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Texting The CEO

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It was a mistake.

I should never have stolen his phone number, mainly because of a silly crush.

Felix Franklin is forty-two years old, the billionaire CEO of the company where I work as a lowly assistant. He wouldn’t look twice at me, and not just because of my position.

I’m twenty, on the curvy side, spending a lot of my free time hunched over a sewing machine, dreaming of being a fashion designer.

Felix is forty-two and ripped. His hair is iron, and his wolfish blue eyes are intense. He looks confident and dashing in photoshoots and an alpha in the extreme.

But when I get his number, I can’t resist.

I won’t have to meet him. I won’t have to tell him I’m a virgin or that he’s so much more experienced than me.

Really, what harm can one text do?

It turns out the answer is a lot.

It can bring Felix crashing into my life in a whirlwind of possession, jealousy, and primal hunger.

It can bring the darkness of our pasts up and make us reveal things we wanted kept secret.

And it can bring us together…even if I’m always wondering, always doubting if he truly feels the same as I do.

216 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 4, 2022

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338 reviews
June 22, 2022
“This feeling clearly makes no sense. I shouldn’t be held captive by thoughts of a woman who exists only in my mind.”

Yes… that’s my exact thoughts about this book… I’ve no idea how they fell for each other over text.
I’d get it if they’d been texting for a while, but noooo. It was a day, a couple of messages and he was hooked! That’s some powerful voodoo right there.

I know the author is trying to sell the whole soulmates, destined to be, I even dreamed about you without ever even seen you, kind of plot, but it was really poorly built, so… no.

“but I’m very mature for my age. I’m not even sure that’s true, though grief can age a person, people say. So can trauma, I guess.”

Ah… neither of them is mature here to be honest.

“You have everything a man could want…except somebody to share it with.”

I’ve to be honest here.
I knew that this would be a light, fun, nonsense romance read. And I went for it because that was I what I wanted. And I was enjoying my book until the hero came up with this:

“The second she tells me she’s a virgin, I’m right there, on the edge of revealing it all.
It only makes me want her more. It only means we’re even more perfect for each other.”


More perfect?
How is she being a virgin more perfect? If she had slept with other men prior to you (same as you did with countless other woman) she wouldn’t be so perfect? She would be just good?

He keeps on going explaining how the fact that no other man has ever touched her, just means that they’re meant to be….

Yeah… that’s where you lost me.
No! No! No! No! Just no.
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1,009 reviews1,563 followers
June 5, 2022
didn't like it but i read worse
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1,507 reviews108 followers
January 3, 2023
Another cute read.

Another cute read with some similar elements and themes as the book before it in the series. Unfortunately the more I read the more I hated the heroine. She was prone to jumping to conclusions, throwing tantrums, and running away at the drop of the hat. Her insecurities had her acting like a child and the thought that a 40 year old CEO would be into that was a bit of a stretch.
1,098 reviews
June 10, 2022
Throughout the entire book, all I could think was how much both of these people needed serious help.
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12.3k reviews92 followers
June 5, 2022
Fiona has been attracted to her boss Felix from the first time she saw him so when she is able to access his cell phone number, she can’t resist sending him a text. When he wants to meet, she ends their communication never expecting that he would track her down and that once he saw her he wasn’t about to let her go.

Felix is intrigued by the sassy woman who is texting him so he isn’t about to let her leave his life without knowing why. Once he meets her the sparks fly and they realize that they have more in common than either imagined.

Fiona and Felix are perfect for each other as they help each other heal from their devastating pasts and no one is more deserving of a happy ever after.

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June 8, 2022
The beginning seemed promising. I thought ok maybe this female lead will have some gumption.... then she showed her complete lack of self-esteem as soon as the Male lead showed up.

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39 reviews1 follower
February 27, 2023
I really wanted to love this one, the idea, the concept, the cover even... but the execution is really giving me anxiety and embarrassment by proxy lol
Not going to spoil it, but the way she reacts? Extra childish. Or maybe the author needed to have some drama for drama's sake?

I don't know.

But anyhow, I did not finish.
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1,069 reviews
March 7, 2023
Almost a dnf. She was too weak and childish for me.
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866 reviews3 followers
January 1, 2023
Texting The CEO is the story of Fiona and Felix.

