great and promoted Olivia's independence, as long as she was independent nearby with the grandchild. Olivia's family was great too. For once, both main characters had normal loving childhoods
Liked the book,do read it
Recommend it
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June 24, 2018So, I’m not sure what to think of this hero.
I need other’s opinions, I think he was a bastard but learned from his mistakes, may be.
He told his ex wife not to come back if she goes to her work tour, she still does, he changes the locks of THEIR house and sends her stuff to her parents’ house which clearly started the separation process.
Now, the ex being a bitch does NOT change the fact that he is a chauvinistic asshole and a manipulative blackmailer, who doesn’t have ANY respect for women or women with career. And it’s his way or highway.
Now he does try to blackmail the heroine too emotionally except unlike with his ex-wife he doesn’t follow through with the threat, he’d never have followed through with it, and he was ready to apologise the next day.
However at the EOD, heroine did of course give up her working to be a stay home mum, and it sounded to me as though she did it to have peaceful relationship, because she also learned from the ex-wife’s mistakes.
This above doesn’t tell about a hero who respects women. It tells me he respects heroine, yes, but not women.
How is that acceptable, or do you think it IS in fact acceptable?
I am open to discussion about this one because I actually am not sure how I feel.
Yes, the ex is a bitch, she’s malicious and vengeful, and may be they had ongoing arguments before it leading up to the hero being a bastard.
But no matter what, is it acceptable for a man to demand their wife to have babies and give up the career and then so callously dismiss her when his demands are not met?
Even heroine couldn’t excuse his behaviour with rose-tinted glasses on.
However there’s also the fact, that you could see that yes, he IS in fact a snobbish manipulative bastard, who would resort to trying to blackmail the heroine, but if he fails he will go back and apologise rather than go along with his threat to save his pride. Unlike he did with his ex-wife. So he clearly didn’t live the ex like he loved the heroine, but as a woman, only the one the hero cares about on a personal level, deserves respect?
I need other’s opinions, I think he was a bastard but learned from his mistakes, may be.
He told his ex wife not to come back if she goes to her work tour, she still does, he changes the locks of THEIR house and sends her stuff to her parents’ house which clearly started the separation process.
Now, the ex being a bitch does NOT change the fact that he is a chauvinistic asshole and a manipulative blackmailer, who doesn’t have ANY respect for women or women with career. And it’s his way or highway.
Now he does try to blackmail the heroine too emotionally except unlike with his ex-wife he doesn’t follow through with the threat, he’d never have followed through with it, and he was ready to apologise the next day.
However at the EOD, heroine did of course give up her working to be a stay home mum, and it sounded to me as though she did it to have peaceful relationship, because she also learned from the ex-wife’s mistakes.
This above doesn’t tell about a hero who respects women. It tells me he respects heroine, yes, but not women.
How is that acceptable, or do you think it IS in fact acceptable?
I am open to discussion about this one because I actually am not sure how I feel.
Yes, the ex is a bitch, she’s malicious and vengeful, and may be they had ongoing arguments before it leading up to the hero being a bastard.
But no matter what, is it acceptable for a man to demand their wife to have babies and give up the career and then so callously dismiss her when his demands are not met?
Even heroine couldn’t excuse his behaviour with rose-tinted glasses on.
However there’s also the fact, that you could see that yes, he IS in fact a snobbish manipulative bastard, who would resort to trying to blackmail the heroine, but if he fails he will go back and apologise rather than go along with his threat to save his pride. Unlike he did with his ex-wife. So he clearly didn’t live the ex like he loved the heroine, but as a woman, only the one the hero cares about on a personal level, deserves respect?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 8, 2012
Rating 4.5
I loved this book, even the silliness of the heroine, her self-doubts, about herself the hero and herself, you see she had always been the planner in her life, sensible, dressing conservatively, saving money(since her family didn't have much), making plans but it all went to hell when the man she thought she would marry left her, called her boring and sexless, after feeling despondent she breaks out at her work party, lets her hair down, drinks and seduces her straight-laced boss and then finds herself pregnant.
