After two years of taking care of her heartbroken father, Evie needs a new start. Leaving the States and following her sister to Australia to work as the personal assistant of rugby star Xavier – The Beast – Stevens seems like the right kind of distraction.
Tall, muscled and devilishly handsome, Xavier is the lov’ em and leav’ em kind of guy. He never forgets a girl’s name because he never bothers to remember it in the first place.
Evie soon realizes that being Xavier’s assistant is a 24/7 job; the man seems unwilling to even set an alarm for himself.
As she watches him move from one woman to the next, Evie is glad that her heart is safe from his attention. After all, she’s a far cry from the size zero models he usually takes to his bed.
But soon being around Xavier doesn’t feel like a job, and seeing him walk around his apartment half naked all the time isn’t helping either. Evie knows that giving in to her attraction will lead to heartbreak, but when Xavier starts treating her as more than just his assistant, resisting his charms seems like an impossible task.
My Review:
Rating: 4 stars
I received an Arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. This was the first book I have read by Cora Reilly and I really liked it. Evie goes to live with her twin sister Fiona in Australia, who gets her the job of becoming a personal assistant to rugby star Xavier. Xavier is someone who needed someone to make sure he got to all of his appointments and practices on time. I enjoyed that Evie was not a stick thin model, instead she was curvy and a little bigger than our normal stick figure heroines. Ususally when an author writes about a woman who is curvy they have self-esteem issues that are forced down your throat every two sentences. Cora incorporated her weight, but didn't make it an issue. I enjoyed the banter between Xavier and Evie and how the sexual tension between the two played out. There was a part I was so frustrated I wanted to jump in the book and smack Xavier, but it showed he was a flawed character. No one is perfect and Cora brought to light the many faults of Xavier and Evie. I wish I could read Fiona's book because I was really interested in her character. I liked that Fiona wanted to try and protect Evie, but Evie stood her ground and their relationship was still a big part of this book even though they hadn't seen each other in two years. Overall, it was a cute story with only a little bit of drama.
