Reviewed by True

 

TITLE: Cloud Ten

SERIES: Nailed It! #1

AUTHOR: Fearne Hill

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 254 pages

RELEASE DATE: November 28, 2022

BLURB:

Frankie Carter lives and breathes PA work.
Becoming indispensable to a top exec is all he’s ever wanted, even if he is repeatedly overlooked in favour of other less well-qualified applicants.

The problem? 94% of executive PAs are women.

But resourcefulness comes with the territory. As does a pinstriped skirt, killer heels, and enough chutzpah to blag the interviews… conveniently passing as a woman instead of a gay man. Egged on by his friends, Frankie lands himself his dream job working for Lysander St. Cloud, a senior exec on the board of the family firm.

On the outside, his boss has it all. Or does he? Before long, Frankie discovers Lysander’s looks, money, and status mask a shyness and humiliating past he’d like to forget.

Lysander is straight, and he believes Frankie is a woman. A close bond develops between them. A bond increasingly in danger of slipping from professional into something else. Frankie needs to come clean before he hurts not only Lysander but himself. Will he choose his career, his friendship, or his heart? Or is he brave enough to fight for them all?

REVIEW:

Lysander is thirty-four, former winner of the swimming Olympic medal, just back from the US and is staying. As one of the executive directors, already deep in work shit with the family business.

Business must go greener, the world must be greener, oh and with more women, because yes that’s today’s trend.

I was dazzled by all the family members, jeeez, that was a lot to take in, sisters, cousins, nephews, uncles, aunts, exes, and more.

 

Lysander doesn’t do well with the media, has bad experiences, and now he has to lead a new marketing campaign. Yes greener, sustainable, blah blah.

 

“Big companies like ours have to spout all that eco and inclusivity crap these days” (Not Lysander’s words)

 

It’s all new for Lysander, working for the family company, he knows nothing, is completely out of place, he feels hugely unqualified. and is thankful to have Frankie Carter as PA who knows what she’s doing.

 

Ahum, soooo, here we got twenty-five-year-old Frankie, the lad… oh excuse me, the lady who had all the qualities to be an excellently dedicated competent PA. 

The Cloud company needed women, more women. So Frankie put on his dare heels, dressed to impress… as a lady. And voila (s)he got the job.

 

“ Lysander St. Cloud. Even his name was sexy.”

 

Frankie has an attitude from here to the moon, Lysander is more than satisfied with his PA.

They fit perfectly as a team. Only, those damn feelings got in the way and Frankie knew it was time to come clean.

 

This read has so many realistic reflections on RL matters. Awesomeness!

Lysander felt real with his tentative approach and thoughts.

There are a lot of snarky, humorous comments, I snorted more than once.

Frankie family is special, he’s one of a triplet. Lysander’s, is special in a whole other way.

 

The end felt a bit rushed, from a first encounter to the L word, and way more sexual dare and action from Lysander’s side, I didn’t even know he was capable of, because there was not really a build-up.

So, yeah, I loved him that way but didn’t recognize him. I missed the personality growth.

The business matters were for my pleasure too extended, I wanted more one-on-one time with Frankie and Lysander, I think 50 percent was spent on all the business things.

 

The author’s vocabulary is more than amazing! The writing is spotless, the storyline original and intriguing, and the characters engaging and charming, just as the secondary characters and stories. 

I enjoyed this vibrant fun story, and I’m curious what book 2 will bring!

 

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