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Grumpy boss with feelings that run deeper than he wants to admit? Umm, yes please! I absolutely LOVED my first experience with this new-to-me author's work - the story gave me Spanish Love Deception/Love Hypothesis vibes, and that's honestly one of the highest compliments I can pay a book right now. This slow burning love story had me HOOKED the whole way through, and I loved the dynamic between this couple. Our hero is the typical moody, broody billionaire, but he's got a marshmallow heart for only one girl. His assistant, Iris, has put up with his grumpy demands for the last few years, and she's the only one who has stuck by his side. I've been loving marriage of convenience romances recently, and this one works so well. They have a history to build on, plenty of chemistry, and the shift in their dynamic shakes things up. I loved it!The story follows Iris, a woman whose boss doesn't always appreciate her hard work. She's been working for Declan for the last three years, and it's a little shocking to everyone that she's lasted this long. Iris even arranged a marriage of convenience for Declan, only to have it fall apart at the last minute. Declan's job is the most important thing in his life, and he needed that marriage to make things work. So what does this great employee do? Offer to marry her boss, of course. They may not like each other very much, but they've figured each other out over the years, and surely a marriage - on paper - can't be that bad. But things quickly feel more real than anticipated, and it's not long before Declan and Iris are seeing each other in an entirely new light.This plays with a variety of tropes - enemies to lovers, age gap (24/36), office romance, marriage of convenience, grumpy/sunshine - and yet it still feels fresh and vibrant. I loved the tropey goodness as much as I loved the unique, swoony vibes, and I was rooting for this unlikely couple from the very beginning. They have an easiness to their relationship that's in direct contrast to their constant clashes, and it was so engrossing to watch the sexual tension escalate. It's a slow burn in many ways, though you can tell that emotions run deeper than either of these commitment-phobic individuals will acknowledge. Watching them try to get it right was light and funny one minute, a little angsty the next, tension-filled - and infinitely compelling. This may be my first time reading something by the author, but it will certainly not be the last. Eagerly anticipating the next installment from this series of interconnected standalones.

May contain spoilersReview: I was definitely hoping for some improvement in conflict resolution with this book and I was really looking forward to this read because I LOVE a good marriage of convenience trope. The FMC would really do anything for her boss and I think it’s sweet how much she cares about him. The MMC definitely takes advantage of that fact but he cares about the FMC in his own way so it’s not terrible. This story was super sweet and I loved watching these two fall for each other without realizing it. I also like that the author continues to represent interracial and multicultural relationships! The issue for me was with the once again third quarter breakup. This time the MMC said some truly terrible things and belittled her in front of others. This was worsened by the fact that she was consistently right about things involving PR and he continued to ignore her advice and experience even though that’s what her job was. Again I think there should have been WAY more apologizing and groveling from the MMC before she forgave him. Another good book but just missing that piece to make it great.Likes:outspoken FMC, multicultural relationship, unique settingDislikes: messy 3rd quarter breakup and not enough grovelingTropes:Grumpy x Sunshine, forced proximity, marriage of convenience

Tropes/Key Points:✨Office Romance (Boss/Assistant)✨POC FMC✨Marriage of Convenience✨Planned Pregnancy (Epilogue Only)✨GrumpyxSunshine✨Billionaire Romance✨Dual POV✨Positive Representation of Medical Conditions (Asthma/Dyslexia)✨Slow BurnSpice 🌶️🌶️🌶️Blurb:Declan is the oldest of the Kane brothers and he feel his task to obtain his inheritance is the hardest. As a man who wants nothing to do with women, his grandfather ordered him to marry and have a child if he ever wanted to see the CEO position. The problem is that he has no interest in women, so he has his assistant find a suitable match and set up a contract with them. Except on the day that he was to announce his engagement, he blows up the agreement and the chosen woman leaves.Imagine his surprise when his assistant, Iris, volunteers for the spot as his wife. It was meant to be the perfect solution. I marry her for three years, she gets pregnant in vitro and then we separate and go on with our lives. At least until she changes the rules of the contract and make it where he has to be apart of the child’s life. This slight deviation causes a domino affect and the fake relationship starts to become real.Iris came up with the plan to be his wife in a spur of the moment decision. It was rushed but thought out. Marry Declan, have a baby and go separate ways. They even set clear rules that defined the relationship, making it clear that feelings were never meant to be apart of it. These rules were meant to protect them, but Declan became tempting and wanted to take it further. Falling in love was never meant to be an option…. So why does it feel like the relationship isn’t fake anymore?Review:This is a sequel in the Dreamland series and it’s just as good as the first. I don’t know which brother I like better, but I still have one more book to go! I think that I like this book a little more than first, mostly because of the slight miscommunication trope that was present in book one with the two person love triangle that was going on. I am also a sucker for marriage of convenience.I do have to say that while pregnancy was talked about and referenced, I do like that it wasn’t apart of the main storyline. They held off on it and didn’t go rushing in which was nice. I’m not against pregnancy in books, but I don’t want it to be the entire story either.I loved the way that Iris held her own against a domineering personality that Declan has. It was nice seeing her be able to fight back and not cower against him, something I think that he is used to in life which might be a main point of attraction on his part.Having the couple from the first book pop in was great too. I loved that the author didn’t just shove them aside and allows us to see glimpses of their life and how they interact with others. I also love that Iris is the best friend of Cal, the middle brother and MMC in the third book. It was interesting seeing their dynamic play out along with the romance for Declan and Iris. It did a great job of further setting up Cal’s character for when you move into the next book which was great planning by the author.I really don’t have anything much negative to say about this story. I mean it did feel a bit repetitive in terms of the overall theme and plot but most romances are that way. There’s only so many ways you can be fully unique in books.