One hot mess. One hot boss. One too many hot encounters...
Catastrophe Queen, an all-new hilarious office romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Emma Hart is available now!
It’s not you. It’s me.
No, seriously. It is me. Not only does my name literally mean “unfortunate,” but that’s the story of my life.
Everything I touch turns to cr*p. An apartment fire—that I swear I was not responsible for—means I’m living back at home with my s*x-mad parents. Yay, me!
Which is why I need my new job as personal assistant to Cameron Reid to get back on my feet. Three months in this job and I can move back out and, hopefully, remember to turn off my flat iron once in a while.
Ahem.
On paper, my job is easy. Make coffee. Book appointments. Keep everything in order.
Until I walk in on my boss, half-naked, wearing nothing but the kind of tiny white towel that dreams are made of.
Now, nothing is easy—except our mutual attraction. But he’s my boss, and you know what they say about mixing work and pleasure: unless you do p*rn, it’s just not worth it.
Or is it?
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Excerpt:
I took my coffee
from the counter and scanned the room for an empty table. There wasn’t one,
which killed my chances of wasting more time before I went home.
With a sigh, I
checked my phone for the time and headed for the door. I was going to end up at
home earlier than I’d planned, and I needed to check with my mom to make sure
there wasn’t anything kinky happening somewhere in the house.
I’d considered
bleaching my eyes enough in the last few weeks, thank you.
I was fairly sure
I was safe because my grandfather and great aunt were coming to stay to
celebrate Grandpa’s eightieth birthday. It was still a miracle my exhibitionist
mother shared DNA with either of them. Unlike her, they were reserved, polite,
and didn’t flash their flesh in the hopes of getting out of a speeding ticket.
Really, it was no
wonder I was a walking disaster.
I pulled up my
messages and clicked on my mom’s name. My thumb was poised to type the burning
question of whether or not it was safe to come home when I glanced up.
And saw the car
screeching to a stop, mere inches from me.
I screamed and
stepped back. My heel caught on the curb, sending me toppling backward, and
both my coffee and phone went flying. My cup slammed against the sidewalk,
splattering hot liquid everywhere right as I managed to save my phone from
certain death by concrete.
My heart was
beating so fast it should have exploded, and adrenaline raced through my veins.
I gripped my phone against me so tightly that the edges pressed painfully into
my skin.
Oh my God.
I’d just almost
died.
Maybe slightly
dramatic, but I probably wasn’t far wrong. I didn’t even know I’d stepped into
the road. When had that happened? Had I really been in that deep into my own
little world that I hadn’t even checked for traffic?
Dear God.
How was I still
alive?
The back door to
the sleek, black car that somehow hadn’t run me over swung open. From my
vantage position on the sidewalk, the first thing I saw was a pair of shiny,
black shoes attached to legs wearing perfectly-pressed, light gray dress pants.
I dragged my gaze
up from the feet, over the door of the perfectly clean car, and stared at the
most beautiful man known to humankind.
Thick, dark, wavy
hair covered his head, curling over his ears. Lashes the same dark shade of
brown framed impossibly bright-blue eyes that regarded me with a mixture of
shock and concern, and my ovaries about exploded when he rubbed a large hand
over full pink lips and a stubbled, strong jaw.
“Miss—I’m so
sorry. Are you okay?”
Scrambling to my
feet as he approached me, I tugged down the leg of my pants and grabbed my
pursed. “Yes. I mean—it was my fault. I wasn’t paying attention. I’m sorry.”
He let go of the
car door, showing broad shoulders and just how well that gray suit was tailored
to him, and picked up my coffee cup. “All the same, I think we can share blame.
Are you sure you’re not hurt?”
Just my dignity,
and by this point, I was running low on it anyway.
I shifted, taking
a step back. “I’m fine, really. Thank you.”
“Can I replace
your coffee? Give you a ride anyway to apologize?” His expression was so
earnest, his concern so genuine that I almost gave in.
Almost.
I had almost
walked into the front of his car, then proceeded to embarrass myself in front
of everyone on the street.
“No, no, it’s
fine. I’m not far from home.” I clutched my phone and purse straps a little
harder. “Again, thank you, but I should be going.”
He nodded as if
he understood. “Uh, miss? Did you drop something there?”
My eyes followed
the direction Mr. Dreamboat was pointing. On the side of the road, tucked
against the curb, was a pair of white, cotton panties with flamingos on them.
My white, cotton panties with flamingos on them.
Swallowing, I met
his bright eyes and shook my head. Dear
God, please don’t let me blush. “No. I’ve never seen them before.” I backed
up a little more. “Thank you for not running me over.”
Mr. Dreamboat
grinned, his eyes brightening with his smile. “I’d never be able to forgive
myself if I’d been responsible for running over someone as beautiful as you.”
He glanced toward my panties, then winked at me.
There was no
doubting that I was blushing this time around.
You could fry
eggs on my cheeks.
So I did the only
thing any self-respecting, twenty-five-year-old woman who’d just almost been
run over, tripped, and dropped her dirty panties could do.
I ran.
But only like two
blocks, because I was in heels, and I had the fitness levels of a hippo.
Then I grabbed a cab.
About Emma Hart
Emma Hart is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty novels and has been translated into several different languages.
She is a mother, wife, lover of wine, Pink Goddess, and valiant rescuer of wild baby hedgehogs.
Emma prides herself on her realistic, snarky smut, with comebacks that would make a PMS-ing teenage girl proud.
Yes, really. She's that sarcastic.
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