Tropes:
Age gap (42 and 20)
Mysterious texts before meeting
Loved him from afar
Boss x employee
Both have some sort of trauma but mainly it’s parental.
A little push n pull between MC’s.
HEA and kids, Isaac, Angela, Tommy, and Lila.
Plus size representation 🤭

She’s a curvy girl and thinks her crush is nothing because she thinks no one will want her. She one day gets her bosses personal cell from his assistants computer and decides to text him that night and they have a whole ass conversation and he’s still hung up on her even though he doesn’t know her. His curiosity gets the best of him and he texts her again wanting to meet up but she says it shouldn’t have gotten that far and doesn’t text him anymore because she isn’t the most confident in her own body while they way he describes her after he meets her is incredible and beautiful. He tracks her down to her apartment and they meet for the first time and she’s a bombshell. Man’s fucking obsessed. He asks for a date right then and there but she says tomorrow and he leaves happy and content. They go on a date that same night and she tells him about how her parents were killed in a murder suicide. Dk what that means but it’s gotta be tough to lose you parents at 7. He was going to tell her about how he killed his father but he didn’t want her to leave him. Some how him being jealous and overprotective and making sure no one sees her got her to get the wrong idea of him being embarrassed of her and she ran off and was about to be assaulted by 2 men when he saves her and takes her back to his while as clearing up that misconception. When they get to his they are hot and heavy and he goes down on her and she tells him she’s a virgin and he’s kinda surprised and she gets mad that too. She decides to leave for the best of their relationship and for some space even though it breaks him, he drops her off. The next day they couldn’t meet due to him going to his father’s grave with his mother. His mother has lung cancer and is a strong and fierce woman. She wants him to find the one and he has so he goes to her house and claims her right then and there. A couple of weeks later they find out they’re preggers and they get married after 5 months. Found family at the end. It’s kinda cute. I want to read Sebastian and Rachel’s story dk what book it is. I HATED WHEN THE SHE SENT KISSES WITH HER MESSAGES it was giving me second hand embarrassment idk why tho.

Solid 4/5





620 reviews8 followers
October 4, 2022
Never happier for a book to end at 86%.

I'm not a DNF type of book person, but sometimes I want to be... This is one of those times. And yes, I am one to do spoilers. So this book will definitely have spoilers.

I know it says that it's insta love, and I've read some insta love books, but I just could not get behind this one.

She saw him like a total of three times and built an entire fantasy around him but, because she's a curvy girl, she had low self-esteem and didn't think it would ever happen. But then she goes and steals his phone number and texts him. And he falls in love with her over text? Really? The texts weren't even that great.

So the whole story was just completely unreal even in the world of insta love. The opening scene for him, Felix, is with his mom who has cancer and is not doing well. That could totally be a trigger for someone. And not exactly the best way to start a book in my opinion. Spoiler alert, she survives and is fine in the end. But they had some moments along the way where you wondered what would happen.

Their whole interaction was based on lust. Plain and simple. They knew nothing about each other really other than that he was the CEO and she checked him out online. And he knew after meeting her that she wanted to be in the fashion industry. That was the extent of it. But naturally they both wanted to be together and have children together and live long happy lives together. It just wasn't realistic at all. Even for an insta Love story.

So no, I would definitely not recommend this book. It was painful reading it and at 15%, I was really wishing I was a DNF type person. At 20%. I was wishing it even more and for the rest of the book I just wanted to get through it and be done and when it ended at 86% on Kindle unlimited, I was extremely thankful.

This book was also the first one I've read by the author and if this is how all of her books are in the "A man who knows what he wants standalone series" then I have no desire to read the rest.

The way he was saying that he owned her (Fiona) and that she was his woman, when they didn't even talk about anything was just a bit too much.

It was like a crazy fantasy that was so unrealistic was brought to life. I'm thankful it's over.
3,381 reviews28 followers
June 5, 2022
Go girl power you get him Fiona!!!!
I’ve got to say I thoroughly enjoyed this book I was smiling throughout. The only thing I didn’t like was the self doubt that Fiona had because of her weight. What an amazing young lady she is, who can’t see her own beauty in the mirror. That was until she got her man Felix he told her exactly what he thought of her. It all started so simply.
Fiona had the biggest crush on her boss the CEO Felix Franklin. She worked for him in a very low position so never got to meet him in person. One day as she was putting information on her bosses desk she saw an email from Felix with his telephone number on , that is his personal telephone number. So she decided after debating whether it was a good idea or bad to text him. And that’s where it started. It’s such a brilliant read.
Felix has done well in life he has achieve his goals but never on a personal level he’s never found a woman that made him think she was the one. And at the age of 42 he had kind of given up really. Something happened in his childhood that really changed him. His mother is going through a battle of lung cancer which is affecting him too. So when he gets a text message from an unknown number that makes him feel for the first time he knows he must try and find out who this woman is.
And that is all you’re getting you need to read this one honestly I would say that this is one of my favourite books by Flora it just made me feel the emotions that these two were going through. The struggles from childhood traumas to insecurities about weight and finally find one the one who can makes your whole world turned upside down in the most amazing way. An absolutely brilliant really guys.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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374 reviews5 followers
July 4, 2022
To begin with, I loved the finale of this arc.