I liked the hero a lot, he was kind of an intellectual and you could tell he cared for the heroine even when she acted all self-conscious, pushing him away.
I found the book fun and sweet.
I loved this book, even the silliness of the heroine, her self-doubts, about herself the hero and herself, you see she had always been the planner in her life, sensible, dressing conservatively, saving money(since her family didn't have much), making plans but it all went to hell when the man she thought she would marry left her, called her boring and sexless, after feeling despondent she breaks out at her work party, lets her hair down, drinks and seduces her straight-laced boss and then finds herself pregnant.
I liked the hero a lot, he was kind of an intellectual and you could tell he cared for the heroine even when she acted all self-conscious, pushing him away.
I found the book fun and sweet.
June 21, 2018
Just read Leona’s review and read this little gem! Wonderful love story you don’t want to miss! This book is a keeper. And the sweet epilogue melted my heart.
December 17, 2016
I really loved this book, it was beautiful! The emotions and the story were well written. It was simply easy as pie to fall in love with the hero and heroine. They had an amazing chemistry and I adored how brazen the heroine was in her sexual seduction of her boss. So HOT! The only thing I disliked was the heroine mothers attempts to get the heroine to make the hero marry her. I do understand it from the mother of the heroines point of view though. She was broke and trying to raise her children and apparently wanted better for them, so she was eager for her daughter the heroine to pursue the hero. I'm glad the heroine knew better and did it her way, it was refreshing. Loved the book!
April 7, 2014
Boring
This was an ok book. It jumped around and didn't seem able to finish a thought. I normally like this author, but I believe this is an older book before she found her rhythm. I had skipped to the end and it didn't grab my attention. I didn't understand why the heroine was so emotional. And her scene seducing her boss, I didn't understand WHY she was attracted to him in that moment when she was flirting with someone else. It seemed forced. It wasn't the worst book I've ever read but not the best. I hated that I paid for it.
This was an ok book. It jumped around and didn't seem able to finish a thought. I normally like this author, but I believe this is an older book before she found her rhythm. I had skipped to the end and it didn't grab my attention. I didn't understand why the heroine was so emotional. And her scene seducing her boss, I didn't understand WHY she was attracted to him in that moment when she was flirting with someone else. It seemed forced. It wasn't the worst book I've ever read but not the best. I hated that I paid for it.
April 4, 2009
Loved this book! How Olivia took charge and ravish her boss. The scene in the chesterfield and in the shower were scorching hot!
April 20, 2012
This was a solid read. Both characters were likable, good resolution.
May 7, 2021
This book earned 2 of its stars in the first 30 pages. Seriously, I would keep this book on hand just to reread those pages alone. Most of my review focuses on these pages....
Miranda Lee brings together a secretary and her boss in one of the best seduction scenes I have read. It happens around page 20 in the book. It was sexy, with humor and a conservative secretary who takes charge, embraces her womanhood, and pretty much stuns her boss into submission. The whole scene takes place at the office Christmas party. So who are the characters....
Heroine: Olivia, 27 years old, has been working for the hero for the past 18 months. She hasn’t been consciously harboring any feelings for her boss, as he was married and she was living with and engaged to her younger, first ever lover Nick. Ok let’s discuss Nick for a second....
OM- Nick 24, met the h when he was 22....both were virgins at the time...the relationship progressed to moving in together and resulted into an engagement...Nick being a typical 24 year old male decides the heroine’s vegemite sandwiches cannot compete with Yvettes croissants. He accuses the h of being boring in bed(the only place she has sex) and her ott planning skills has him in a house with a white picket fence, 2 kids, a station wagon and quite possibly a dog before he is 30. It’s too much for his developing brain to take in so he leaves the h, insults her, and moves on to a Porsche and French tart. I DO not excuse the om, but since I live next door to some 20 something males and get a first hand look into their daily shenanigans, I kind of get it🤦♀️!
Back to the heroine.....so the heroine is dumped by om, feels unattractive, boring and her plan for the perfect life by the time she is 30 seems to be off track. So what’s a girl to do, let her hair down, drink copious amounts of champagne and let her freak flag fly....
