Publisher: Montlake
Genre: Romance
Source: Montlake ( Netgalley )

Goodreads: A story of a reluctant billionaire who takes on his father’s empire, its dark secrets, and a fiery assistant he can’t get out of his head.

When Chase Stone’s estranged father dies, leaving his multibillion-dollar business to his children, no one is more surprised than him. Growing up outside of the high-stakes world filled with human vultures, Chase and his sister, Alex, are less than enthusiastic about stepping into their father’s shoes. That is until they learn of a half brother they didn’t know existed, and must find to share their inheritance with.

Piper Maddox was the elder Mr. Stone’s übercapable assistant—abruptly fired two weeks before his death. She knows everything about Stone Enterprises and the man who built it. But Piper has no desire to work for another member of the Stone family. Even one as down to earth as Chase.

Desperately needing financial security, Piper agrees to return so long as kissing up to Chase and accepting unwanted advances were not part of her job description. A task that becomes a serious hurdle for both of them. Piper and Chase scramble to find the third Stone sibling before the media does, sharing secrets along the way. Secrets that can bring them together or tear them irrevocably apart.

Ope’s Opinion: This was such a good read. The pace was on the slower side because this is the first in a series. The characters are well developed, realistic and certain ones you are rooting for from the beginning.

Piper’s sass and Chases charm make for good banter and balance in their relationship. I love that Alex and Chase have such a good relationship. I will be interested to see if her love story comes in one of the next books.

As usual, I think there is too much detail on the steamy scenes, but there aren’t too many of them. Most of the story is about so much more than just the romance.

The end of the story was obviously leading into the next book.