At the end of the last book, Klempner was struck by a car…and basically it was fade to black for him and the book. Well, obviously, he lived. What would this series be without him?

I had to laugh at his newfound stress relief valve. At least it’s something he can do in public, even with the grandkids at the table with him if need be. No more having to dismantle, clean, and reassemble weapons or sharpen huge knives to focus thoughts elsewhere.

I think he’s also beyond shocked at the number of friends he’s made since he’s turned legit. The saving the innocents, and not quite as innocent, gained him some true friends that show up when a man is down, unlike the old crew who might just slice your throat at that point.

Interesting to the amount of character growth we’ve seen from Klempner. He’s not the monster he was…although that man definitely can be called when needed. The monster can also be self-subdued or subdued with a few words from a good friend.

As with the rest of my reviews for The Lovers Children Series, it’s definitely been all Klempner. That’s probably because this book has focused on him and/or the characters, when then they get a chapter are doing things for him. All except Georgie. She and Bortje are once again trying to make it work. I wouldn’t mind seeing what a Georgie-centric 3-5 series book arc would look like.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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1,874 reviews46 followers
December 19, 2023
Texting The CEO, Book 2 of the Text Me You Love Me series, was about 42-year-old Felix Franklin, the CEO of his newspaper company, and 20-year-old Fiona Smith, an assistant to an assistant at Felix's company, and wanna-be fashion designer.
Fiona had a crush on Felix, so when the opportunity arose for her to get his private phone number, she couldn't resist. After her roommate and BFF found out she had it, Rachel encouraged Fiona to message him, which she finally did, but without telling him anything more than her first name.
After some time had passed with the two of them texting, Fiona sent him a message saying they shouldn't be doing it, to which he gruffly agreed. Hurt and heartbroken, Fiona responded a little childishly, and they stopped texting. However, Felix couldn't forget her so, when he told his critically ill mother about her, his mom encouraged him to find her. Felix hired a company to trace Fiona's phone and when he had all of her information, he went to her place in search of her in person.
This was a somewhat fun, and yet, sad story to read. There were moments of angst and drama, but there was plenty of humor to round it out. But there was a hint of melancholy in it as well due to certain subject matters.
Unfortunately, the story felt quite juvenile with a 42-year-old man acting more like a 15-year-old boy. He seemed stunted in his actions and words, which was a bit of a disappointment. The 20-year-old FMC seemed even younger at times as well. Which was why I only gave this book a two-star rating.
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3,492 reviews26 followers
June 5, 2022
Fiona is a curvy girl with a love for dress design. She also has low self-esteem after being teased about her weight and not having boyfriends. She works for a company where she is an assistant to the CEO's assistant. Fiona has had a big crush on the CEO, Felix since the first time she saw his picture. She daydreams about a possible future life together where they are married and having kids. She knows this is an impossible dream since he has never seen her and would have no interest in a girl like her. Then she gets access to his private cell phone number. She can't resist and sends him a text. They start flirting but she is afraid to tell him who she really is.

Felix had a rough childhood where his dad abused both him and his mother, He ended killing his dad to defend his mother as a child and it really messed him up. He has lived his life distanced from everyone else. Now his mother is dying and wants to see him in a relationship so he won't be alone when she is gone. Felix realizes that he has never found someone because he has been waiting for the perfect one. He is losing hope that she even exists but then he gets a mysterious text message.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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95 reviews4 followers
May 27, 2023
It was a mistake.

I should never have stolen his phone number, mainly because of a silly crush.

Felix Franklin is forty-two years old, the billionaire CEO of the company where I work as a lowly assistant. He wouldn’t look twice at me, and not just because of my position.

I’m twenty, on the curvy side, spending a lot of my free time hunched over a sewing machine, dreaming of being a fashion designer.

Felix is forty-two and ripped. His hair is iron, and his wolfish blue eyes are intense. He looks confident and dashing in photoshoots and an alpha in the extreme.

But when I get his number, I can’t resist.

I won’t have to meet him. I won’t have to tell him I’m a virgin or that he’s so much more experienced than me.

Really, what harm can one text do?

It turns out the answer is a lot.

It can bring Felix crashing into my life in a whirlwind of possession, jealousy, and primal hunger.