Hero - 34...in the process of divorcing his 25 year old blonde babe(she said all the right things to get the ring, but after the I do’s she changed her tune...false advertising!!!) His soon to be ex approved of the heroine as she was bookish and attached...the hero also warned the h that his wife was not a fan of the previous vivacious tart secretary. The hero, Lewis, started his business in a garage(Amway?) and produced men products...he is now branching out to include women products. He has a laboratory for his potions. (Ok sexy Aussie male in a lab coat, listens to show tunes hello Hugh Jackman!!!) He is a man who likes his men to be men and his women to be women. He is now watching his reserved secretary sashay around the dance floor with the resident lothario...he retreats to his office.
Heroine watches hero watch her...this is quite the turn on so she ramps up the sexuality quotient. Hero disappears and Heroine escapes the festivities with champagne glasses in hand to seek out her boss....these next quotes happen over several pages of seduction,...these are just a few...
“ Olivia you’re not just merry your sozzled”
A couple of paragraphs later.....
“ Olivia when you let your hair down you really let It down”
................
“Would you like to have sex with me Lewis?”
....................
“Shh...she murmured as she licked Lewis parched lips...you want me to, you know you do!”
His strangled swear word only made her smile. “Yes, soon she promised. “But first just lie back and enjoy” 😳😳😳
This seduction goes on for about 3 more pages...and it is awesome! I am woman hear me roar!!! I can just picture the hero, shocked into submission..., sweaty maybe even a little shaky with anticipation. ok so there is 150 pages more to go...
Our hero does a lot of great things throughout the story..... the h tells him about the baby after the 100 mark and after a soapy shower scene where the hero exercises some domination!(another good scene)
Family members are friendly, supportive.
The h and H only experience a slight hiccup along the way in their quest for an HEA.
OM and Ex OW rear their ugly heads to try and wreak some havoc (the ow gets in the h’s head, but OM’s visit only spurs the H into a very public declaration)
There is an epilogue...which I appreciate!!!
So you see most of the book is for you to read and discover on your own...but seriously the first 30 pages😉
Sorry, not sorry, love my 80’s...INXS-I need you Tonight
All you got is this moment
The twenty-first century's yesterday
You can care all you want
Everybody does yeah that's okay
So slide over here
And give me a moment
Your moves are so raw
I've got to let you know
I've got to let you know
You're one of my kind
I need you tonight
'Cause I'm not sleeping
There's something about you girl
That makes me sweat
Miranda Lee brings together a secretary and her boss in one of the best seduction scenes I have read. It happens around page 20 in the book. It was sexy, with humor and a conservative secretary who takes charge, embraces her womanhood, and pretty much stuns her boss into submission. The whole scene takes place at the office Christmas party. So who are the characters....
Heroine: Olivia, 27 years old, has been working for the hero for the past 18 months. She hasn’t been consciously harboring any feelings for her boss, as he was married and she was living with and engaged to her younger, first ever lover Nick. Ok let’s discuss Nick for a second....
OM- Nick 24, met the h when he was 22....both were virgins at the time...the relationship progressed to moving in together and resulted into an engagement...Nick being a typical 24 year old male decides the heroine’s vegemite sandwiches cannot compete with Yvettes croissants. He accuses the h of being boring in bed(the only place she has sex) and her ott planning skills has him in a house with a white picket fence, 2 kids, a station wagon and quite possibly a dog before he is 30. It’s too much for his developing brain to take in so he leaves the h, insults her, and moves on to a Porsche and French tart. I DO not excuse the om, but since I live next door to some 20 something males and get a first hand look into their daily shenanigans, I kind of get it🤦♀️!
Back to the heroine.....so the heroine is dumped by om, feels unattractive, boring and her plan for the perfect life by the time she is 30 seems to be off track. So what’s a girl to do, let her hair down, drink copious amounts of champagne and let her freak flag fly....
