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Texas Cattleman's Club: Lies and Lullabies #8
A Bride for the Boss
Mills & Boon Desire series delivers powerful, passionate romances…
This rich rancher needs his assistant for business and pleasure! Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Maureen Child
Andi Beaumont has a she’s wedded to her job, when she really wants to wed her boss, Mac McCallum. The only quit and save herself from heartbreak. But Mac isn’t having it.
The Texas Cattleman’s Club stalwart has weathered many storms, including a recent attempt to destroy his ranching business. He can’t let Andi get away. So he comes up with a plan to get closer to her. But his all-business approach is about to backfire when he discovers the pure pleasure of being with his alluring assistant…
139 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 23, 2016
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About the author
Maureen Child
1,146 books548 followersUSA Today best selling author Maureen Child is the author of more than ninety romance novels and novellas. Maureen is a five time nominee for the prestigious Rita award from Romance Writers of America.
One of her novels, A Pocketful Of Paradise, was made into a CBS-TV movie called The Soul Collector, starring Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Greenwood and Ossie Davis.
Over the years, she’s written under lots of different names and she prefers the term ‘pseudonym’ to ‘alias’. As Ann Carberry, she wrote western historical romances. As Kathleen Kane, she wrote not only Americana romances, but western paranormal romances as well. As Sarah Hart, she wrote one really spectacular western paranormal that is still one of her favorites. And once, Ann Carberry even wrote a Victorian historical which she absolutely loved doing.
Under her own name, Maureen writes short contemporary novels for Silhouette Desire—books she loves to write because of their fast pace and condensed story telling. Maureen is also writing funny, contemporary paranormal romances for NAL and darker paranormal stories for Silhouette Nocturne.
Maureen writes paranormal romance novels under the pesudonym of Regan Hastings
One of her novels, A Pocketful Of Paradise, was made into a CBS-TV movie called The Soul Collector, starring Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Greenwood and Ossie Davis.
Over the years, she’s written under lots of different names and she prefers the term ‘pseudonym’ to ‘alias’. As Ann Carberry, she wrote western historical romances. As Kathleen Kane, she wrote not only Americana romances, but western paranormal romances as well. As Sarah Hart, she wrote one really spectacular western paranormal that is still one of her favorites. And once, Ann Carberry even wrote a Victorian historical which she absolutely loved doing.
Under her own name, Maureen writes short contemporary novels for Silhouette Desire—books she loves to write because of their fast pace and condensed story telling. Maureen is also writing funny, contemporary paranormal romances for NAL and darker paranormal stories for Silhouette Nocturne.
Maureen writes paranormal romance novels under the pesudonym of Regan Hastings
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December 22, 2017
Crazy cute!! It was a short super fast read and just what I needed to get me out of a mild case of "the book slump" mood I was in.
November 7, 2021
This is a Cowboy Romance, and this is the 8th book in the Texas Cattleman's Club: Lies and Lullabies series. I really enjoyed this book. It was a fun and steamy romance at times that was a fast read. I got pulled into this book very fast, and I really loved the characters in this book.
July 22, 2016
Very good conclusion to this series of the TCC. We've seen Mac and Andi in previous books, as Mac was the center of Rafe's revenge plot (A Surprise for the Sheikh). It has been pretty obvious that Andi has a thing for her boss and that Mac is totally oblivious.
Andi has been working for Mac for six years. She is the one who keeps him on track, knows everything about all aspects of the business and his ranch, and keeps his personal life moving smoothly too. She has worked the same hours he has (long ones) and is always on call when he has a question or needs something. She has finally realized that she has no life of her own, and that her dreams of a life with Mac are unlikely to happen. She makes the decision to quit her job and try to move on with her life.
Andi has been such a huge part of his life that he is stunned when she walks into his office and gives him her resignation. He can't believe that she is serious, and attempts to talk her out of it. When that doesn't work, he accepts her request for two weeks vacation before her departure, and hopes that after that two weeks she'll be ready to come back. After two days without Andi at his beck and call, Mac regrets that he took her for granted. Determined to show her that he appreciates her, Mac decides to show up at her house and help her with her long delayed renovations.
