A billionaire in need of an assistant. A high-stakes poker game. The prize he demands? Me.

Anthony Sorvino may be an Italian Stallion with a huge, um… bank balance but he’s also an assistant-firing, beast of a boss and control freak with a list of rules a mile long. He has me thrown into a holding cell and thrown out of a meeting within the first week. He will be this boss tamer’s greatest challenge.

Well, I love a challenge.

Kill them with kindness is my motto. You show me a dark cloud, I’ll show you its silver lining. I wear a smile and carry a fresh fruit smoothie everywhere I go. And, if I last three months as his assistant, I can cash in big and make my dream a reality. Eyes on the prize. Bring it on, bosshole.

But, between flirty bickering at the office and late-night confessions, I catch glimpses of the man with a heart of gold and more than a few scars under the grumpy exterior. His sizzling hot kisses soon have me breaking the one rule I never meant to break - never fall in love with the boss.

The stakes are high and men like him don’t play fair. Will I wind up losing it all?

(This is a steamy, grump/sunshine office romance between a scowling CEO and his optimistic assistant. Part one of a series but can be read as a stand-alone, no cheating, no cliffhangers and a happily-ever-after.)