TITLE: Naughty Heart
The Westwoods Series Prequel
AUTHOR: A.K. Evans
GENRE: Holiday Romance
TROPES: Rags to Riches/Office/Holiday Romance
RELEASE DATE: January 1, 2024
BLURB.
Good things don’t happen to a woman like Evelyn Fisher. In a few short years, she’s experienced a lifetime of disappointment. But her latest setback has proven to be a bigger debacle than she ever imagined.
Malcolm Westwood wouldn’t know hardship if it smacked him in the face. The heir to his family’s business and massive fortune, he’s lived a good life. Maybe a little too good.
And that’s why it’s all on the line.
Fed up with Malcolm’s carefree—and careless—attitude, his parents have given him an ultimatum. Either he straightens up, or he doesn’t get a dime.
With his future hanging in the balance, the upcoming holiday season is proving to be anything but festive. But when he meets Evelyn, learns about her situation, and is desperate to secure his legacy, he makes her an offer she can’t refuse.
Malcolm just never expected his plan would lead him to love.
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MY REVIEW.
3.5 Stars from Tiffany!
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sweet and Safe.
In Naughty Heart, we meet Malcom and Evelyn. She’s a down on her luck factory worker and he’s a millionaire set to take over daddy’s company if he can get his act together.
In a Trading Places moment (yes, I’m aging myself) Malcom meets Evelyn when she is at her wits end. Losing her job right before Christmas and having zero luck finding a new one. He had recently been read the riot act by his parents about straightening his life out before taking over the business, so the fake girlfriend/personal assistant plan was instantly hatched.
Of course, Evelyn knows nothing of the plan and is ecstatic about the new job and the handsome boss was a bonus. This was an insta-love, well insta-everything if I’m going to be honest. There wasn’t much time to build up any chemistry with these two with all the business going on around them. The storyline was cute, but lacked angst, which is something I’m big on.
The book is well written and quite predictable. As an A.K. Evans reader in the past, I’m more of a fan of the gritty, angsty read, this was a bit too sweet for me. That said, it’s a quick read with a double epilogue to really peek into the future of Malcom and Evelyn.
COMING SOON.
Releasing March 5.
AUTHOR BIO.
A.K. EVANS is a contemporary romance author of over forty published novels. While she enjoys writing a good romantic suspense novel, Andrea’s favorite books to write have been her extreme sports romances. That might have something to do with the fact that she, along with her husband and two sons, can’t get enough of extreme sports.
Before becoming a writer, Andrea did a brief stint in the insurance and financial services industry and managed her husband’s performance automotive business. That love of extreme sports? She used to drive race cars!
When Andrea isn’t writing, she can be found homeschooling her two sons, doing yoga, snowboarding, reading, or traveling with her family. She and her husband are currently taking road trips throughout the country to visit all 50 states with their boys.
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