What follows is so much fun. Andi is reluctant to let Mac help, fearing that being with him constantly again will weaken her resolve to move on with her life. Mac is equally determined to remind her that they are a great team. What Mac doesn't expect is to see Andi as something more than his right hand man. I loved his surprise at noticing that Andi is a beautiful woman, and how that adds another layer to his desire to get her back to work. Andi decides to treat herself to his company, enjoy it, but resist dreaming that it could lead to more. Now that she has decided that she wants a more balanced life, she is also determined to teach Mac that there is more to life than work. I loved her bargain with him about the phone (how many of us would like to do the same thing with our loved ones?). She was convinced that he couldn't do it, he was determined that he would. His struggle was pretty funny, and I loved seeing how it all played out. His prize of taking her to dinner at the TCC was great, and I loved seeing them together in that setting. What happened next was not unexpected, and put them on a whole new level.
I loved the development of their personal relationship. They knew each other quite well on the work front, but there were still some things to be discovered. Mac had avoided relationships because of the way that business had taken over his life after his parents' deaths. Commitment would just be one more thing in an already overburdened life. I loved seeing Andi show him that it is possible to have a balanced life. Andi has loved him for years, but after watching him go through woman after woman, has no confidence that he would want a lasting relationship with her. She is surprised by his pursuit of her, but certain that it is only one way of getting her to come back to work. She begins to have a little hope as she sees him change, but when business once again interferes with the personal she sends him on his way. As he struggles against admitting his feelings, even to himself, some interference from his sister sends him right back to Andi. The question is, can he admit those feelings and find the happiness he knows he can have with her, or is he going to have to let her go? I loved seeing Andi hold out for what she needs as Mac finally sees the truth.
The epilogue was a nice wrap up for both book and series. I loved seeing the changes in Mac. Andi has gotten everything she could wish for and is ecstatically happy. I also enjoyed seeing the couples from the previous books and how they are doing.
Andi has been working for Mac for six years. She is the one who keeps him on track, knows everything about all aspects of the business and his ranch, and keeps his personal life moving smoothly too. She has worked the same hours he has (long ones) and is always on call when he has a question or needs something. She has finally realized that she has no life of her own, and that her dreams of a life with Mac are unlikely to happen. She makes the decision to quit her job and try to move on with her life.
Andi has been such a huge part of his life that he is stunned when she walks into his office and gives him her resignation. He can't believe that she is serious, and attempts to talk her out of it. When that doesn't work, he accepts her request for two weeks vacation before her departure, and hopes that after that two weeks she'll be ready to come back. After two days without Andi at his beck and call, Mac regrets that he took her for granted. Determined to show her that he appreciates her, Mac decides to show up at her house and help her with her long delayed renovations.
What follows is so much fun. Andi is reluctant to let Mac help, fearing that being with him constantly again will weaken her resolve to move on with her life. Mac is equally determined to remind her that they are a great team. What Mac doesn't expect is to see Andi as something more than his right hand man. I loved his surprise at noticing that Andi is a beautiful woman, and how that adds another layer to his desire to get her back to work. Andi decides to treat herself to his company, enjoy it, but resist dreaming that it could lead to more. Now that she has decided that she wants a more balanced life, she is also determined to teach Mac that there is more to life than work. I loved her bargain with him about the phone (how many of us would like to do the same thing with our loved ones?). She was convinced that he couldn't do it, he was determined that he would. His struggle was pretty funny, and I loved seeing how it all played out. His prize of taking her to dinner at the TCC was great, and I loved seeing them together in that setting. What happened next was not unexpected, and put them on a whole new level.
I loved the development of their personal relationship. They knew each other quite well on the work front, but there were still some things to be discovered. Mac had avoided relationships because of the way that business had taken over his life after his parents' deaths. Commitment would just be one more thing in an already overburdened life. I loved seeing Andi show him that it is possible to have a balanced life. Andi has loved him for years, but after watching him go through woman after woman, has no confidence that he would want a lasting relationship with her. She is surprised by his pursuit of her, but certain that it is only one way of getting her to come back to work. She begins to have a little hope as she sees him change, but when business once again interferes with the personal she sends him on his way. As he struggles against admitting his feelings, even to himself, some interference from his sister sends him right back to Andi. The question is, can he admit those feelings and find the happiness he knows he can have with her, or is he going to have to let her go? I loved seeing Andi hold out for what she needs as Mac finally sees the truth.
The epilogue was a nice wrap up for both book and series. I loved seeing the changes in Mac. Andi has gotten everything she could wish for and is ecstatically happy. I also enjoyed seeing the couples from the previous books and how they are doing.
