Carole´s Monday: The takeover

Author: Jackie Ladbury

Title: The Takeover

Series: Love is in the Air #3

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Format: ebook

Pages: 329

Published: January 1, 2018

Where I Got It: My shelf (Netgalley)

Summary: 

He’s her new boss and everything she hates . . . right?

Flight attendant Emerald Montrose's spontaneous trip to Florence to surprise her boyfriend turns into a nightmare when she finds him in bed with another woman.

Drowning her sorrows in the hotel bar should be the perfect medicine. But she ends up embarrassing herself in front of the gorgeous, but grumpy, hotel owner, Marco Cavarelli.

Emerald is determined to put that night behind her. But fate has other plans. Returning to work, she discovers the airline has a new owner, and she has a new boss — Marco Cavarelli!

Marco is not impressed with the flighty girl he met in Florence. And even less impressed that she’s the woman he needs onboard to secure the deal.

But forced to spend time together, Emerald and Marco begin to realise they might have more in common than they thought.

And the intense dislike is fast becoming a sizzling chemistry.

Review:

Didn't realize this was part of series until partway through it BUT it worked perfectly fine. 

This follows Marco and Emerald. It all starts with Emerald flying to surprise her boyfriend but it turns into a living nightmare when she catches him with another woman. While drowning her sorrows in the hotel bar she embarrasses herself in front of the gorgeous, but grumpy hotel owner....Marco. She is determined to put that night behind her but low and behold her airline has a new owner and she has a new boss...and his name is Marco. They hate each other but are forced to spend time together.

Gotta love a good enemies to lovers trope especially when there isn't a bad history that makes it seem impossible to overcome. There is just an embarrassing night and some misunderstandings. And two stubborn people who simply won't chillax for a minute and talk.

Now, I will say Marco and Emerald annoyed me SOOOOO much. Marco was too grumpy and stuck up his business romp......Emerald was so very childish. Again....if they took TWO minutes to be nice and relax everything could've been solved or at least some things could've been untangled. However, I did enjoy watching them finally fall in love even though they needed a kick in the romp. 

There is some humor sprinkled around which helped ease the tense scenes with these two knuckle-heads. I'm certainly glad there was some humor to help. 

Oooo! I loved that we got to fly to all these different locations. Adorable. :D 

The ending was very sweet, but it took SO, SO, SOOOO long to get there. 

All-in-all, I did enjoy this but the characters drove me insane. Hahaha. The ending was sweet but these stubborn mules made things so hard and complicated. I'll give this 3 stars. I am curious about the other books in the series. 

ONE WORD SUMMARY: Pleasant

Challenge(s):

- Romance Reading Challenge #19 (Necktie on cover)