It can bring the darkness of our pasts up and make us reveal things we wanted kept secret.

And it can bring us together…even if I’m always wondering, always doubting if he truly feels the same as I do.

Absolutely love this book, read this in one sitting. Love this series so far. The steamy scenes 🥵
11.6k reviews49 followers
June 10, 2022
Let the flirting begin with the first text

Texting the CEO is part of the Man Who Knows What He Wants series and this story made me laugh out loud and then blush and hold onto my panties really tight. It is about Fiona and Felix. She is twenty years old, sweet, still have her V-card and is working at her first job. Felix is forty-two years old, the CEO of his company and dealing with the cancer diagnosis of his mother. Fiona's job is the assistant to the assistant to the CEO.....who is Felix and who she just happens to have a HUGE CRUSH on. One day she gets his private cell phone number and then the flirting begins. But Felix has his own issues from his childhood which he has to deal with. Add in that his mother is dying and wants him to find someone to love and who will love him, and this man has some things to work through. Luckily for him he starts receiving some texts and he is willing to play along. But what will happen if they decide to meet in person? Will Fiona's dreams come true of love and family or will she lose her job and her have her dreams crushed once again?
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2,896 reviews20 followers
June 6, 2022
Fiona is an assistant to the assistant of the CEO, Felix whom she's been fantasizing about since she first saw him. She firmly believes he's way out of her league, he's oblivious to her existence, but when she has a chance to get his mobile number off his desk, she does. Knowing she shouldn't text him, as it could cost her her job if he figures out who she is, but believing she can remain anonymous the temptation is too strong to resist so she gives in, and they start a conversation.

Felix’s mom is eager for him to find someone special but so far no one has caught his attention that is until he receives an anonymous text on his personal phone. He can't help but be intrigued and over a series of texts they get to know each other, remaining anonymous seems to make it easier for both of them to relax and be themselves.

She believes that if he ever saw her in person he'd be disappointed and walk away without giving her the time of day. But what if she's wrong?
5,036 reviews27 followers
June 5, 2022
Fiona has had a crush on the CEO of the company where she works for a while. When opportunity strikes and she is able to obtain his private cell number, it is too much to resist. What would he really want with her, when he could be with anyone, but her friend talks her into messaging him.

When Felix get anonymous text he just not what to think, but it sparks something in him. They continue to converse until they agree to stop, but he has become obsessed with her. He knows she works for him, so he looks her up, she is gorgeous. He gets her address and goes to her house, this sweetheart has no idea of her worth.

This is steamy read with wonderful characters and only drama is insecurities on a characters part.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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4,918 reviews
June 5, 2022
Another fantastic story from Flora Ferrari. This is the story of Fiona and Felix. Felix is ​​CEO of the company and Fiona has a secret crush on him. One day she steals his phone number through her boss's computer. Even though she works for him but not in direct contact but as an assistant in another department in his company.

When Felix sees an unknown number on his private mobile, the ball starts rolling when he answers and they first have a texting relationship that quickly grows into a real one. It's not always easy between them because she still has some insecurities, but the chemistry and attraction between them is not to be missed. This is a beautiful story and the main characters and their characters are well described. Definitely a must read.



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500 reviews8 followers
June 5, 2022
Fiona is a lowly assistant's assistant. She has a massive crush on the CEO of the company she works for, Felix. Felix is in his 40s and has never been in love. With his past he pretty much turned off his feelings. He has never been in love. Just a simple text from Fiona gets the emotions going in him. She is exactly how he pictured the perfect girl for him. Fiona is curvy and is not confident about, almost annoyingly so. That was the only thing I didn't like about her. How many times does she have to hear that he's attracted to her. But sometimes those old wounds can be hard to get over. They both have them, just differing. They overcome all this and get together as strong as can be. The epilogues were great too.

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20.8k reviews362 followers
June 5, 2022
The Mystery Texter . . .

Fiona Smith indirectly works for CEO Felix Franklin as an assistant to the assistant. She has a crush on him, so when she has a chance to get his personal cell number off his desk, she jots it down. She knows she should not text him. She could lose her job if he figures out who did such a thing. But the temptation of remaining anonymous, not having to face him directly, is too strong to resist. So when she gives in, they start a conversation.

