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Dirty Boss #2

My Cookie

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Julien: After going through numerous candidates, I’ve found the best baker to work alongside me. Marilyn Shaw's baked goods are works of art that rival my own. She bakes the most delicious desserts, but I don’t want them. I want her.

Marilyn: I could have my own bakery if I wanted, and my older brother would have it set up for me in a heartbeat. The problem is that I have something to prove. I’m not a spoiled girl who gets everything her brother throws her way, but people have always assumed it, so I’ve worked tirelessly to get perfect grades in my pastry program. Now, to show off my skills in a bakery. The only problem is everyone believes I got the job by sleeping with my new boss. And I am…

96 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 19, 2022

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Profile Image for Darlene I read WAY to many books.
3,692 reviews2,460 followers
July 20, 2022
Marilyn is graduating cooking school and is in a program to show off her baking skills and not show she's spoiled girl her brother can buy a shop and her run it. She having fun time with friends when she meets Julien at the bar they hit it off and are sprung for one another they have a sorta ONS but that doesnt stop Julien when he finds her at the program baking up a storm.

Shes hired hands down he doesn't care she's his and she isn't going to run. They have few ups and downs dealing with paparazzi and other peoples who wanna bring their relationship down.

We get some daddy kink which wad a suprise since it didn't happen until 80% which is sad because he was a good first time daddy lol



No ow/slight om drama, no cheating, slight secondary character, tiny drama, sexy times, both virgins


Recommend-yes
Cover-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat level-🌶🌶🌶.5

Slowinsta
Slight push away from h
Age gap
No condom
Daddy kink
Tiny Praise kink
Hea
Epilogue
Profile Image for Oriana Reads.
4,309 reviews37 followers
September 20, 2023
Got the chance to listen to the audiobook and this was really a treat. ❤️ Both narrators were doing a great job and this audiobook is perfect if you like shorter stories to listen to.
Marilyn is a baker fresh out of culinary school and participates in a bake off to find an employer. She meets a night before in a bar Julien. He is instantly obsessed and just knows that she is the woman he waited his whole life for. Sparks fly and their connection is instant... Guess who is a potential employer/employee the next day😉 Instalove,sweet, steamy hot 🥵, light DD/lg play, romantic, drama free and totally safe (oh I love age gap and double virgins 😍😍-sue me 🤷🏻‍♀️) with a sweet HEA😍😍😍😍 Can't wait to read how the others(side characters) found their HEA👍
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3,415 reviews62 followers
September 29, 2023
Marilyn is tired of always being the good girl, under the constant watch of her big brother. Tomorrow she will make a name for herself but tonight she will shed the good girl in her and indulge in all her fantasies.
It's not like she will see the commanding hunka hunka again right?

We all know how this is going to end

This was an instant attraction, she is all mine, over the top grunty alpha male, high heat, sweet romance -
Multiple narrators who did a superb job of bringing the cast to life
Profile Image for Nana Pickrell.
680 reviews10 followers
July 12, 2022

I can never go wrong with this author, whatever she writes, I know I'll love.
I was privileged enough to receive an advanced reader copy of this book from the author for a voluntary and honest review.
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1,077 reviews10 followers
July 19, 2022
This book was insta love at its finest & filled to the brim with so much spicy times! Julien was so gone for Marilyn the second be laid eyes on her, and the chemistry was off the charts hot between these two busy bakers. It was great seeing Jack’s little sister Marilyn get her own dirty boss to fall in love with, and boy did she fall hard for Julien. My Cookie was a super sweet and sexy story that will satisfying all your hot insta-love needs, and with a sweet ending too!
3 reviews
July 12, 2022
Loved Julien and Marilyn story! How adorably sweet and dominating his devotion for her sweet self is. And the French!!Another time the author shown us why we love this men, this dominating, amazingly in love with his woman they are.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for MerReads.
441 reviews46 followers
July 20, 2022
Yes! Loved it!
This is how you write a hero! He is an alpha, OTT, intense man that goes after his woman. He is a 32 year old virgin (he was focused on work, when he was 16 he made a dessert that his employer stole the recipe of, and sold it for millions, since then he doesn't trust anyone except his brother and hates to be touched or be around people). Once he sees our h, his world shifts and he wants a life with her and does everything to make that happen!
This is the love story between or H Julien and our h Marilyn.
He is the owner of successful bakeries and two restaurants looking for a new baker to hire. Marilyn is in the competition to be hired at Les Frères bakery. Before the competition our h has drinks with her girlfriends at the bar of the hotel where she will be competing. She is 22 years old and her friends tell her to finally get rid of her vcard. To her left a devastatingly handsome man is staring at her and she turns and insta love sparks fly!
Our hero tells his brother that he looking at his future wife. He introduces himself to her, they go to his hotel room for a torrid night, both losing their virginity to each other. She leaves him in bed, taking his heart to get ready for the competition only to see that the man she slept with and gave her heart to is the one and only Julien Beaumont, her future boss. She is hired of course. The rest you have to read, it is a sweet surprise I don't want to ruin.
This sweet bakery, boss/employer, age gap (h22/ H32) romance is sweeter that the red velvet cupcakes she made.
Super safe, double v card, each others one and only, no cheating, only has eyes for her, sweet as cupcake frosting and a delectable read!
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296 reviews10 followers
August 24, 2022
2 stars

