Love & Other Disasters by Terri JonesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Violet is your archetypal shrinking violet accountant. Boring clothes, boring life, boring job. Then her best friend gives her a forced makeover before a night out on the townand much to her surprise she attarcts the interest of a guy in a bar. Not just a guy but a stunningly handsome guy, Violet makes up a persona to go with her new look and the guy falls for it hook, line and sinker. But then a few days later the one-night stand turns out to be her new boss, the man tasked with clawing her employer out of insolvency and he's starting by firing half the staff.
JP can't get his one-night stand out of his head, she was unlike any woman he's met before and they hit it off intellectually as well as physically but her friends won't give him her number and she's ghosting him, until he sees a pony-tail bouncing along the corridor in front of him at work - can it be her? Is she a corporate spy?
So, I confess I am an accountant (I like to think doing something more glamorous than Violet) and I loved the idea of Violet and JP both being in finance, poring over spreadsheets together. I also liked the way in which JP uncovers that someone has been stealing from the company - much more true to life than a lot of fiction in which the forensic accountant finds the scam in less than a day (as a former forensic accountant I can assure you fraud takes a lot longer to uncover, weeks if not months).
Also, I loved the cover, the monochrome picture with pink wording really caught my eye.
Overall, this was a cut above the usual makeover/one-night stand romantic comedy and I really enjoyed it. This was my first book by Terri Jones and I will certainly look out for more.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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