Dial B for Billionaire

Curves & Capital #1

by Megan Wade

One wrong number. One billion-dollar complication.LAYLA
I never meant to give him my mother's phone number. But when a jaw-droppingly gorgeous stranger asks for my digits at a street festival, my sweaty fingers transpose the last two numbers. Now he's accidentally texting my recently-separated mom instead of me. My bad. I figure I've blown my chance with Chicago's hottest mystery man. Until I walk into my father's boardroom and discover that same man is Bennett Mercer—billionaire CEO and the corporate raider about to dismantle my family's company. The same man who's looking at me like I deliberately played him. The same man I still can't stop thinking about.

BENNETT
I don't get played. I'm the one who makes the rules, closes the deals, and walks away with exactly what I want. So when I text the captivating woman from the festival and end up exchanging messages with someone completely different, I know I've been given a fake number. When that woman turns out to be the daughter of my latest acquisition target, my suspicions are confirmed. What I don't expect is for her fierce defense of her father's legacy to make me question everything I've built. She's a complication I never saw coming. A temptation I can't afford. And possibly the one thing I can't live without.

A steamy, laugh-out-loud billionaire romance featuring enemies-to-lovers, workplace romance, forced proximity, wrong number hilarity, a curvy heroine who won't back down, and a CEO who learns that the most valuable asset isn't on any balance sheet. Perfect for fans of grumpy/sunshine, high-stakes passion, and opposites attract romance.

As with all Megan Wade books, this BBW Billionaire romantic comedy comes with her Sugar Promise. High heat, low drama, guaranteed.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Plus Size, Billionaires, Contemporary, Billionaire Romance

442 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 15, 2025

About the author

Megan Wade is a USA Today Bestselling Author of curvy billionaire romance featuring confident plus-size heroines and alpha heroes who adore them. With 70+ books published, she's known for steamy love stories with guaranteed happily ever afters. Her signature style: high heat, low drama, and heroines who never have to shrink to find love.

Reviews

[Rachel Santillan]

Don’t judge me okay- the title and cover 🤢 is embarrassing and I would never read in public 😆 thank goodness for an e-reader 😉 another hot mess express I found myself reading and I couldn’t stop. The girl squad is great, the banter is fun, the groveling and spoiling, even better - the dads outburst in the boardroom 😳!!! Even I was shocked!
Was this a great written story, no, but it was fun and I enjoy easy reads after a long day of corporate BS myself.

[Chaos]

I was enjoying every single bit of this book until their misunderstanding on page 294. 100 pages from the HEA and the misunderstanding ruins it all. Literally there was no reason for Layla to react the way she did. Its a corporate take over. Jobs will be lost. Her father is the one that messed up everything yet she blames Bennett for the jobs that will be lost. It gives off very naive vibes for someone whose supposed to be super intelligent and level headed. Bennett i liked. Even with some of his coldness, he genuinely tried with layla. They had several misunderstandings but the big one was so out of character for both Layla and Bennett. I expect much more out of both of them but especially Layla. Disappointed but I will read more from this author. I was addicted from the start.

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

Layla doesn't know anything about Bennet when she first sees him at the festival but she feels an instant connection. He asks for her number but then never comtacts her.
When a beautiful woman approaches him at the festival, she's adorably flustered but doesn't seem to know who he is. After getting her number, he can't wait to text her, only to reach a completely different woman. But when she turns up again unexpectedly in the boardroom of a company he's trying to acquire, he's hurt and angry that she gave him the wrong number until he learns it was an honest mistake. Now getting involved with Layla would cause too many complications with the merger, but he can't seem to keep her off his mind.
This was a sweet office romance with a man who's controlled in the boardroom, but wild in the bedroom. Despite his wealth, he and Layla have so much in common and are so great together. He's an unexpected golden retriever character and their story was fun to read.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Emily Westfall]

Do we not proofread anymore?

Story line was ok but seriously lacks research. The pictured woman on the cover is a plus size woman with a bigger chest. A woman who would never wear a spaghetti strap silk dress to a gala. Let alone any type of dress without shape wear and a bra. To make it worse the grammar is atrocious. Wrong words used. Past tense and present tense words mistaken. Some sentences completely missing a word. Almost became my first ever DNF because it was that bad. Do better!