i’m actually quiet shocked that i didn’t like this book, usually i find myself liking many of C.M books but this one really missed for me. like… REALLY MISSED

a few things that made me mad or just to the point of disappointment and dnf.

The heroine was extremely annoying, her friends were also extremely annoying and quiet cringy, not in the cute way but more obnoxious way.

I felt bad for the hero because it was obvious she was just looking for sex, after the one night stand she literally just dipped and couldn’t have cared less about him. He made it clear he wasn’t just in it for the sex, he later on chased her after waking up alone and acted like nothing happened when he got to her. Does he have no spacial awareness? no dignity or self respect. Also, her being a virgin was a selling point and a big troupe of this book but she honestly might as well not have been a virgin. seriously what was the point in adding that? i find it hard to know that up until this point she was a virgin, she was so needy and and rushed to get rid of her virginity. i seriously doubt the author thought this through? And she didn’t leave because of a miss understanding either, she just left. We were told that the heroine was a kind nice girl but she was just quiet a bitch tbh, very cold and bland? and not cold in a cool way either. Just a bitch, literally.

Anyways this books heroine turned me off from the idea of reading the other heroines in this series, if they are anything like her i don’t want it.

Also, another thing i noticed with this book is the dialogue and the writing. Just in general it’s all fast and rushed and looks like a draft instead of the final project. The dialogue, there’s no pauses or breaks, just rushed lines that look like-


(“really?”

“yup”

“wow that’s crazy, got to go!”

I left my house and pulled up to the 7-eleven)


-see how none of that made sense? no pauses, no explanations or breaks in between. i felt messy and rushed and it didn’t feel like writing. just something to quickly get published. i think this was probably my biggest disappointment of this book…

Profile Image for Charlene Alana  Henderson .
1,323 reviews34 followers
November 9, 2023
"do you like it when I call you daddy? Yess!"

Marilyn has always dreamed of having her own bakery. Her wealthy brother has offered to fund it numerous times but she wants to prove her own worth.. she is graduating cooking school and is in a program to show off her baking skills..

Julien is the owner of successful bakeries and two restaurants looking for a new baker to hire at Les Frères bakery. when he was 16 he made a dessert that his employer stole the recipe of, and sold it for millions, since then he doesn't trust anyone except his brother and hates to be touched or be around people.

Julian is in the hotel where the competition will takes place and his brother drags him to the hotels bar to talk business, he doesn't want to be there and is moody, but once he sees our girl his world shifts and he wants her, he can't stop staring at her and his brother is like what you staring at and he tells his brother that he's looking at his future wife.

Marilyn is also in the same hotel, as she's attending the competition of course, her friends meet her at the bar and they have a laugh and a couple drinks, she sees Julien instant sparks happen, her friends tell her to live alittle and finally lose her cherry. That's when he decides he's going over to introduce himself, and they leave to his hotel room together, they have one hot steamy night and he's really smitten with her, but she leaves him alone in bed come morning as she has a competition to get ready for, she regrets it and plans to go find him later.. he's moody and snaps at his brother he needs to find her and dosn't want to judge this competition. But he gets the shock off his life when he finds out she's in the competition, she is in utter shock that she slept with and gave her heart to the one and only Julien Beaumont, her future boss. She is hired of course. The rest you have to read and find out for yourself, it is a sweet surprise I don't want to ruin.