April 28, 2025
Carino molto molto.3,5
June 7, 2016
Mac's gotten so used to his assistant Andi being around, that when she announces that she's quitting, he doesn't really believe she means it. Hoping she'll change her mind during her two weeks of vacation prior to her quit date, he shows up unexpectedly at her house as she's working on some home renovations. Her life at work had been so busy, that she'd not had a chance to spend any time fixing up her new home, take a vacation, or any number of things she'd wanted to do. Regretting now that he'd not appreciated her enough, Mac finds that giving her a hand and spending time with her outside of work makes him see her in a different light. But Andi's been a little bit in love with Mac forever, and having finally given up on him, she's ready to move on. Can Mac convince her that his new found feelings aren't just a ruse to get her back to work?
I really enjoyed this story! It's a tried and true formula, but it really worked for me here. Andi comes across as a strong and friendly woman, a competent business partner for Mac, but one who is tired of watching her playboy boss go through a string of women and never seeing her as anything more than a work related asset. And it's true that it takes her leaving for Mac's eyes to be opened to what was right in front of him all this time. Mac's a dedicated businessman with no time for a serious relationship. He's relied on Andi for so much over the years, that when she leaves him he tries to think of ways to convince her to come back. I liked seeing him thrown for a loop by Andi's conviction and determination to go her own way and do something for herself. Plus, he finally sees her as the woman that she is, and not just his 'right hand man'. The chemistry is there, and they share some sexy scenes together. The setting of the story is well written and it was easy to picture Andi and Mac as they struggle to balance their new feelings for each other with their previous working relationship. Mac is the one whose character changes the most over the story, finding that business can sometimes take a back seat to family, friends and new love. As part of the Texas Cattleman's series, there is a sweet epilogue that brings together some of the other characters from other stories. It's my first romance by this author but definitely won't be my last.
Note: a copy of this story was provided by the publisher for review.
This review appears as a blog post at Harlequin Junkie: http://harlequinjunkie.com/review-a-b...
I really enjoyed this story! It's a tried and true formula, but it really worked for me here. Andi comes across as a strong and friendly woman, a competent business partner for Mac, but one who is tired of watching her playboy boss go through a string of women and never seeing her as anything more than a work related asset. And it's true that it takes her leaving for Mac's eyes to be opened to what was right in front of him all this time. Mac's a dedicated businessman with no time for a serious relationship. He's relied on Andi for so much over the years, that when she leaves him he tries to think of ways to convince her to come back. I liked seeing him thrown for a loop by Andi's conviction and determination to go her own way and do something for herself. Plus, he finally sees her as the woman that she is, and not just his 'right hand man'. The chemistry is there, and they share some sexy scenes together. The setting of the story is well written and it was easy to picture Andi and Mac as they struggle to balance their new feelings for each other with their previous working relationship. Mac is the one whose character changes the most over the story, finding that business can sometimes take a back seat to family, friends and new love. As part of the Texas Cattleman's series, there is a sweet epilogue that brings together some of the other characters from other stories. It's my first romance by this author but definitely won't be my last.
Note: a copy of this story was provided by the publisher for review.
This review appears as a blog post at Harlequin Junkie: http://harlequinjunkie.com/review-a-b...
July 9, 2016
For six years Andi has been Mac's Executive assistant. She was good at what she did. Over the past six years she fell in love with her boss. Andi worked long hours and was tired of being taken for granted. Mac's whole world came crashing down, when Andi walked into his office, and quit. She had not taking any time off in two years. So instead of turning in a 2 weeks' notice, she said she was taking her vacation time, before she quit.
I loved the way Mac chased after her. It was sweet. Andi had bought a house 2 years ago. The long hours she worked for Mac, allowed no time, for her to fix up her home. With time on her hands, Andi got busy painting her home. She was surprised when Mac showed up. He got her to agree to his help for 2 weeks. He worked side by side with Andi, fixing up her home. Andi taught him to relax. She also taught him, that he didn't always need to be on his cell phone. His business would run without him.
The chemistry was burning between the two. It took Max awhile to realize that it was love that he felt for Andi. I loved all the ways he tried to convince her to come back to the office. I loved it, that she stood up to him, and kept saying no. No one had ever said no to Max before.
Sweet, slow pace book.
I loved the way Mac chased after her. It was sweet. Andi had bought a house 2 years ago. The long hours she worked for Mac, allowed no time, for her to fix up her home. With time on her hands, Andi got busy painting her home. She was surprised when Mac showed up. He got her to agree to his help for 2 weeks. He worked side by side with Andi, fixing up her home. Andi taught him to relax. She also taught him, that he didn't always need to be on his cell phone. His business would run without him.
The chemistry was burning between the two. It took Max awhile to realize that it was love that he felt for Andi. I loved all the ways he tried to convince her to come back to the office. I loved it, that she stood up to him, and kept saying no. No one had ever said no to Max before.