[Jackie]

I was confused for a minute

The book was ok but there was a moment that I'm not sure I read wrong or what. But there is inconsistency in Bennett's story of his parents literally one page apart. I don't want to spoil it so I won't say but it threw me off so bad that I could not stop thinking about it.

[Brandy Mainwaring]

This was good. Not outstanding or great. Just good. Unremarkable.

[Ros]

3.5 stars

[Whiskers & Waffles]

Bennett & Layla

This starts off with a mistake/misunderstanding that equals one fantastic meet cute. I really like both Bennett and Layla and how they navigate their relationship with everything else they are going through in business. I couldn’t put this book down - it had amazing banter, was very steamy, had great romance. It just had everything I was looking for.


I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Connie]

I went into Dial B for Billionaire by Megan Wade expecting a fun billionaire romp, but what I got was a high-stakes, boardroom-burning romance that had me hooked from the very first wrong-number mishap. You know that electric meet-cute that makes you believe in fate? I felt that when Layla accidentally gives Bennett the wrong number, and watching that tiny mistake snowball into a corporate war had me clutching my Kindle. I loved how Layla shows up for her father’s company and her team—she’s brilliant, plus-size, and unapologetically fierce—and I was completely here for it. Bennett, the ruthless CEO with a soft center buried under billion-dollar armor, gave me all the grumpy sunshine tension I crave. The secret phone calls and stolen penthouse moments? Absolutely delicious. This book was a solid 3.5 stars for me because while I was totally down for their chemistry and emotional growth, I wanted just a little more depth in a few key moments to push it into unforgettable territory.
Now let’s talk about that dreaded third-act breakup—because you and I both know it’s coming. I was riding high on their forbidden workplace romance until someone refused to communicate, and I found myself whisper-screaming, “Just talk to each other!” They had already proven they could negotiate billion-dollar deals, so watching them stumble over honesty felt frustrating in the most loving way. Still, I can’t deny that the fallout made the eventual reconciliation sweeter, and when Bennett finally understands that building something real matters more than winning, I felt that redemption arc land. The grand gesture gave me the emotional payoff I needed, even if I wish we could have skipped the avoidable heartbreak. If you love enemies-to-lovers with real corporate stakes, steam that doesn’t hold back, and a hero who has to truly change instead of just apologize, I think you’ll have a very good time with this one—just be ready to survive that communication breakdown right along with me.

[Ms. Shawn]

Layla Carmichael just became the Chief Operations Officer of Carmichael Innovations. Serena Morgan has been her best friend since they met at Northwestern. Layla has been running the company for the last three months while her father has been tinkering away in the R&D lab. Layla, Serena and their friend Audrey, who works in the lab at the company, are at a street festival. Serena sees a good-looking man staring at Layla. Serena basically dares Layla to go talk to him.

Layla goes up to him and they chat for a few moments. Then a friend of his comes up and tells him that he has to leave to take care of a problem with the Tokyo merger. He thrust his phone at Layla and asks for her number. She thinks she put in the right number but does not put a name. He tries texting the number that night, but it turns out Layla gave him the wrong number. He thinks it was on purpose.

In the meantime, Layla is upset that festival guy never contacted her. It is a month later and all Layla has been doing is work. The company is slowly bleeding money. Her father has called an emergency board meeting. Her father has decided to consider an acquisition offer. The interested company will be arriving any minute to present their pitch. Layla can not believe her father blind sided her about this.

Bennett Mercer is the CEO of Mercer Capital. He walks into the board room with his council, Caleb Kingsley. Both Bennett and Layla are confused at seeing each other. They both feel betrayed by the other. Layla thinks Bennett knew who she was all along. Bennett is still upset because he thinks Layla gave him the wrong number on purpose.

What a mess this was between Bennett and Layla. Good story.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Tiffany Hill]

**Wrong Number**

"Dial B for Billionaire" is the first book in the Curves & Capital series. While at a street festival with her friends, Layla sees a hot guy and bravely approaches him to strike up a conversation. However, when it comes time to give him her number, she accidentally provides the wrong one. After calling an unknown number, Bennett is upset, thinking that Layla deliberately gave him the wrong number.

