Wanted: Personal Buffer Often snarly, workaholic executive seeks “buffer” from annoying outside distractions AKA people. Free spirits with personal boundary issues, excessive quirks, or general squeamishness need not apply. Salary negotiable. Confidentiality required. Workaholic billionaire Sawyer Carlyle may have joked he needed a buffer from their marriage-obsessed mom, but he didn’t need a … but he didn’t need a waiting room filled with candidates to further distract him. (Thanks, bro.) But when a sexy job applicant shooes his mom and the socialite in tow out of his office, Sawyer sees the genius of the plan. And the woman. In fact, Miss Clover Lee might just get the fastest promotion in history, from buffer to fake fiancé…
This free-spirit might look like hot sunshine and lickable rainbows, but she negotiates like a pitbull. Before Sawyer knows what hit him, he’s agreed to give up Friday nights for reality tv, his Saturdays for flea markets (why buy junk still baffles him), his Tuesdays and Thursdays for date nights (aka panty-losing opportunities if he plays his cards right). And now she wants lavender bath salts and tulips delivered every Monday?
Yup, she’s just screwing with him. Good thing she’s got this non-negotiatable six-weeks-and-she’s-gone rule or Sawyer may have just met his match.
Each book in the Harbor City series is STANDALONE
* The Negotiator
* The Charmer
* The Schemer
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“Life has a way of working out how it wants to, not necessarily how you imagined it would.”
In Avery Flynn’s The Negotiator, Sawyer Carlyle is too busy wheeling and dealing mega million dollar contracts and can’t be bothered with his mom’s match making. So with the help of his brother, a job ad is placed and in walks Miss Clover Lee. She will be his professional “buffer”. Just so we are clear, “buffer” in this story is NOT to be mistaken for “fluffer” as referred to in the porn industry. Clover will run interference between him and his mom so the would be bride candidates will be cut off at the pass. We clear? Good! Now back to the review…
Honestly, I wish I could give this story more than 5 stars! I absolutely loved it! It has everything I could possibly want in a romance…friendship, love, sex, humor, heartache…it has it all and more! So do us both a favor and run now and one-click this amazing story! You can thank me later!
Let’s just start with the cover, shall we?!? Wow…that alone is worth the price of admission 🙂
Avery Flynn, I’m not quite sure why I had not read any of your books until now, but I promise you, if the rest of your books are anything like The Negotiator, you have a new fan.
After the death of his father, Sawyer Carlyle is drowning with the responsibility of his family and their business. Sawyer’s mother plans to get him married off sooner than later and is throwing socialites at him left and right. However, Sawyer is content running the family business and growing the Carlyle legacy. When an ad has been placed for a “buffer” between Sawyer Carlyle and his mother, Sawyer had no idea what he was in for.
What could possibly go wrong with this cover up??
Jane “Clover” Lee is a free-spirited woman who jumps around from job to job and is looking to make some money to get her off to Australia. She is well traveled and tries to make a difference wherever she lands. Answering an ad for a “buffer”, Clover goes in for the interview and tells off Sawyer’s mother instantly. OMG, I died laughing! This girl has it all…brains, beauty and such a smart-ass mouth to top it all off!
“I love that even without saying a word, you’ve out negotiated me. Every time.”
The CHEMISTRY between Sawyer and Clover just makes this book! Their banter is one for the ages and was funny as hell. Clover absolutely makes this book. Her intelligence and charm totally win everyone she meets over. Through the entire book, the dialogue between the main characters was written with plenty of fun, touching moments and a bunch of attitude There were plenty of touching moments as well as the “what are you thinking?” moments.
The Negoitator has enough sass, fun times and a little drama to make it a great read. I highly suggest one-clicking this book!!
Clover Lee decided early on that she wasn’t cut-out for domestic life, she watched her mother give-up her dreams of travel to settle for married life and Clover didn’t want to follow the same fate. So, she has become somewhat of a nomad, traveling from place to place, taking odd jobs just for the life experiences, and once the job is done she is one to the next. She has a plan for a trip to Australia in the works, but she is a little short on funds, so she hits up the wanted ads in hopes of finding something temporary to get her what she needs for her next adventure… and winds up on a adventure she never expected would come her way… love!!
Sawyer Carlyle lives and breaths the family business, so much so, his family is starting to grow quite concerned about him forgetting about the world around him. His mother would love to see him break away from the business a bit, and find a good woman to settle down with, but so far she hasn’t been able to convince him to take her bait. Sawyer on the other hand, just sees it as his mother meddling in his personal life, and he is growing quite tired of it, so with his brothers help he comes up with a little plan to convince her to butt out. But after he meets the beautiful blonde who is supposed to help him carry out this little plan things start to backfire, and this “all business” man starts to see the appeal of living life outside the confines of his office!
Minutes into this read I was quickly reminded why I love Ms. Flynn’s books so much, her well crafted quirky characters waltz onto to the page, the witty sexually charged banter starts, and I start to beam, knowing I’m about to be taken on hell of a literary journey!! And this journey was flipping AMAZING, it had it all; a swoon-worthy alpha male, laugh out loud humor, an inspiring feisty heroine, and an enthralling story line that is loaded emotion and sizzle!! Highly recommend you pick this one up, I guarantee you walk away with a happy heart, and harboring a serious crush on Mr. Carlyle!!