This sweet bakery, boss/employer, age gap romance is sweeter that the red velvet cupcakes she made. Super safe, double v card, each others one and only, no cheating, only has eyes for her, and more highly recommend it.


333 reviews4 followers
July 19, 2022
Julien and Marilyn ❤️❤️

Marilyn has always dreamed of having her own bakery. Her wealthy brother has offered to fund it numerous times but she wants to prove her own worth. The night before a baking competition, where potential employers will be, she decides to have drinks with her friends in the hotel bar. That's where she sees him!! Julien is a famous baker and entrepreneur. He is NOT a people person! His brother talks him into a having a drink in the hotel bar to discuss potential bakers that will be at the competition. That's when he sees her!! These two were attracted to each other from the word go. Julien knows that she's his soulmate at first sight. There is some drama that unfolds but nothing will stop Julien when it comes to his ma marguerite!! This story was great! And....it's dual virgins!!!
Profile Image for Erin Lewis.
6,250 reviews219 followers
September 4, 2023
4 Star Her My Cookie (My Dirty Boss #2) by C.M. Steele
Audio review:
C.M. Steele is a relatively new author to me, and I found this an interesting listen. We met Marilyn Shaw in the previous book as she was the sister of the hero. She is sassy and feisty and someone who likes to stir up trouble and be mischievous. If you are looking for an instant love story which is not a long listen, then this is the book for you.
Julien Beaumont, a respected pastry chef wants Marilyn with a passion he cannot contain. However, everyone thinks she got the job by sleeping with Julien. He is almost as over the top as her brother.
Julien is possessive and determined to make Marilyn his and it was entertaining to watch their story play out. The narration by Marie Hawkins and Hector Carrillo who are both relatively new to me was good and easy to listen to.





1,615 reviews4 followers
July 18, 2022
This is book number 2 of the A Dirty Boss Romance series and focuses on Julian and Marilyn. Marilyn is the younger sister of Jack, who we met in book number 1 of the series. Marilyn is a talented baker who is determined to prove her worth as a baker instead of having her future handed to her. Julian is a successful baker and business owner but is very distrusting of most people in general. He knows from the first glance at Marilyn that he had finally found his one and did not waste any time claiming his woman! They were both so perfect for each other. This was such a great story and a great addition to the series.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Kari Hansen.
12.3k reviews92 followers
September 9, 2023
Marilyn is determined to forge her own path as a pastry chef so decides to enter a competition where employers are looking for new bakers. The night before the competition she meets a sexy stranger and she spends a steamy evening with him never expecting to see him again until he appears at the competition and offers her a job.

Julien is a successful businessman who is at the competition looking for a baker but wants so much more when he sees Marilyn. He didn’t know that she would be one of the competitors but once he sees her there he is determined to claim her as his own both personally and professionally.

I enjoyed the performance of the narrators as they brought out all the heat and heart of this story.
337 reviews12 followers
July 12, 2022
We were first introduced to Marilyn in My Pet as Jack’s little sister and her story did not disappoint! Julien was ever inch the OTT alpha possessive caveman we’ve come to love in the C.M. Steele worlds. Even with the lack of experience, the man dominated. I wasn’t a huge fan of the baking innuendos, but the spice more than made up for it! There is light daddy kink towards the end of the book (no age play, no dress up, etc) and it was nice to see the slow progression into it versus the right away. Great addition to the Dirty Boss’s series and can’t wait to see what comes next!

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Harriet.
333 reviews7 followers
July 16, 2022
Marilyn has been protected her whole life by her brother (Book one - My Pet - also great, great great).

The night before she competes for a big job in baking she meets some friends in the hotel bar (as her bodyguard gives her space in the hotel) and there she meets Julian.

Things between them quickly heat up and things progress from there.

This is a sweet, fire hot and fast paced insta everything romance. It was really enjoyable. You don't have to have read book one (Mr Shaw and Petra) but it is a great read with less drama than this one.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Mindy Chase-selder.
803 reviews13 followers
July 20, 2022
His Favorite Cookie

Loved Julien and Marilyn. Another great instalove read from C.M. Marilyn is enjoying the night celebrating her recent graduation, while waiting for her Besties she spy’s perfection that has her body reacting like never before. Which has her wishing that he would just turn around so maybe the can act on her reaction.
Julien hates people well most people. With one look at the beautiful creature across the room and he knows that he’s finally found a woman that he wants to claim in every way.
These two were meant for each other, they balance each other out. I loved reading their story and I can’t wait to see if Lacey and Casey get their own stories as well.
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484 reviews6 followers
July 13, 2022
Julien and Marilyn don’t lack hotness that’s for sure!!!!

