GRR Reviews The CEO Gets Her Man by Anne Ashby

CEO Gets Her Man is basically "Undercover Boss" with a workplace romance. It was pretty decent, but it felt a couple chapter too long when the primary problem (why she had to go undercover) was resolved and an extra pivot plot was added so the romance can continue with "fake date". That made the book less than ideal.

Debra Laurie is the CEO of the largest hotel chain in NZ and Australia, and all her hotels are profitable, except one. Goaded by her mother into going undercover as a waitress, she found her corporate ego completely useless in the world of her minions... she had ZERO skills as a waitress, and her ego takes a further bruising when she found that the assistant manager was a former rugby star she had a crush on when she was younger. The assistant manager is Jase McEwan, who knew Debra was definitely NOT a waitress, but he already had to deal with a temperamental local GM whose arbitrary random decisions put the entire staff on edge, and the budget reduction was about to force kitchen staff to revolt. On top of this, there are rumors that the co-owner (Debra's mother) is arriving soon and corporate may be ordering an audit. As Debra tries to determine if Jase (a former rugby champ as hotelier?) was the problem at this branch, or did the problem run deeper? As they discreetly investigate, they can't help but fall for each other. But what would Jase do when he found that Debra is really his CEO?

As explained before, once Debra revealed her real identity, the book was NOT over, but instead, pivot into "I need a fake date" where Debra got Jase to go with her to a wedding. Somehow this plot doesn't quite fit the rest of the book. Overall, pretty fun read, but the idea that Jase could be the embezzler was ludicrous. It's pretty obvious who the culprit was from the start.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: CEO Goes Undercover In One of Her Own Hotels to Ferret Out the Embezzler, Falls for the Assistant Manager

Tropes: disguise, hot for boss, fish out of water

Overall Rating:  4/5