Hero - 34...in the process of divorcing his 25 year old blonde babe(she said all the right things to get the ring, but after the I do’s she changed her tune...false advertising!!!) His soon to be ex approved of the heroine as she was bookish and attached...the hero also warned the h that his wife was not a fan of the previous vivacious tart secretary. The hero, Lewis, started his business in a garage(Amway?) and produced men products...he is now branching out to include women products. He has a laboratory for his potions. (Ok sexy Aussie male in a lab coat, listens to show tunes hello Hugh Jackman!!!) He is a man who likes his men to be men and his women to be women. He is now watching his reserved secretary sashay around the dance floor with the resident lothario...he retreats to his office.
Heroine watches hero watch her...this is quite the turn on so she ramps up the sexuality quotient. Hero disappears and Heroine escapes the festivities with champagne glasses in hand to seek out her boss....these next quotes happen over several pages of seduction,...these are just a few...
“ Olivia you’re not just merry your sozzled”
A couple of paragraphs later.....
“ Olivia when you let your hair down you really let It down”
................
“Would you like to have sex with me Lewis?”
....................
“Shh...she murmured as she licked Lewis parched lips...you want me to, you know you do!”
His strangled swear word only made her smile. “Yes, soon she promised. “But first just lie back and enjoy” 😳😳😳
This seduction goes on for about 3 more pages...and it is awesome! I am woman hear me roar!!! I can just picture the hero, shocked into submission..., sweaty maybe even a little shaky with anticipation. ok so there is 150 pages more to go...
Our hero does a lot of great things throughout the story..... the h tells him about the baby after the 100 mark and after a soapy shower scene where the hero exercises some domination!(another good scene)
Family members are friendly, supportive.
The h and H only experience a slight hiccup along the way in their quest for an HEA.
OM and Ex OW rear their ugly heads to try and wreak some havoc (the ow gets in the h’s head, but OM’s visit only spurs the H into a very public declaration)
There is an epilogue...which I appreciate!!!
So you see most of the book is for you to read and discover on your own...but seriously the first 30 pages😉
Sorry, not sorry, love my 80’s...INXS-I need you Tonight
All you got is this moment
The twenty-first century's yesterday
You can care all you want
Everybody does yeah that's okay
So slide over here
And give me a moment
Your moves are so raw
I've got to let you know
I've got to let you know
You're one of my kind
I need you tonight
'Cause I'm not sleeping
There's something about you girl
That makes me sweat
April 18, 2021
I knew this book was going to be quite entertaining when the boyfriend dumps her on the first page, because "he wanted other women, women who knew that oral was not just a brand of toothbrush." I laughed out loud a number of times reading this, which was very refreshing from some of the older Harlequins I've read lately. I liked both of the main characters, the misunderstandings and conflicts they suffered felt pretty true to how real life couples interact. It wasn't a case of the H being just a horrible person the h decides she loves anyways for some reason. It was more of life happens to you while you're making plans and sometimes that's a very good thing. This is one I'll keep to re-read at some point.
February 21, 2024
Cute story-a sweet Harlequin romance on the cusp of change in Harlequins. Back when the books were becoming more in tune the times. Still same tried and true HQN formula but ideals set more in this century (or the last).
I liked that the main female character wasn’t a push over. Having a strong female was a breath of fresh air.
The chemistry between the main characters was off the charts. Leading to a cure and sweet HEA.
I liked that the main female character wasn’t a push over. Having a strong female was a breath of fresh air.
The chemistry between the main characters was off the charts. Leading to a cure and sweet HEA.
December 3, 2023
I didn't like it. I would prefer there to be dual POV to really get to know the hero and his true feelings throughout the story rather than heroine assuming what he's feeling.
I didn't like the heroine. P.
I didn't like the heroine. P.
January 3, 2019
3.5 stars
Relatively easy read. Some good bits, some that could have been better.
The ending was cut short in my opinion.
Relatively easy read. Some good bits, some that could have been better.
The ending was cut short in my opinion.
January 8, 2020
Miranda Lee books are special!
February 15, 2020
It was ayt. I didn't really like the female lead Olivia and Lewis was okay.She was boring.