Sweet, slow pace book.
November 16, 2016
A Bride For The Boss by Maureen Child. Mac McCallum is a very rich man. He owns lots of land and a ranch in Wyoming. Plus the owner of a very big company and getting bigger all the time. He is all into his work. Andi Beaumont has worked for him for 12 years as his main secretary. Mac doesn't think of Andi as anyone but his right hand man. Andi is in love with Mac. Andi quits her job knowing she will never find the love she wants working for Mac. Yes they find this real love that they are both looking for. A good read. Funny at times.
February 5, 2019
A decent book, a little slow paced for me. It took a long while for Mac to realize that his work enjoyment was heavily influenced by Andi's presence. I did like the characters and the plot was good. I did have a few pet peeves-
October 1, 2019
This was a great read. So much better than the other book I read in the series. I loved the characters. Both Andi and Mac. It is part of a series but I only read one other book in the series and this is easily a stand alone book. It was real life because men are usually clueless as to the love of their lives as Mac was with Andi. I liked this author a lot.
November 8, 2017
Always a good story from Maureen Child. Who comes up with the titles and covers, though? The title makes it sounds like Mac was looking for a wife, which wasn't true. And the cover? Andi wasn't pregnant. (Until the epilogue.) But a good light read. I didn't read the others in the series.
January 14, 2019
Mac goes from telling Andi "you're the boss, i'm the employee" in chapter 3 to "Honey when a N
McCullum's around, they're naturally in charge." few pages later regarding Andi's house. Yet andi does not call him out for it. Like seeing mac a man used getting his own way for everything have to work for it n figure a few things out to gave a relationship with andi
McCullum's around, they're naturally in charge." few pages later regarding Andi's house. Yet andi does not call him out for it. Like seeing mac a man used getting his own way for everything have to work for it n figure a few things out to gave a relationship with andi
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February 23, 2020
Bosses Bride
Mac is all about business all the time. Andi his PA wants more out of life, she wants a life and working for the man of her dreams no longer works for her...so she quits, but Mac wont take no for an answer. He finds her needs her more than he ever knew.
Mac is all about business all the time. Andi his PA wants more out of life, she wants a life and working for the man of her dreams no longer works for her...so she quits, but Mac wont take no for an answer. He finds her needs her more than he ever knew.
October 2, 2020
Did not like it. Don't love books about working together for years before the hero notices heroine (don't like the vast amount of other women hero was with in the 6 years). As for books plot I found it boring and nothing special about hero and heroine. P.
October 26, 2017
I liked...
The characters. The story was your basic Harlequin romance. I'm going to get more by the author. I also will get more of this series.
The characters. The story was your basic Harlequin romance. I'm going to get more by the author. I also will get more of this series.
August 4, 2020
Piacevole anche se un po' scontato.
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May 6, 2021Storia già vista e senza alcun guizzo particolare.
October 1, 2022
Pretty cute. Started kinda slow but got better. A short, enjoyable read.
December 4, 2024
Direct plot rip off of a book by author Jennifer Lewis. Even used same MFC name.
June 19, 2016
A Bride for the Boss is a great book. Andi is Mac's personal assistant and right hand when it comes to business. All he sees is work and not the woman. Andi has fallen in love with her boss and has decided to quit her job since she can't have him. Mac panics and goes on a mission to persuade Andi to change her mind but away from the office Mac sees what he has been missing all along and now must convince Andi that they belong together, not just at work.
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June 30, 2016"The sexual tension has been building over the course of previous Texas Cattlemen’s Club stories, and that tone continues in a role-reversal scenario that seems like the perfect way for Mac to see beyond his working relationship with Andrea" (4 stars @ RT Book Reviews).
Miniseries: Texas Cattleman's Club: Lies and Lullabies
Miniseries: Texas Cattleman's Club: Lies and Lullabies
May 16, 2016
Boring. Could have been better.
July 4, 2016
This as one of my favorites. I was glad to see Mac find love and happiness. I was sorry to see this be the last book in the Texas Cattleman's series
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June 29, 2016It was ok... nice change of pace for me. I started this series and wanted to finish it. Now it's done. On to more and new things.
July 5, 2016
Love to read westerns and Maureen Child writes a great story!
July 25, 2016
Ok.
Nice but predictable. Enjoyable light read to while away a couple of hours, nothing to heat the blood or keep you guessing.
Nice but predictable. Enjoyable light read to while away a couple of hours, nothing to heat the blood or keep you guessing.
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