Ever since she sent her 11-year-old daughter Mary off to a boarding school for gifted children in Connecticut, Caroline Wheeler, the reluctant mayor of tiny Sugar Sands Island off the Florida coast, has been working a second job at a restaurant on the mainland to cover the tuition. She's at the restaurant one evening when a table specifically requests her as their server. She quickly recognizes the arrogant man seated there as the older version of the boy with whom she had a fling 12 years earlier, resulting in Mary's birth. She's so startled to see him again that she accidentally spills a tray of drinks on him and gets fired. Grant Kingsley, now the COO of Kingsley Oil, is in town with his stepmother, Magdalena, to deal with a PR crisis resulting from a recent accident on an offshore oil rig near Sugar Sands. Grant is convinced that he can handle the problem on his own, but Magdalena knows they need someone with local connections to help get the community back on their side, so she tracks Caroline down and offers her a temporary job as the local liaison for Kingsley Oil. As much as she wants to refuse, Caroline knows that the money Magdalena's offering will cover Mary's tuition for an entire year, so she accepts the job. Now she just has to figure out how to work with Grant, who has made it clear that he will do everything in his power to make her quit. Not only that, she has to figure out how to tell him that he has a daughter. Should be a piece of cake...
This book was a tremendous amount of fun and I enjoyed it immensely. Grant was so used to getting his way in business and just about every other aspect of his life, but every time he tried to intimidate Caroline into quitting, she would just laugh at him, and I loved it. His usual tactics didn't work on her, which both confused and frustrated him. He didn't stop trying, however, which led to great banter and so much delicious tension and chemistry between them. Ultimately, they really seemed to bring out the best in each other, and I loved cheering them on to their HEA.
I highly recommend "My Worst Best Mistake" for all romantic comedy fans and look forward to whatever Kenzie Reed writes next.
*Review copy provided by the author/publisher via Wildfire Marketing Solutions. All opinions expressed are my own.
About "My Worst Best Mistake"
He thinks he can make me quit...I think I can drive him crazy. We've got 8 weeks to find out who's right...
When it comes to sexy oil baron Grant Kingsley, you can leave out the drilling jokes—I’ve heard them all before.
The question is, how did I, mayor of a tiny island on the Forgotten Coast of Florida, end up working directly under him? And why does my mind go to the most inappropriate places every time I ask myself that question? And what would he look like without that custom-tailored wool suit and expression of insufferable arrogance?
Doesn’t matter. After vanishing from my life when I needed him most, he’s swooped into town with plans to turn our little slice of paradise into an ecological disaster. And he’s forcing me to help pave this highway to Hades—well, he thinks he is. I’m here to block him by any means necessary, and as he’s about to find out, I fight dirty.
So dirty. Just like my thoughts about Grant Kingsley. In fact—
Wait, where were we again?
Oh yes. All I have to do for the next eight weeks is 1.) Resist the charms of a delightful family of eco-villains, 2.) Hide an earth-shattering secret, and 3.) Try not to fall in love – again – with my greatest nemesis.
That last one may be the toughest assignment of them all.
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