As fate would have it, Bennett is the man who is taking over Layla's father's company, which will lead to the layoff of most employees, including Layla and her father. Despite both trying to deny their attraction to each other, they eventually give in to their feelings, and the workplace gossip surrounding them only adds to the tension. Their chemistry is incredibly intense, making the office dynamic even more complicated. Bennett realizes there is more to life than simply stripping down a company for a merger, and he begins to work on a way to save Layla's father's business.

The characters are well-developed, with the supporting cast adding depth to this intricately crafted world. The witty banter between the characters will have you laughing, and the fast-paced storyline will keep you glued to the pages. With its spicy moments and workplace drama, you'll find yourself reading this book in one sitting. I look forward to the next installment in the series!

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Amanda]

This was a fun read with a determined FMC and a MMC who definitely needed someone to remind him to slow down and see the human side of the businesses he was aquiring. Layla meets a hot mystery man with a symmetrical face (iykyk) and then accidentally gives him the wrong number and figures she'll never see him again, only to find out he is the man who has bought her father's failing business. He thinks she did it on purpose until she explains the mix up. Fireworks ensue as she fights to keep her team employed during the integration and their chemistry is very noticeable by everyone in the office, apparently there are no rules against fraternization at the company lol. Overall there were a lot of great spicy scenes that were very spicy and a lot of great banter. The side characters also felt very fleshed out which makes sense given it's part of a series and they all got their own books so you are invested in their stories already. I do feel like Layla forgives Bennett (MMC) a little too quickly after the predictable 3rd act breakup. He could have done a bit more groveling in my opinion, especially after the argument during the confrontation. I do understand that things had to move a little quickly because of the book's timeline, but it felt a little rushed. Overall I enjoyed the book and finished it in only a couple of days so I definitely recommend, just next time make the man actually grovel! Lol

[Rainbowlovesbooks]

Dial B for Billionaire is the first book of the Curves and Capital series.

Layla meets a mysterious man but instead of inputting her number in his phone she swaps the last 2 digits round.
Feeling rejected by the beautiful stranger imagine her surprise when he walks into their acquisition meeting and is actually the man buying her fathers company.
Bennett reaches out to Layla the evening they meet at the street festival, only the number he's been given isn't Layla's. Feeling led on he's just as surprised as Layla when their eyes meet in the board room. Thinking was a ruse by Layla to get close to him he deep dives into her history and plans on replacing her.

Another chance meeting at a rooftop bar however answers both their questions when it turns out Lalya gave Bennett the wrong number, and she knows he messaged because the number he had was her mother's (I laughed so hard at this).

The chemistry between Layla and Bennett is off the charts, and watching it unfold was great. Seeing the protective side come out of Bennett was a nice character break from his cool and calm boardroom personality. I enjoyed the build up, and the steamy scenes but ultimately I loved how they were as a couple. I also enjoyed the Wright Media Easter egg.

5 star read, great start to the series, and can't wait for more.

[Dee]

Hang on you won’t want to put this one you will be reading it until the last page mad at yourself for staying up to read it to the very last page because that darn Megan Wade gets you every single time! Layla is really a shy girl rarely steps out to do something out of the norm but when she is out with friends, she sees a sexy guy gives him her number but accidently mix up the last two number which to be her mother’s phone number, and it leaves her wondering why he never called her second guessing herself. Bennett sexy as all get out billionaire is a man who rarely hears the word no, wonder who the beautiful girl is that gave him the wrong number a little peeved with her but in town to rip her father’s company apart and sell it of course he didn’t know it was her father’s company but his goal none the less. The magnetic pull is there from the beginning both ignoring it especially with her knowing why he is there but the more they ignore it the stronger it grows everyone around them can feel it until they give in but one misunderstanding bring them closer or tear them apart, will they learn each other a little better, will he continue his goal of demolishing her father’s company, and will there happiness somewhere along the way?

[Lisa Ann D.]

“You’re not a villain.” I prop myself up to look at him. “Complicated? Yes.
Frustrating? Absolutely. But not a villain.”
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Dial B for Billionaire (Curves &
Capital #1) by Megan Wade


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I don’t dislike the insta-love trope- I know it’s a heated debate for book lovers- but dear mother earth… you gotta give me some heat/spark/magic to back it up & make me believe it. Unfortunately, I felt nothing magical when these 2 first met. Yes, shortly thereafter it was present & believable. But not at first.


