run_pump_scrap 's review for:

Duplicity by Elodie Hart

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I LOVE everything I've read by Elodie Hart (and under her other author name - Sara Madderson) and to say I was stoked to get to ARC read this next installment from the Seraph series is an understatement.  The Seraph series is a spin off series from her Alchemy series and while you don't need to read Alchemy - do read the first in the Seraph series.  FMC Marlow becomes an executive assistant with "benefits" to billionaire MMC Brendan (who's also a dog dad and I love having a pet as one of the supporting cast!).  The spicy is spicy and it would have been very easy to by pass the more serious storylines - but the author didn't and you'll def be hit with a bit of an emotional roller coaster as Marlow navigates her struggles. And we get to watch playboy Brendan navigate life with ADHD (which I thought was very well represented and nuanced - not written with a broad generic brush.), over come some childhood trauma associated with it and watch him catch feelings HARD!  Overall it's a romance that will stay with me for a long time.