GRR Reviews Love Handles by Gretchen Galway

Love Handles is a romantic comedy that is hilarious (if you dig the style) and filled with little twists and turns to be sufficiently angst-y. At its core, it's an enemies to lovers story.

Beverly Lewis is a kindergarten teacher. When she suddenly got named as the new owner of Fite Fitnesswear after her estranged grandpa passed away, she just wants to sign it away to her aunt Ellen, who's already running things. After all, she hates the gym, she shops at discounters like Ross, and she's way too nice for the corporate world. Liam Johnson is a former Olympic swimmer and Fite's executive VP. He dedicated his life to the company after retiring from sports and made most of the daily decisions, when he's not being contradicted by the temporary president, aka aunt Ellen. When Beverly was manipulated by Liam into NOT giving up the company, Beverly went all in, moved to San Francisco, and dove into her new ownership responsibility with much gusto... to people's shock and horror. But the world may not be ready for Beverly, esp. Liam...

The book was handled in rom-com sort of way, as Beverly don't like to be pushed or manipulated. There's also quite a bit more family drama in the background as different people all take an interest in what would this woman do with this brand. It's got twists and turns and drama and laughs.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Can a gym-hating teacher learn to become a corporate shark with help of her gorgeous ex-Olympian VP without falling for him?

Overall Rating: 5/5

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