A chance meeting the night before a big bake off, sets up the sweet aspect of this insta-love alpha hero romance.

Julien and Marilyn’s story isn’t all cupcakes and roses as they face unexpected challenges along the way to their sweet HEA.

If you’re looking for a sweet, definitely sexy read with a sassy heroine and an alpha caveman hero, this is a definite read.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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446 reviews19 followers
July 26, 2022
I think I'd give this more stars if I could, I had enjoyed the first book but this one just gets me thinking this series is just going to get better and better with each book. This had an intensness about it but also stayed focused on the romance and the relationship between the two main characters. The storyline was also very engaging and kept me hooked from the very beginning. I'd like to say that I would have read this as a standalone but honestly I'm glad I read the first book first. Totally worth the read if you love this genre and author!!.
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70 reviews
July 28, 2022
No. I saw a post about this book on instagram and thought I’d give it a try. When I downloaded the e-book I was happy to see it was short, but from the first paragraph I could tell I wouldn’t enjoy it. The language is interesting… the way people talk lmao, it’s not giving. Also it was insta-love. Didn’t know that. Realized that I don’t like it. It made the whole thing seem very rushed. Well not *seem* rushed, it was rushed. The guy falls for her, hires her and then marries her all in the span of like a week-ish? Idk anymore.
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Profile Image for Syd Springer.
4,062 reviews6 followers
July 18, 2022
This was a short yet hot book. I could not put this book. I really enjoyed Julien and Marilyn together with these instant and intense connection. Once Julien sets his sights on Marilyn, no one and nothing will stand in his way of getting his woman. These to have go through some drama but said drama pulls them closer. I enjoyed this and I can't wait for more from C.M.!

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4,330 reviews27 followers
July 21, 2022
I received an ARC from the author and am voluntarily leaving my review. This is a whirlwind, high heat love story between Julien and Marilyn. These two can turn things up a notch. She is more than the baker he is after, she is who he has been waiting for. Their story is an ott romance with a lot going on in a short time.

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2,383 reviews28 followers
July 25, 2022
Marilyn and Julien

This is a fast passed, love at first sight romance. Marilyn is a Baker out in a girls night out when the most handsome man approached her. After spending a passionate night where she lost her virginity to the stranger she late finds out will be her boss. I loved Julian. From the moment he laid eyes of Marilyn he knew she was the one and treated her as such. Highly recommended
1,352 reviews6 followers
July 26, 2022
It was a good read. Between the two in this series, I liked the first book more. Marilyn seemed all over the place and at times immature and bratty. Julien was this major alpha take charge guy so I think he put up with more than most would because of how much he was attracted to her. Bit of drama all over, just because I felt Marilyn was dramatic but overall a good, quick read.

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7,458 reviews76 followers
July 28, 2022
Julien is a hard-working businessman who is focused on his job and prefers not to be around others. While at a contest, Julien not only finds the person to help him with his business, but the woman he will marry.

Julien and Marilyn's story is a fast hot and saucy story that has a twist of danger that will have you lost in the pages.

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8,915 reviews63 followers
July 12, 2022
Marilyn worked hard and didn't want to have her brother paying for everything. So when Julien needed a new bakery chef she becomes his number 1 candidate and more! Well written steamy short bakery, possesive boss romance.

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2,548 reviews20 followers
July 14, 2022
I am totally loving this series! While this is technically a boss’ romance, I really like that they didn’t actually know who they were when they met for the first time. And finding out who they are, didn’t actually change anything. Very hot and steamy with a little intrigue and drama too. Highly recommend!
21 reviews2 followers
July 15, 2022
OMG... this novella is fantastic.. I couldn't love the characters more ... they are so cute and romantic ... If you want a book with sweet romance I highly recommend this novella to you ... you won't regret it ❤❤😍😍😍😍.

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4,230 reviews21 followers
July 18, 2022
This was a very steamy boss employee romance and I enjoyed it but I did feel that the storyline was a bit lackluster. Marilyn and Julien had great chemistry and if someone was just looking for a book with great steam I would definitely recommend this one.

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