I’ve been feeling overwhelmed lately (I know, right?) so I’ve been turning to novellas for quick reads to help me cope.

Fling by Jana Aston is a forbidden office romance.   For the most part I enjoyed it, but the romance wasn’t adequately developed (probably due to the length of the book) and sometimes the hero irked me. He was irksome.

Sandra Adams is an executive assistant to the young CEO of a company (Sawyer, hero of a previous book). She has a massive crush on Gabe Laurent, the CFO and Sawyer’s best friend. During a meeting she fills out a sex quiz and names Gabe as someone she’d like to bone (cuz she’s 15 I guess?) and accidentally leaves it behind. Her name isn’t on it but Gabe finds it and figures out it belongs to her.

I was kind of hoping for delicious awkwardness, but Gabe basically just decides to go for it. Enter hot forbidden office sex.

Like I said, the novella was okay but it didn’t have room for much in the way of conflict and absent conflict there isn’t much development. Also I really wanted a less alpha hero. Gabe is all about fucking not loving and I’m so sick of that guy.

I think this book might be better served as an add on to the rest of the series, but on its own it was pretty meh.

– Elyse

Fling is a STANDALONE novella – about 80 pages

I have a crush on my boss’ best friend.
At least it’s not my brother’s best friend.
Or my best friend’s brother.
Or… never mind. It’s all pretty cliche.

And worse? My boss’ best friend is his business partner.
Which sort of makes him my boss too.
Okay – it’s not sort of. It’s definite. Gabe Laurent is off limits. Totally off limits.

Which is fine. I make do with my imagination. He’ll never know. Ever.
Unless my work bestie passes me an eighties-style teen movie sex quiz
during a meeting and I fill it out.

And it ends up in Gabe’s hands…