August 14, 2025
este libro estaba abandonado en una cabina del Algarve y me lo leí en esas vacaciones pq es cortito, qué puta mofa es horrible!!
May 18, 2014
I don't even know why I bothered to read this a second time. There's no plot, the main character is an annoying special snowflake, who reeks of internalized misogyny and acts like if you're a woman who doesn't want marriage and kids you're the most selfish person in the world. The hero probably has some kind of personality disorder, because sometimes he's so nice and then he becomes a class A jerk. And, to put the cherry on top, both MCs use the word
feminism
like it's a synonym to man-hating witchcraft or something. It bothered me that Olivia was always on and on about how you shouldn't judge women by their looks but that's what she did the entire book. Also, me, laughing: now she doesn't want to see Lewis painted gold, then she is so desperately in love with him she aches puhlease with it. Not to mention that the entire dialogue is stunted and painful. If I wasn't cringing at it, I was laughing at how ridiculously awkward it sounded. Just... ugh.
July 16, 2012
I am a super sucker for the boss/secretary romances. Love them.
So amusing because I think it's beyond skeezy and skeevy as hell in real life. [Even office romances really, because omg messy.]
But here it's so great. Yay for fiction! Also the (slight) involvement of the co-workers was fun.
Really enjoyed such reasonable and realistic characters. Definitely recommend Miranda Lee to anyone who enjoys contemporary romances. I've totally acquired almost all of her back list and am working my way through it.
This book was written in 1998 but totally could work for **right now** - in fact I only checked because there is a scene that mentions a tape deck in the car, so I did a "double take" at that. In fact, I thought it did take place in ~2012. (Other than you know, the older cover.)
So amusing because I think it's beyond skeezy and skeevy as hell in real life. [Even office romances really, because omg messy.]
But here it's so great. Yay for fiction! Also the (slight) involvement of the co-workers was fun.
Really enjoyed such reasonable and realistic characters. Definitely recommend Miranda Lee to anyone who enjoys contemporary romances. I've totally acquired almost all of her back list and am working my way through it.
This book was written in 1998 but totally could work for **right now** - in fact I only checked because there is a scene that mentions a tape deck in the car, so I did a "double take" at that. In fact, I thought it did take place in ~2012. (Other than you know, the older cover.)
April 29, 2011
The Boss’s Baby is Miranda Lee’s 47th (approx) novel. After Olivia’s fiancé leaves her commenting that she lacks spontaneity, she seduces her boss, Lewis, after a bit too much champagne at the firm’s Christmas Party, partly to prove to herself that she isn’t dull and boring. Lewis then wants her as his mistress, until he discovers she is pregnant from their encounter, when he decides he wants to marry her. Of course Olivia doesn’t want to marry a man who doesn’t truly love her, and she’s convinced Lewis is still in love with his ex-wife. The sparks fly as two headstrong Aussies clash. Another enjoyable Aussie romance from Miranda Lee.
October 18, 2020
Falling In Love with the Boss
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ❤📖
The heroine Olivia get's her confidence knocked when her boyfriend dumps her for a more sexier woman. Then an out of character rebound sex session with the boss happens. This leads to a pregnancy neither Olivia or Lewis anticipated.
This story was well paced and kept me reading until the end. I definitely needed a fan to cool me down during the first sexual encounter between the two leading characters 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Definitely recommended
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ❤📖
The heroine Olivia get's her confidence knocked when her boyfriend dumps her for a more sexier woman. Then an out of character rebound sex session with the boss happens. This leads to a pregnancy neither Olivia or Lewis anticipated.
This story was well paced and kept me reading until the end. I definitely needed a fan to cool me down during the first sexual encounter between the two leading characters 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Definitely recommended
February 5, 2011
It was just okay. I wanted to like this one but found some of the characters a bit inconsistent and over the top...even for this genre.
Read
May 20, 2011too old fashioned/dated for me
November 6, 2012
Good book
June 1, 2015
I thought this book was really terrific.Great read and I couldn't put if down.
September 2, 2008
The Boss's Baby (Expecting) (Harlequin Presents, No. 2064) by Miranda Lee (1999)
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