By a Thread
A Grumpy Boss Romantic Comedy
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Narrated by:
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Erin Mallon
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Sebastian York
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Written by:
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Lucy Score
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"Dominic was staring at me like he couldn’t decide whether to chop me into pieces or pull my hair and French kiss me."
Dominic
I got her fired. Okay, so I’d had a bad day and took it out on a bystander in a pizza shop. But there’s nothing innocent about Ally Morales. She proves that her first day of her new job in my office, after being hired by my mother.
So, maybe, her colorful, annoying, inexplicably alluring personality brightens up the magazine’s offices that have felt like a prison for the past year. Maybe, I like that she argues with me in front of the editorial staff. And maybe, my after-hours fantasies are haunted by those brown eyes and that sharp tongue.
But that doesn’t mean that I’m going to be the next Russo man to take advantage of his position. I might be a second-generation asshole, but I am not my father. She’s working herself to death at half a dozen dead-end jobs for some secret reason she doesn’t feel like sharing with me. And I’m going to fix it all.
Don’t accuse me of caring. She’s nothing more than a puzzle to be solved. If I can get her to quit, I can finally peel away all those layers. Then I can go back to salvaging the family name and forget all about the dancing, beer-slinging brunette.
Ally
Ha! Hold my beer, Grumpy Grump Face.
Author’s note: A steamy, swoony workplace romantic comedy with a grumpy boss hero determined to save the day and a plucky heroine who is starting to wonder if there might actually be a beating heart just beneath her boss’ sexy vests.
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I really liked this one
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Love these narrators.
Binge listened in one day because I needed to know what happened next.
Engaging dialogue
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LOVED THIS STORY!! 🤩
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Slow burn that caputures the attention...
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By A Thread .... LOVED IT
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A Delightful Audiobook! 👍🏼
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