4 Stars
Content Warning – There is physical abuse against
the FMC (MIA) from someone other than the love interest. If this is an issue
for you, please skip.
When Mia shows up for the interview at a well-known
architecture firm, she only has 27p, a squashed loaf of bread and a jar of
peanut butter to her name. She needs this job. Even if she is scared to death
of the owner of the company.
Max has made a name for himself as that grumpy
northern architect off Dreams Homes (the most popular property design programme
in the UK), after he told the famous host that designing affordable,
environmentally friendly homes “wasn’t rocket science” and that most of the
other projects featured on the programme were for “reight poncy bastads who
want to spend a grand on a shite tap.” It turned out that the whole
gorgeous-but-rough-around-the-edges-Yorkshire-man vibe was just what the
country was looking for – the episode had gone viral and Max was the new,
extremely reluctant, pin-up of the building industry.
But to Mia, huge, grumpy men aren’t sexy, they're
simply terrifying. She knows from experience that even men of average size can
be dangerous. If she wasn’t so desperate, she’d run. She’s used to running.
Running away is Mia’s special talent, together with invisibility – survival
techniques she’s perfected over the years. So, she’ll put up with Max and his
moods, ignore him calling her a teen emo freak (he’s not to know that her black
hair used to be honey blonde or her heavy eyeliner isn’t by choice) and just
bloody well jog on. Just try to survive. Try to hide.
It’s easy to hide when nobody really sees you. But
what happens when Max finally opens his eyes?
This book has all the feelings. You are rooting for
Mia to get everything she deserves and then some. She’s a sweetheart and has
been through hell to get where she’s at and it isn’t over yet. I loved seeing
her come out of her shell and get to her HEA. Max took longer for me to like
and want to see Mia end up with her. Once he stops being a dick to Mia and
starts helping her, I began to like him. Can’t wait to read the next book.
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