Otherwise I did enjoy this novel. Give me inclusion of any type and m on board. Love a curvy big woman that’s strong and powerful. Layla is a great example. Now our dear MMC Bennett is dreamy and all things that spark a love in the reader’s heart.


Did I love this book? Maybe not “love”. I did enjoy it. There were some really good things scattered throughout. I never felt the tension or excitement that I needed to fall headfirst into the story. Good but not great.

Willing to try another book by the author later on.
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“Touch me. Like you wanted to last night.
Like you’ve been thinking about all day.”


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`*•★• Happy reading ┊┊┊┊ ➶ ❁۪ ｡˚

[leila braga]

então... é um amor bem bacana, se você é das que curte toda aquela possessividade, o cara sendo extra gastando uma quantidade de dinheiro exorbitante com a dona e tal...

a autora escreve até bem, sendo que todo mundo fala meio que em código? tipo, todas as personagens são os bixão do mundo corporativo, daí elas saem todas falando "isso não é um encontro, é um hostile takeover".
na cena lá que o cara vê a dona no bar por acaso e decide continuar sentado, embora tivesse acabado de dizer que ia embora. o amigo pergunta:

“Settling in?”

“Monitoring an active variable.”

É. ASSIM. O. TEMPO. INTEIRO. e, veja, não é que as colocações sejam ruins, mas é demais demais demais.
acho que não tem uma sentença que seja apenas "isso aqui é isso". sabe? senti que o livro tava querendo ser muito engraçadinho e espertinho o tempo inteiro? e deu muita agonia.

aí é isso, não é ruim, mas se esforçou demais pra ser engraçado e não funfou. SEM FALAR QUE É IMENSOOOO! daí ficou cansativo :\

o hot é topster e tem muito rs
e ver personagens plus size sempre me alegram bastante <3

p.s.: eu li este livro pq o nome da protagonista é Layla? sim, sim, com certeza

[Siobhan D]

Layla is a shy, brilliant woman who is out with her friends when she sees the most gorgeous stranger at a street festival. Feeling brave she goes up to him and she gives him her number. One problem she transpose the last two numbers. Her mother’s number. The handsome man is Bennett, who is used of getting his own way and is angry/hurt when he believes the gorgeous woman that he met give him the wrong number on purpose.
Fate has her plans when Bennett is the man who is taking over Layla’s father’s company to strip it. Oh the fun begins. The attraction is strong and everyone can feel it. With a a spreadsheet going around and the two of them first fighting the feeling. Slowly working together the two give in and become very hot and heavy.
I loved how these two are truthful about their feelings but with a misunderstanding that can derail their budding relationship both must learn to listen and but hurts behind them.

The chemistry is off the charts, so is the spice. Brilliant plot and great sub characters. Dare you not to fall in love with them all.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Curvy Girl Book Nerd (Jen S)]

Dial B for Billionaire is Book 1 of the Curves & Capital series. It's a steamy, instalove, OTT, age-gap, opposites-attract, curvy girl gets her billionaire office romance. Layla is a smart and sassy COO for her father's tech company. Bennett is a hunky, slightly grumpy, intense, billionaire businessman all about the bottom line. He and Layla meet at a street festival and their attraction is instant. She gives him her phone number when he has to rush off, not realizing she has transposed 2 digits as her and her mother's numbers are almost identical. Bennett thinks she gave him the wrong number, and Layla thinks he ghosted her. Fast forward weeks later and he is acquiring her father's company and is cold to her, thinking he was played. Wow, I loved this book so much. The chemistry between these two was pure fire. They had communication issues at times and there was some serious angst before we got our HEA, but it was so good. Watching Layla fight for her people and Bennett fighting for her was everything. I can't wait for Serena and Caleb's story next!! Please tell me Audrey and Logan will get a story too! And Dominic and Jenna!! Please!

