I'm glad my discomfort brings you joy. It's endearing to see your sadistic tendencies come to life, even at my expense. I don't care if you think it was too fast. Well, no, I do care. Only, I would have made a more compelling argument as to why it wasn't. Your significant other putting in effort should be mandatory. You deserve someone who will put in the effort every day for you. if this was real, I’d do that for you.” Excitement warred with dread within me as I traced the letters and imagined hundreds, thousands of different scenarios. Never, not in a million years, would I have guessed that my soulmate would be lying on the floor of my drawing room in a pool of her own blood, begging me to help her. All the while I stood by and did nothing. When my childhood best friend asks me to host her bachelorette weekend in the city, I’m thrilled to show everyone how amazing my life is in New York. (Things not included on the tour are my shoebox of an apartment or my romance book collection that is the only thing keeping me warm at night.)

I’ve been concerned about making him fit into the mold that I thought the perfect husband would be, but he doesn’t need to fit. He is the mold. I turned around and Shane was walking towards me in the crowded hall. He came towards me and for the first time all day, I allowed myself to take in his appearance. He actually wasn’t that bad looking, if you’re into rugged and sexy. but then… out the blue… all we talk about is how chloe is sooo small and sooo fit and how barrett has an erection every time he looks at her. this got annoying real fast. They still have issues to work through – secrets that they are keeping, and processing a shift in their priorities and what that means for both of them, but it’s resolved well, and there’s lots of swoon as these two figure it all out and get their happy ending.chloe also becomes incredibly quirky which i hate and everything she does make little sense. she moves in with him, they go on holiday with other people and end up there alone but decide to play along in case the staff reports it to their boss… umm no

It’s all very functional, with very little angst, and their honesty and openness with each other is beautiful. The moments between them may be sizzling with chemistry and sexual tension, but it’s also incredibly heartfelt and romantic, and I was swept up in all of the swoon.My mind went blank. My heart hammered in my chest as I fumbled for words, making me sound like a Sims character. Barrett and Chloe do not get on. At all. He is the workaholic CEO of his family’s media company with goals of taking it to the top of the industry, she is a wannabe book editor currently working as the assistant to Barrett’s mother at a publishing company. They only briefly interact, but when they do it’s full of sparks and genuine hatred.