Felix’s mom is eager for him to find someone special before her health deteriorates further. But no one had caught his attention until he gets an unknown text on his personal phone. Getting to know each other without the social cues makes it easier to relax and communicate. But will he want to meet her in person? Would he be disappointed and walk away?
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7,089 reviews31 followers
June 6, 2022
When Their Stars Align -
Fiona’s one-sided crush on her boss came to a head, when she sent him a text message anonymously and didn’t think of what would happen next. Felix’s life consisted of work and looking after his sick mother, as he hadn’t found love. However, the last thing he expected when he received a text message from an unknown number, was that it would lead him to the love of his life and a forever happiness.

I really enjoyed reading this story, with a storyline that had me on the edge of my seat waiting with bated breath, whilst rooting for the characters to get their happily ever after. If you are looking for a heartwarming story, without major drama, that will leave a smile on your face, then I suggest you get this book for your reading pleasure.

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2,451 reviews15 followers
June 6, 2022
Another fabulous age-gap instalove from the incomparable Flora Ferrari. Felix is forty-two, CEO of a large media company, and carrying around the scars of a childhood trauma, has never felt IT. Then he gets a random text one night from twenty-year old Fiona. Fiona works for Felix's company, and though they have never met, she has crushed on him since the first moment she saw him. When she happens to get a hold of his private cell, she dares to send him a somewhat flirty text. But when Felix tracks her down, Fiona cannot believe that a man like him could actually ever possibly want a young, curvy girl like herself. Can they both get out of their own way long enough to find out if fantasy can turn into reality?

A fun, entertaining, over-the-top, super steamy age gap instalove!

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817 reviews5 followers
October 22, 2022
Fiona and Felix

Fiona has dreams about her boss and they are very real, trouble is, they don't know each other. They aren't in the same circle. Fiona sees his mobile number and texts him a message. After numerous texts Felix finds out who his mystery girl is...

This is such an instalove, insta-connection, insta-commitment fast paced relationship! Because it moves so quick there's a few walls, secrets and barriers that need to fall before the relationship between them develops. Felix is very alpha, protective and possessive with his feelings for Fiona; and Fiona struggles to think herself as deserving of his love and attention. The story is well written and fast paced from dual POV revealing intimately their thoughts, feelings and emotions as they explore their relationship. There's an epilogue and a HEA.
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1,879 reviews28 followers
April 19, 2023
HEA
Standalone
*over 18 readers only *
Age-gap (42-20)

Trigger warnings
Cancer (mmc mom)
Murder/suicide her parents
DV

Felix has some unknown past that might be the cause of him not finding a woman to settle down with. His mother is probably, maybe, dying of cancer, and she doesn't want to leave him alone in the world. Fiona works for his company and is lusting for him from a distance. She basically stole his personal number and ends up texting him but doesn't explain fully who she is. Now, he can't get her out of his mind. But she calls an end to the texts. He doesn't let that stop him and tracks her down. But there are secrets on both sides, and his just might be the end of them before they start...


I really do wish this author didn't make her curvy girls so... weak about their appearance. And this one's runaway reaction gets a bit overdone.
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332 reviews7 followers
June 5, 2022
This is the story of Felix and Fiona, it is a cute Insta love story, with an older man/ younger virginal woman who happens to be an employee.

Fiona has been obsessed with Felix for so long, she has only glimpsed him from afar a few times but she knows he is the man for her, the man who is meant to father her children. When she spots his personal phone number on her bosses desk she steals it and things progress from there.

This is a sweet story, Felix is a great male lead. Fiona is a good character although does seem younger than her years at times. I knocked off a star as I found Fiona's self depreciation a bit too much. Other than that a sweet and steamy read.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
200 reviews1 follower
June 5, 2022
Fiona has a major crush on the CEO. She gets his private phone number off her boss’s computer scene. She begins to text him and adds kisses. She feels alone in the world. She is a curvy girl with dreams of designing clothes.
Felix has demons from his childhood. His mother is fighting cancer. His mother wants him settled before she goes. Then he starts getting texts from a mystery woman.
Good story about overcoming childhood demons. Also the tough battle against cancer. There is no pressure with just texting back and worth. Until Felix finds her. Fiona gains confidence in herself.
The chemistry is great. Has a HEA.

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6,168 reviews58 followers
June 9, 2022
Fiona has a major crush on her boss and the CEO of the company where she works. Felix hasn't found the one woman who will make his life complete. His mother has cancer and is hoping that he finds someone before she leaves this world. Fiona happens to see her bosses phone number and she decides to text a message to him. Felix is intrigued when he gets a text from someone he doesn't know. They start talking and he really wants to meet her. He's good looking and Fiona feels that if he meets her he won't be interested because she is pretty curvy. Will these two ever find each other? Will they find their HEA together? Love the storyline and the characters. Can't wait to read another story from Flora Ferrari.

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