[Knight Linda]

A wonderfully written story that was so good and engaging it was difficult to put down. Layla first met Bennett at a fair, and she was so nervous when she gave him her number she transposed two of the numbers by accident giving him her mother's phone number. When he tried the number he discovered it was the wrong number. He thought she was playing him. A couple of weeks later, they ended up together in a buy out meeting, where his company was buying her dad's company. Bennett was really mad, because he thought Layla was playing games with him. Layla was furious with her father for not telling her about the buy out. She knew the company was in trouble, but he could have given her a heads up. Now as COO she needed to see how many jobs of their people she would be able to save. Bennett and Layla had an electrifying chemistry. They both thought about the other one continuously. Bennett was hardly able to do his job, he day dreamed so much about Layla.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Paige]

This was like an insta love and a slow burn at the same time and I loved it! The character development for emotionally stunted corporate shark Bennett was so fascinating to watch. I really enjoyed about much he adjusted not only himself to be a better man, but also how he did business because of Layla. Layla was fearless and fought for those who worked for her as well as her fathers legacy. I loved their banter between themselves and with their friends, and I adored how much he loved and respected her because of her mind as well. Their wrong number/forbidden love story was adorable with so much romance and steam. It was perfect! No cheating or OM/OW drama, birth control but no condom use, dual POV, third act break up for about a week, grand gesture, HEA and an epilogue in the future. Can’t wait to see how Caleb finally gets his girl! Their legal flirting has been so funny already and I can’t wait for more.

[Amanda Reads]

This was such a good story. It had the best Main characters in Layla and Bennett.
Layla is not one to back down, especially when it involves people she loves or cares about. She understands that business has to be about more than money. It has to be about people... But she is now in the fight of her life because Bennett doesn't see it that way.
Bennett hasn't made it as one of the hardest working billionaire's without sacrifices... Mainly his social life and definitely his love life. He's shocked when he sees Layla across a room. But at the end of the night, she accidentally gives him the wrong phone number... She doesn't realize at first and he thinks she didn't really want anything to do with him. Can they both realize that it was an honest mistake? Will they be able to work together? Will the big bad billionaire grovel to get back the one person who has truly seen him for who he is? Will Layla be able to forgive Bennett when secrets come out?
4⭐
3🌶

[Marilyn]

Dial B for Billionaire by Megan Wade is a fantastic read. This workplace, wrong number, opposites attract is the perfect billionaire story. It is entertaining from start to finish with its wealth of good writing, wonderful characters and friendships, splashes of humor, and heartfelt emotions. I loved Layla & Bennett from their first meet. Layla is independent, strong, smart, and has a kind heart. Bennett is more gruff, smart, determined, and self-assured… until he meets Layla. They make a dynamic couple that grow as individuals and as a couple as their story and spicy interactions progress. I also love their friendship connections which, I feel, makes the story even more engaging.
This is my first time reading from this author and it won’t be my last. Dial B for Billionaire is part of the Curves & Capital series.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Estee Carson]

He falls first

They both fall for each other but she is so nervous she mixes up the last two numbers of her phone number so she is hurt he never calls and he does text her, only he realized it's not her at all. He feels played, given the wrong number. Then he shows up in her boardroom as the man buying out her father's company for less than it's worth, saving them from bankruptcy. He's icy cold to her, she's hurt and returns it.
They have to spend the next year working together and although they're both hurt and angry they both still have insane chemistry and can't keep their thoughts pure.
When they finally give in Boom hot, sexy and he definitely falls harder because she's angry he's trying to dismantle her father's company. She cares about the employees, he's hiding the fact they will cut 90% of her people when she finds out...uh oh.
Must read, best friends who are fun additions and have their own chemistry.
No cheating, no other person or ex. HEA guaranteed.

[Karen]

I really enjoyed Bennett and Laylas book. It was very entertaining, emotional, funny, and steamy.

The characters were all amazing and I can't wait to read their upcoming stories.

Bennett is a CEO of his company that takes over other companies and eventually closes them down. However with Laylas company she has him see things in a different way.

Layla is the COO of her father's company and soon finds it is being bought and is completely blindsided. Little does she know that the man that is buying the company is one she has had a run in with before.

Layla and Bennett have a connection and an instant attraction to one another. They can't keep their hands off on another and soon they are distracted at work, in meetings, and have so much love for one another. Layla knows what to do with that love, express it, Bennett does not.

Great characters, great story, great world building. I can't wait for more books in the series!

