A divorced billionaire and his devoted secretary must work together to save his company. An arranged marriage is his only hope—and the matchmaker’s worst nightmare. Tatum Carlyle is hopelessly devoted to her boss. As executive assistant to the brilliant CEO, she’s in Dawson Rafferty’s life every day. He depends on her for everything professional. If only he could depend on her for everything … depend on her for everything personal.
A crush on the boss is cliché, but how can she help it? He’s all she wants, but he doesn’t—and can’t—notice her. Curse those company bylaws regarding intra-office relationships! But now he’s asked her the impossible—to find him a wife.
He’d do anything to save his company—even get married again.
Dawson Rafferty is in danger of losing his company as an unknown enemy threatens a hostile takeover. If that happens, he’ll lose the medical advancement he’s nearly perfected. Millions of lives hang in the balance.
To keep control of his company and save lives, he needs a loyal wife to buy up the reserved shares—before the shareholders’ meeting. After his last heartbreak, he doesn’t dare trust himself to choose another wife.
Dawson needs a matchmaker. Someone reliable. Someone connected. Someone with good judgment. His loyal assistant, Tatum, is his obvious only choice. She’s never failed him, but can she find his perfect match within three weeks?
The word crush has never been so apropos.
Crushing on the Billionaire is Book 2 in the Billionaire’s Reluctant Wife series by Swoony Award-winning author Jennifer Griffith and USA Today best-selling author Cynthia Savage.
All the books in the series are standalone romantic comedies with hunky heroes, hilarious twists, and clean-but-undeniable chemistry.
The Billionaire’s Reluctant Bride Series
1. Marry Your Billionaire
2. Crushing on the Billionaire
3. Trusting the Billionaire
Other Romantic Comedies By Jennifer Griffith include:
The Getaway Bay Clean Billionaire Beach Club
13. The Billionaire’s Blue Christmas
14. The Benched Billionaire
15. The Bookish Billionaire
The Billionaire Makeover Series
1. Setting Up the Billionaire
2. Concealed from the Billionaire
3. Dodging the BIllionaire
Legally in Love Series
1. Legally Wedded
2. Attractive Nuisance
3. Mergers & Acquisitions
4. Wills & Trust
5. Asked & Answered
6. Illegally Wedded
7. Moot Court
8. First & Last Christmas Date
The Teen Queens Series
1. Super Daisy
2. My 90s Boy Band Boyfriend
Standalone Books
Big in Japan
Chocolate & Conversation
The Congressman & The Goddess
Assumption of the Riskmore
Crushing on the Billionaire by Jennifer Griffith (4 stars)
Tatum and Dawson are downright like-able characters and the romance between them isn’t just physical or based on money; they are attracted by character traits and by intelligence as much as by one another’s physical attributes. They are realistically written: they have difficulties they’ve overcome, they have foibles, they have strong morals, and they have empathy.
The love story is adorable and the book is filled with comic moments. Ms. Griffith has a quirky sense of humor that comes through in her books and is delightful to read.
Some of the comedy is dialogue, both internal and external, some is situational and some is physical; for instance, the villain has the classic curling mustache, (which is a great touch), there’s a baking grandma who hands out sage advice along with her banana bread and, of course, chocolate peanut butter ice cream (you’ll get it once you read it!)!
Bottom line: a truly enjoyable novel!
*poor, **ok, ***good, ****very good, *****something special
Loved the ending.
I’ve been enjoying the Billionaire romances lately. This one flips the story a bit with the secretary both having a crush on the boss AND put into the position of playing matchmaker for him. What a dilemma! Believable characters with fun and frustrating situations happening. Includes an easy to despise nemesis and a happy ending, yay! Loved it! Jennifer Griffith has perfect the art of writing “dessert”.
This is the second book in this series by Jennifer Griffith and Cynthia Savage (she wrote the first book). Ms. Griffith writes a fun, romantic story about a couple, Tatum and Dawson. Dawson is a divorced CEO of a company he built from the ground up. His goal is to complete the medical advancement he is working on so that many people will benefit from his company’s latest discovery. However, he discovers that someone is trying to take over his company through a hostile takeover. There is one way for Dawson to save his company, but he needs a wife to do it. The one person Dawson trusts is his secretary, Tatum. Tatum would do anything for her boss. When he “fires” her to hire her privately to find him a wife, she is willing to do anything to help her boss. She strives to find someone compatible, but not after his money. She sets him up on several dates, but as she is working on possibilities, Dawson and Tatum began to learn more about each other. They spend a lot of time together and build their relationship as well. Will Tatum tell Dawson that she is the most compatible choice? Will Dawson realize what he has before it is too late? Can they save the company from a hostile takeover? Read this latest release from Jennifer Griffith to find out. This is a fun, romantic story that was interesting and upbeat! I highly recommend this book and her other books as well!
***I was given a free electronic copy of this book from the author for an honest review. This is my honest opinion. Even though I received this copy free, I have purchased her books before.