Review ‘Deal Breaker’ by Marnie St. Clair

From
one-night-stand to new boss… 

Ambitious
management consultant Ellen Kennedy is going places. But when last year’s
one-night-stand shows up in her office as her new manager, it threatens
everything she’s worked so hard for. Even worse, she’s not quite sure that one
night was enough.

Alex
Broadhurst has private reasons for moving to Melbourne, and he has no intention
of sharing them with anyone, including the woman he never forgot. But business
and pleasure can’t mix, not ever, no matter the temptation.

Workplace
romances always end in disaster, so Ellen and Alex strike a deal: one night in
the past won’t affect their present or influence their future. But sometimes
even the best deals are made to be broken…

When I
read the book description of ‘Deal Breaker’ a view weeks ago, I knew this was a
book I wanted to read. It just sounded like a perfect romantic read. 

In ‘Deal
Breaker’ we meet Ellen Kennedy, an ambitious young woman who really wants to
make it in her line of work. Ellen worked really hard to get where she is now,
so when her new boss happens to be the guy she had a hot one night stand with
months ago, she is in complete shock. Understandable! I really enjoyed reading
about Ellen. She was fun, and I loved how ambitious she was. She wasn’t a woman
to mess with, and she stood up for what she believed in.

The other
main character was Alex Broadhurst. A handsome guy with a complicated personal
life, and who worked hard to where he is now. Alex was an interesting guy to
get to know. He was mysterious, charming and hard working. The chemistry
between Ellen and Alex was especially in the beginning addicting to read about.
I loved how they grew closer and it was definitely fun to read about.

Unfortunately,
this story became less interesting half way through. The whole personal stuff
in Alex life was just weird. I couldn’t connect to that part of the story at
all. Even as a nurse, I just didn’t get it. I can’t really explain more without
spoiling it, but trust me.. I was weird.

And I felt
like the exciting stuff between the romance of Ellen and Alex happened in the
middle of the book. After that the story just became too slow for me. And I
lost interest. 

What I did
enjoy was the whole old friends of Ellen bit. I loved how these four girls grew
up together and always stayed close. Although this wasn’t the main subject of
the book, I really enjoyed that part and would have loved to read more about
that friendship. 

Overall I think
this book had a lot of promise, but was just a little disappointing in the end.

For more
information about Marnie St. Clair please visit her website. 

I received this book from Escape Publishing in exchange for my honest review.