[ash ✨]

kindle: 2.5⭐️ rounding down because as much as I did enjoy this story, I do think its flaws pulled me out of the experience quite a few times. It felt like the characters were incredibly underdeveloped (or maybe just poorly developed); multiple plot points felt out of place, like they were happening for the trope but didn’t actually make sense or feel believable for the characters as we were given them (her dad and Caleb mainly, but also Layla and Bennett)

also, and this is just an inevitable flaw with any billionaire story– as Layla says so eloquently herself, “There's no such thing as a benevolent billionaire, is there? Your money comes from destroying lives. I knew that.“ Even after Bennett made his grand gesture and changed things for Layla’s company, I do feel like their general/overall value differences make it hard to buy in to a relationship here

all that being said, I am going to keep on with the series haha

[Rivard, Marie-Chantale]

Good except for her mother comment

It’s good but the drama happened at 75% of the book and only last for 3 chapitres. I am very disappointed about the implication of her mother. She was heartbroken because Bennett lied to her and her mother told her it was her fault. It was her fault that she felt this way. Why does a women who write book for women want the discours to stick that everything is a women fault? He lied to her, he watch her worked hard to find a way foward together while he watch knowing it won’t happen. Everyone at Mercer corporation knew and she made a fool of herself while he said nothing, but hey it’s her fault because she cares about the compagnie and the people. Because of the mother there is like 0 grovelling, she has forgiving him before he does anything. The a shame that a women in plus size book still put the blame on women for a man action. I love that she choose him anyway, that’s a cute character with a golden heart.

[Jillian Cori lippert]

The book was okay. Good but not great. I was disappointed that it was billed as a BBW romance, but I never got the sense the FMC was a BBW. There was lots of explicit sex. It was well written but there was too much sex. I felt like there wasn't much story to go along with all the sex. What story there was, was predictable. Only one of the supporting characters had much development. I don't think the author has ever been to Europe. She didn't seem to have much of a concept of the amount of time it takes to fly from Chicago to anywhere in Europe. At one point, the FMC thinks they may have flown to the Bahamas. The time it takes to fly to the Bahamas is significantly shorter than the time it takes to fly to Europe. Will I read any more of the books in the series? Probably not. There are too many really great books waiting to be read for me to spend more time on books by this author.

[Victoria]

4.5 stars.

Oh my, what a story this was, once I started I just couldn't put it down, and I am so eager to read book 2 now. The dance that Layla and Bennett did was one full of connection, chemistry, passion, wants, desires, secrets, misunderstandings, gossip, family drama, doubts and some really good friends. I really enjoyed the development Bennett's character went through and the support he had during this. I have smiled, chuckled, sighed, cried and gasped reading this, my attention never waived. I hope to see more of these two during this series, to see how things turn out for Serena and Caleb, if anything happens with Audrey and Logan, and also if there is a story to be told between Jenna and Dominic.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[GetLitWithRae]

Dial B for Billionaire is a sweet and funny romance that’s equal parts adorable and spicy.

I loved the instant chemistry between Layla and Bennett — it had that insta-love energy with just enough depth and tension to keep me invested. The supporting cast (Layla’s best friends Serena and Audrey, and Bennett’s friend Caleb) added warmth and humor throughout.

Their meet-cute at the fair leads to a hilarious misunderstanding when Layla accidentally gives Bennett the wrong phone number, causing miscommunication and mistrust. When fate brings them back together through her father’s company, the sparks reignite — but will they choose professionalism or love?

A charming, feel-good read that’s perfect for romance lovers looking for something light, flirty, and heartwarming.

I received this book from BookSprout in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

[C Schmidt]

This is the story of Bennett and Layla and my first by this author. It was okay, but I DNF at page 358 after their misunderstanding and getting back together. I just didn’t have enough interest to get to the finish line. This book was insta-love after meeting initially at a bar and then later when Bennetts company seeks a takeover of Layla’s father mismanaged company. It seemed just all too familiar and really this plot is overdone imo.

As I said, it was okay. It’s very vanilla, very monotone… not really much happening other than her working for him during his takeover and then later discovering a secret. No banter really, no angst and the writing was awkward in places. Bennett was a little too nice which gave off effeminate feelers to me rather than masculine. It’s not a book I would want to ever read again.