Is reclusive millionaire Will Carson’s new assistant hiding something that could break his trust? Find out in New York Times bestselling author Cathryn Fox’s new scorching-hot Harlequin DARE! The public loves seeing powerful millionaires taken down a notch–or ten. And after losing the woman I loved thanks to a tabloid exposé, I’m obsessed with privacy. My assistants are carefully vetted. So I … vetted. So I can’t help being suspicious when domestically challenged bombshell Khloe Davis is hired to accompany me to tropical St. Thomas.
Khloe breaks everything she touches and can’t make so much as a sandwich. And the maddeningly tiny French maid uniform she wears every day is definitely not the required dress code…not that I’m complaining. Sleeping with the help is against every rule in my book, but just the sight of Khloe is keeping me up at night.
Then I discover she wants me as much as I want her. Before I know it, we’re checking off every position on her sexual to-do list. What skills Khloe lacks in the kitchen she more than makes up for in the bedroom. The voluptuous goddess is fast becoming my new obsession. But is she hiding something that could break my trust…and my heart?
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This was a nice quick steamy read with just enough angst to keep things interesting.
James Carson is someone Khloe is really fond of so when her boss confronts her about writing an expose about his son Will she declines and is then fired. What’s a girl to do, well smart thing for her she went to tell James about the situation and he took the news better than she had expected and offered her a position as Will’s assistant.
This is where things go interesting because the chemistry was through the roof and she knew who he was but he didn’t remember her but regardless he has a strict no fraternization with employees policy, but you know how the saying goes…rules are meant to be broken 😉
If you enjoy hot and steamy office romances this is a great book for you to dive into.
Happy Reading!!!
3.5 Stars!
Cathryn Fox has been one of my go-to authors for quite some time, and she never fails to entertain with her erotic stories. UNDER HIS OBSESSION is a standalone romance that primarily takes place on the exotic Caribbean island of Saint Thomas.
Khloe Davis and Will Carson met a couple of times when they were kids. Now Khloe is a recently unemployed journalist and Will is a successful businessman, thanks to his family’s multi-million dollar conglomerate. Khloe’s ethical morals caused her to lose her job, and as a result, Will’s grandfather hired her to be Will’s temporary assistant while she seeks out new employment opportunities.
Thanks to a salacious tabloid spread that completely shattered Will’s life a few years ago, he has become quite reclusive. As a result, his personal assistants are carefully screened, and they don’t last very long because of his compulsion for privacy. Khloe is an odd choice for the position because she is incapable of doing anything domestic. Will and Khloe are like Frick and Frack, yet they get along really well and have undeniable chemistry.
Although I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it fell slightly short for me. So much sex left less time for the story, and I prefer more of an equal balance between plot and sexy times. Khloe and Will have an amazing chemistry and I loved how quickly their desire evolved. The story was fun, with very likable secondary characters. Will’s ninety-year-old grandfather’s unique talent for matchmaking was cleverly executed. Overall, a nicely written sexy read.
Cathryn Fox is a new author for me, but if this is an example of her work, I’ve got a lot of her backlist titles to catch up on. As for Under His Obsession, while the the title didn’t thrill me, it was a one-sitting, addictive read and it gets 5 stars from this reader.
Khloe works for sleazy Starlight Magazine, although her dream is to be a journalist for The New Yorker, and she’s just been given an assignment by her boss that she doesn’t want. Not long ago, a sleazy expose, complete with photos taken at his bachelor party, ruined the engagement of wunderkind Will Carson, an immensely wealthy, brilliant, and gorgeous, software developer, who happens to be the son of Khloe’s father’s dear friend, James Carson, a man who was practically a grandfather to Khloe, and who is now in his nineties, but still sharp as a tack. When Khloe refuses to do a follow-up on Will Carson and the devastating effect the last expose had on his life, she’s fired from her job, with no savings to speak of, but at least she has a backbone and some ethics.
After clearing out her desk, she decides to drop in on James Carson to warn him that although she refused to further wreck the life of his grandson, someone else will certainly do so. Upon learning that her refusal to do the article cost Khloe her job, James decides that she’d be perfect as Will’s temporary assistant–he’s going to be in seclusion on St. Thomas, and since he never hires the same assistant twice, James warns her that Will has strict rules about how his assistants are to dress, behave, speak and more, but since his private Lear jet plane is leaving very shortly, and with no other source of income in sight, Chloe throws some clothing in a bag, and is a bit late arriving at the airport.
What follows is the second meeting of Klhoe and Will, aboard the jet (they did once meet when she was a child), is a wacky comedy of errors, with some very well-written banter, and 3 weeks of misunderstandings, sexual innuendo, breaking plates, burned food, a broken vacuum, misunderstandings, and some seriously steamy, explicit and erotic goings on between these two characters, and it all worked for this reader, who thoroughly enjoyed these two well-drawn characters, and the proof that opposites can and do attract.
If graphic sex isn’t your thing, this might not be the novel for you–it certainly belongs in the Harlequin Dare imprint, but I found it to be an engaging, emotional, sexy, sad and thoroughly entertaining read, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this novel. The opinions expressed are my own.
Khloe and Will seem to be complete opposites, and in lots of ways they are, but they are exactly what the other needed. You know the secret Khloe is keeping is going to cause major issues with them, so that is always hanging over the story. But while you wait for that to happen, you get a wonderful sexy story of two people getting to know each other, and falling in love. Of course the falling out happens, and Will makes a gesture perfect for him and Khloe to make it all right again!