The British Knight by Louise BayMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I'd read some good reviews of this book/ series and wasn't disappointed. First, Louisa Bay is English so she writes about London with authority and accurately. Second, her characters are intelligent, articulate and normal! This may have been the first book I have read by Louisa Bay but it won't be the last.
Violet King is an American waitress. Three years ago she and her boyfriend were creating their own start-up company when he informed her that the business was in his name and he was sleeping with her roommate. Since then she has refused to commit to anything: men, jobs, careers.
Her friend Darcy persuades her to come to England for three months to try something different, she gets her an interview at a Barrister's Chambers in Lincoln's Inn (a specialist type of English lawyer based in a specific, very picturesque area of London that looks very Dickensian).
On her way to the interview Violet encounters a handsome man on her London Underground train, only to find that the man, Alexander Knightley, is her new boss.
Alex Knightley is an anti-social workaholic, desperate to match his late father's success in business. Violet's job is to get Alex to bill his outstanding clients, file/shred/archive all the papers in his office and generally do whatever she can to assist him. The only problem is, Alex doesn't want any help.
What makes this different from all the other billionaire boss romances is that whilst Violet and Alex fight their attraction, and fail, they are also developing a relationship of trust. (view spoiler)
Seriously, I didn't realise how annoying it was to read books set in the UK written by someone with only a sketchy knowledge of the place.
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