Using his extraordinary maneuvering skills, Max Cirillo has pulled off the impossible . . . bringing Sloane Madison to his front door . . . literally . . . seeing the shock on her face would be . . . epic? . . . or was he incredibly overplaying his hand?
Tell her it wasn't so! Her landlord for the next four months was Max Cirillo? Her Max? No, no, no, not her Max . . . he was never that, but he used to be her best friend and business partner until he betrayed her, stole their company right from under her nose, and . . . and . . . now, four years later, he wanted closure? The gall of the multi-millionaire, too-handsome-for-his-own-good man!
For awhile it was easy to avoid crossing paths with Max, Sloane was busy running her growing business as an etiquette expert, while assuming temporary guardianship of her teenage niece while Ivy's parents worked out of the country. Then came "the mouse in the house", and a forced proximity changed the parameters of her carefully constructed walls . . . just enough. . . she was in so much trouble.
Watching these two reinvent their relationship was truly remarkable; extraordinarily deep wounds were exposed, crippling emotions that had never been acknowledged, much less named, come roaring back into shore like a tidal wave. The crafty banter is priceless, the sub-plotting adds so much texture, and when crippling fear comes knocking on the door, Max and Sloane have a decision to make; time isn't going to stand still while they stroll down "uneasy street".
A definite shelf keeper!
*I purchased a copy and was under no obligation to provide a positive review
BackCover Blurb:
Christy Award Hall of Fame Author
Once
upon a time Max Cirillo and Sloane Madison were close friends and
business partners. But when their business relationship imploded, so did
the friendship.
Now, four years later, Max is a rich CEO.
Sloane’s a not-so-rich etiquette expert who returns to Maine to serve as
her niece’s temporary guardian and help the girl search for her birth
father. Sloane and her niece move into a darling garage apartment but
Sloane’s joy in their accommodations soon turns to horror when she
realizes their apartment belongs to Max. Thanks to an unbreakable lease,
she’s stuck living right next door to him.
Max pulled strings to
bring Sloane into his orbit because he needs closure on what went wrong
between them. Quickly, though, his scheming comes back to bite him. The
world might view him as a cold-hearted rake, but this one woman has
dangerous power over his emotions.
They’ll have no choice but to
confront their history—and the undeniable spark between them—while
living side by side on uneasy street.
Discover witty humor, rich emotion, banter, and charm within the pages of this sweet enemies-to-lovers romance!
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