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Inappropriate by Vi Keeland
5.0

Sassy heroine. She's very confident. And I love the way she plays and always manages to get on our hero's nerves and always keep him on his toes. I love how she's very self dependent.

Ireland Saint James comes from a very twisted family and a dark past but she's built herself back from scratch and now she's right where she's always wanted to be. Until she was wrongfully terminated from her job.

One drunken, sarcastic and roasting email from her to Grant Lexington —her boss's boss's boss a.k.a the president of her company, she manages to get her job back with a 15 percent raise and of course the attention of our all powerful, gazillionaire playboy.

Grant Lexington, who has had his fair share of a dark past is still drowning in it. Until he meets the quick-witted, feisty, strong-willed Ireland.

Sweet, concerned, emotional hero who feels a lot. I love how he's super strong and can be arrogant when he wants to be and still be so soft and sensible. I love him. And the way he gradually opens himself up to Ireland had me falling in love with him.

Together they embark on their love journey, packed with steam, chemistry, joys and tears. They face a few obstacles, share a few messed up stories, reveal a few dark secrets, but most of all they save each other and love each other at the end of the day, against all odds.

An highly entertaining and an addictive writing style, and I was basically hooked. It was so engaging and I know I've become a fan of this author's work for the writing alone. I'm definitely checking out her other books.

I mean, I literally gobbled down this 364-paged book in one night. That wouldn't have happened if the author wasn't awesome. And it certainly helped that the pace of the book was super fast and it was packed with humour as much as it was packed with palpitating romance. I don't remember having to skip a single line.

Although at some point it felt a little bit like Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James meets Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover. And I don't mean the sexy times. I mean the storyline. And a few mutual character names had me reallying connecting the three stories together. Don't get me wrong, coz it's not a bad thing, so regardless of all that, I loved every single page of this book and it's a definite 5-star read.

Also, it's a known fact to never judge a book by its cover, but apparently you shouldn't be judging a book based on its title either. Because the title had me thinking this was a steam-filled, fun, quick-read, but damn it if it didn't have such a beautiful depth to it. The characters, the backstory, the storyline— it was all very touching, relatable and sometimes even beautifully heartbreaking.

I swear I didn't know this was going to be such a vividly heartfelt read when I picked up this book, especially since the title and blurb gave me the vibes of a light-hearted, vague-contented one. I didn't know I was going to love this book so much.