I’m never walking down that path again. Even if he kisses better than any other man.We’ll always be bitter rivals. Eight years ago, he ruined my life. Now, the grade-A jerk is back to do it again. Christopher Kinnison is many things.Cruel. Arrogant.Handsome. Conceited.One thing he absolute is not is kind.He proved that eight years ago when he destroyed my dreams and career along with my heart.… that eight years ago when he destroyed my dreams and career along with my heart.
What the hell did I ever do to karma that she sent him back into my life?
And we are supposed to be working together – again!
The devil might be easier to work with than Chris.
At least I could resist the beast with the horns.
But the flesh and blood man in front of me is another story.
We’re not the same college kids we were back then.
Being single parents means we both have bigger priorities than our own hang-ups.
But the same sizzle between us is impossible to ignore.
He may be my sworn enemy, but love isn’t always logical or fair.
Standalone romance, no cliffhanger, HEA Guaranteed.
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Rival Attraction
An Enemies-To-Lovers Office Romance by Sofia T Summers
Chris and Hollie have a history they dated and were interns at the same advertising company. All that came crashing down when they couldn’t agree on a presentation for a room of potential clients. An argument ensued in front of the clients and their boss fired them both. They parted ways never to speak to each other again. Anger, hurt, heartbreak and betrayal were all that was left.
Now eight years later the companies they work for are merging and they are once again tasked to work on a big clients campaign. Will they finally be able to put old hurt, heartbreak and betrayal away and work together? Will their old feeling come back to the surface and their hate really be just disappointment for what could have been. What still can be with understanding and forgiveness. Their journey from the past to the present is one of anger, frustration, emotions, hurt,heartbreak, understanding, patience,respect forgiveness,hope and love.
I received an ARC from Booksprout for my honest review.
Five
Our couple has history, once being a couple until work competition broke them up. Now they are unexpectedly working on another project together. Can they put aside past feelings to get the job done? Or will the job help them overcome the past to develop a future?
This is a second chance romance story with an office setting, but not a boss/employee type. I found the story to be well written and easy to read with a plot that was straightforward while still having enough complications to keep it interesting. The characters were well developed and very real, with good chemistry between them, and I really liked them for the most part. The one place where they fell down, and this was mostly on the hero, was in the communications department. If you are going to have a real relationship, you have to be open and honest and our hero failed more than once. Other than that, the story was very enjoyable and I look forward to more from this author.
Highly recommended
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This is the first book in the Forbidden Times Series by Sofia T. Summers and is an enmities to lovers romance focusing on Hollie Jamison and Christopher Johnson who as college interns allowed their competition for a marketing position to end their relationship. Eight years later, they meet again as their companies are merging together. Their previous relationship is re-established until the ex-wife of Chris arrives on the scene. I recommend this enjoyable book with its well developed characters and a plot with a “family feel”, drama, and steamy romance.
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A bit second chance romance, some nice office romance and a lot of enemies to lovers take, Hollie and Chris’ story in Sofia T Summers’s Rival Attraction (Forbidden First Times Book 1) is fun no matter how you slice it. I’ve not read books by this author before but based on how well done this one was I’m drooling for the next. Highly recommended.
An absolutely fast pace engaging page turner! The story line is well-developed, emotionally deep, and well written with twists and turns, suspense, witty banter, humour, and more. The characters are strong and well developed; the chemistry between them is off the charts. A lot happened in this book and it is definitely worth the read.
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A new author for me. This is her debut novel. It’s an enjoyable read but,it,feels more like second chance then an opposites attract or maybe it’s both. This story is about Chris and Hollie. They’ve been apart for eight years. Chris is a single dad of daughter, Amelia and Hollie has a son Hunter. They are both attracted to each other but they both have very competitive personalities and both struggle for control. I didn’t really care for the secondary characters. Their characters weren’t developed. The story was a bit disjointed and did t flow as well as it could – as well as a few plot inconsistencies.
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They were college sweethearts, interning at the same company until they weren’t. Eight years have past and life comes full circle. Chris works for Marlow and Steede Media. They are in the process of merging with a marketing start up. Thinking that this will be his big break to take the lead until his boss walks in with a group of people and one of them is Hollie. Both are assigned to work on the contract for Lamont. Chris hasn’t gotten over what Hollie did in the past and doesn’t want to work with her. After sitting down to talk and explaining what’s happened in the past eight year. They are soon working together. When Chris suggests a weekend getaway. She thinks its for just the two of them until he explain it for all of them. After their trip they land the deal and wants to celebrate. Chris suggests cooking them a meal and trouble arrives in the shape of his Ex wife. Believing he’s getting the best but getting the worst Chris is about to let the best thing slips through his fingers. When his ex shows her true colors will he be to late to savage what he had with Hollie? Grab your copy today
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Hollie and Chris had a relationship in college and were interns together when things went south and they parted ways. Eight years later they are working together again. Will they both be to strong willed to let by gones be by gones, or can they move forward and realize they can work together and be a team. The chemistry is still there will they be able to rekindle what they once had?
