Review: I like it but....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2013
First I can understand having a crush on the boss. In the real world those things do happen and subordinates and superiors do marry.  In this story, I struggled to feel their attraction.  If they felt the same attraction for each other, their outings should not have been so strained or uneasy. It should not have been up to Lacey to urge Simone to act on her feelings. Their natural desires should have kicked in automatically once they were outside of work and in a relaxed surrounding like the bar. Their conversation should have flowed easily. Instead of that happening Simone looked for a reason to leave Blaine's company.Blaine Tucker came across as a man that women drooled over and he could get at the snap of a finger, yet he hesitated to go after what he wanted and needed a wing man to chart his path. The secret Santa gifts should have been the opening to exploring more instead it made him act too shy and insecure.This would have been a 4-star read if the male character, Blaine would have lived up to being more of an alpha male to match his description and Simone had more backbone to go after what she wanted once the opportunity presented itself. The brief mention of her mother's death really did not seem reason for Simone to act so immature at times. Also the switching back and forth between calling the hero by his first name (Blaine) and last name (Tucker) kept throwing me off.  In the beginning I thought these were two different people.Overall rating 3.5