This was well written with a good storyline with plenty of drama, fussing and steam to keep you wanting more. This was my first book to read by Sofia T. Summers and I really enjoyed her writing style and look forward to more of her books.
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This is the first book I’d ever read written by Ms Summers and I like it! I gave it 5 stars because that even if the topic is not new, enemies-to-lovers, the little twist and wonderful characters made it pretty interesting. In this eight-year- long love story, Chris and Hollie struggled between their love and all that little obstacles put in a relationship, including mistrust, misunderstandings and evil exes, to be together. A modern taking of love and commitment in a business setting. Easy to read, with low angst situations, a lot of romance and hot scenes, this book made for a very nice reading. Enjoy!
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This is a second chance at love story. They were college sweethearts, but a misunderstanding tore them apart. Neither was willing to give in. They went their separate ways. Eight years later they meet up again when her company is bought out by his. At first they can hardly be in the same room together, but when they are assigned to work together the ice starts to thaw and all their old feelings resurface. Can they get it right this time or will things from their past get in the way? I really enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend it.
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I enjoyed this storyline. The characters are well developed and engaging and full of chemistry. I enjoyed the smooth flow of the storyline. Kudos to the author for delivering a great steamy storyline.
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The prologue happens 8 years before the actual story. Hollie and Chris, both students at the University of Chicago, worked at the same advertising agency. They had a presentation for clients and Chris argued with Hollie that his presentation was better than hers. To get her to forget about the argument, he initiated sex. When Chris went to sleep, she knew he had pushed the sex to get her off track, but she knew she had to replace his presentation with hers.
She snuck out of his dorm room and when she woke up in her bed the next day noticed there was no text from Chris, and she ate breakfast. Dressed professionally, looking more like a lawyer than someone in advertising,
Arriving at the office before Chris she set up the presentation. This presentation could convince Mr. Dalton, the owner of the agency, if the person presenting would be hired as one of the two interns he always took on as employees.
Hollie started the presentation, Chris cut in and an argument in front of the clients as to whose idea was the best. Mr. Dalton came in and fired them both on the spot. They left the agency and went their separate ways, not what either one of them had expected to be doing that day.
The story begins eight years later. Chris is marketing director for Marlow and Steed Media who are planning to merge with Advegis Advertising, a marketing start-up ,then launch a new campaign. If everything worked out right, the company could spread worldwide and make billions in investments and Chris hoped he would become senior VP. Chris. He expected George Marlow to announce it at their next meeting today.
When George brings the people, Chris assumes are from the start up there she is. Hollie!
When George starts the meeting, he explains that the Lamont Account is the largest ever seen by Marlow & Steed and it required the best of the best to handle it. This is where he introduces “Christopher” Johnson. When Chris gets up to the front with Mr. Marlow. Then Mr. Marlow says, “He will be joined by the very talented, very resourceful, and very passionate, Hollie Jameson.”
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Hollie Jameson
1. Shoulder-length light brown hair, curvy body,
2. Hunter, her son who, at 6 years old, is in remission from Leukemia.
3. Kevin, Hollie’s longtime boyfriend/Hunter’s father, who had been killed on deployment with the army.
Christopher “Chris” Kinnison
1. Dark hair, dark eyes, intense gaze, funny, smart enough to do well in his classes without even trying, competitive,
2. After college he worked, for 6 years with Marlow and Steed Agency working his way up to marketing director.
3. Amelia, Chris’s five-year-old daughter.
4. Sherry, Amelia’s mother, Chris’s ex-wife whom he divorced when he found she had a cocaine addiction.
George Marlow
1. President of Marlow & Steed
Nicole Steed
1. Marlow’s sister who worked from her office in New York.
Marlow & Steed Employees
1. Donna Fletcher
2. Lloyd Brown
Hollie and Chris were college sweethearts who working together as interns at a marketing firm when Hollie pitched her idea instead of Chris’s idea. They break up. Fast forward 8 years later and Hollie is hired at the firm Chris now works for. Each has a child from a previous relationship. As they reconnect, they must overcome similar obstacles that they faced when they were interns. Now there are other people involved – namely their children- who act more mature than their parents with this relationship. Chris must prove that he is worthy of Hollie’s love for them to all be a family.
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This was a very enjoyable story with the characters both harboring their own hang ups and needs to come together for hea
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This is the first book in the Forbidden Times Series but is read as a standalone. If you like office love stories and enemies to lovers romances, you’ll love this book. The chemistry between the characters is over the top and their back and forth banter is hilarious at times. The story is told from both Holly and Chris’s point of view which gives us insight into what each are thinking. They both are strong characters and their character traits remained pretty true even after eight years. Their love-hate relationship produced a lot of drama as well as passion. Twists and turns make for an engaging story with an HEA at the end. I read an arc via Booksprout and voluntarily chose to write a review.