Definitely an awkward moment for Violet Murphy who finds her one night stand is now going to be her boss. After a night out with a girlfriend (Elle), Violet gives a false name to a ‘hot guy’ called J.P, who she spends the night with. Yet J.P. Harper is the new CFO brough it to save the company where Violet works at as an accountant. Soon they find themselves working together to uncover the missing half-million, that Violet may be involved with.
This was definitely a great read with plenty of drama happening. I found myself thoroughly immersed in the romance between J.P and Violet, who are desperately attracted to each other. J.P. finds himself utterly captivated by Violet, which was so sweet, yet Violet can’t believe that this attractive man, could fall for her. I particularly liked J.P.’s support for Violet and the issues that she had with her sister, as they were well handled.
A great cover to match the enjoyable and entertaining read!
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I thought from the cover and synopsis that this would be a romantic comedy which is just what I was looking for, that is not what this book is.
It's a book with so many plot lines it was hard to keep track or care at times about what was happening.
By 40% in I was over it all and stopped reading, picked it up and put it back down 3 times and didn't get further than 52%.

2 Stars based on what I read, sadly not for me

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via netgalley in return for an honest review

This book started out so well. It was funny, sweet, and swoony! Then at 60% it kind of fell apart for me. It started crawling along as slowly as possible.

There were entire chapters dedicated to the female lead's therapy and family relationships. I really like it when therapy is mentioned in books, but the sheer length of this part of the book was a detriment to the pace of the book. There was an entire chapter dedicated to her reinventing herself by getting highlights in her hair. Again...WHY?

The final 40% of the book could have easily been cut down by 50 pages and I would have potentially given this book 5 stars. I love supporting self-published authors, but this book needed an Editor badly. Someone to say, "Can you communicate that she is using this time on her own to improve herself in 1-2 scenes instead of 4-5 chapters?"

TRIGGERS: Alzheimers, childhood parent abandonment, familial gas lighting, embezzlement

I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

4 1/2 Stars for this funny romance!

I just loved Violet ... she was sooo funny! When Violet went with her sister to retrieve a laptop from her sister's ex-boyfriend, I was rolling on the floor laughing ... that could only happen to Violet! And Jordan ... swoon! I loved that he just couldn't help himself when it came to Violet ... he was totally falling for her no matter what she did. The characters were well developed, storyline was great and kept me guessing. This is my first book by this author and it won't be my last.

Violet and her friend Elle are on a mission ... to get Violet laid. So when a sexy "Frat Boy" approaches them, Elle introduces Violet as Katia. Violet doesn't see the harm in pretending to be confident and sexy (the opposite of what she feels), because he lives in a different city and she'll never see him again ... right? WRONG! Frat Boy turns out to be Elle's boyfriend's best friend, JP (Jordan) and ends up moving to Nashville and becomes Violet's boss. So much for anonymity. JP thought he'd never see Katia again after she left him in his hotel room the morning after. But low and behold, it turns out her name is Violet and she works under him at his new job. Even though she is all he can think about ... can he trust anything she has to say?

I received an early copy courtesy of Enchanted Publishing through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

My favorite part of reading is that, with every book, I develop new opinions and ways of thinking. I learn more about my reading choices, and hence, more about myself. With this specific book, Love & Other Disasters, I noticed that, even though I did not love the romance in this book - which was the main part of it - I still enjoyed the element of surprise and the overall suspense the author created, without leaving the confines of romance. I learned that it is possible to like a book even when you do not like a certain, major aspect of it.

Violet Murphy is used to having no life. She is used to living pay-check to pay-check, hardly meeting new people, and watching soap operas while ordering fast food at home. But her best friend, Elle, is not having it. She wants Violet to go out, to meet new people, and to learn to live. So one day, she drags her to a bar where they are set to meet Elle's boyfriend, Brent, and his old college friend. On arriving at the bar, Violet is surprisingly noticed by a hot, "frat guy" at the bar. Surprised at being noticed instead of Elle, she jokes that guys like him only date supermodels named Katia. Elle finds that amusing and tells the guy, J.P, that Violet's name is Katia. Thinking that she will never see the guy again, Violet plays along. Until she finds out that he is the friend of Brent's her and Elle were supposed to meet. Things get worse as her attempts not to make him like her end up with her waking up in his hotel room the next day. Shocked, she sneaks out and never calls him again.

But even this doesn't work out, as soon as the new CFO at the company Violet works at - her new boss - turns out to be J.P. Confused, not knowing what to do, Violet is forced to face J.P, and the situation becomes awkward. Even so, the two of them end up falling for each other. However, things are even worse now, since a relationship between the boss and an employee is less than ideal. Fraudulent former executives are exposed, family feuds take over their lives, and crazy exes get even crazier, all while Violet and J.P navigate through their obstacles and try to overcome them. But life is never that easy.

The writing style and tone of the book was engaging, comedic, and fun. The story brought on exciting and gripping plot twists, which had me excited and intrigued. I admired the ability of the author to incorporate the element of surprise in a way that was suspenseful without leaving the confinements of romance. The plot was similar to the one in Can You Keep a Secret? which got my attention early on. More than the romance, I dug the rest of the drama, including J.P's suspicions that the former CFO was a fraud, Violet's feud with her sister, and the shadiness of Violet's sister's boyfriend. I feel like Terri Jones could write a fantastic thriller.

However, some of the lengthy descriptions made me zone out, at times. The beginning of the story was slightly boring and stretched on and on. The instant love trope was not done well and made me feel as if the two of them rushed into the relationship. I'm also not a huge fan of the drunk sex trope, so that lost me too. The romance was, at times, cringeworthy. Additionally, the book portrayed environmentalists, writers, artists, and vegans negatively, displaying them as annoying, lost, or criminals. I was not happy to see a reiteration of the traditional stereotype of perfect men being muscular, rich, and textbook handsome. They used J.P to put down Violet's sister's boyfriend, who was less physically talented. They made his character out to be weak, paranoid, irrational, and plain irritating, constantly reminding us of the fact that he was vegan and looked down on money-hoarding corporations, as if that is a bad thing. Throughout the story, I wished that Violet and J.P's romantic scenes would end and we would receive answers about the other drama taking place in the story.

From the cover, I was thinking this was going to be a steamy rom-com. But man, I was wrong and that's a bummer. I found myself cringing more than laughing. I had moments where I wanted to DNF this one but I NEVER do that so I pushed through. I think... and this is on me... that novels written in 3rd person have to be done well or they don't work. Unfortunately, this one didn't work for me.

I gave this 2 stars because I didn't hate it, but didn't like it much either BUT would consider reading something from this author again in the future.

This book follows Violet and J.P. who met through mutual friends one night, except Violet was introduced as Katia. They had a one night stand and Violet left in the morning without leaving her number. Embarrassed by the fact that she used a fake name and had a drunken night with a stranger, Violet plans to never see J.P. again. However, he turns out to be the new CFO of the company she works at. The book's summary made it seem like this would be a fun rom-com / office romance / mistaken identity type of story. It wasn't. I found the pacing of this to be off from the normal romance plot pacing. Violet and J.P had their main conflict around the 60% mark and I'm used to that conflict coming much later. It seemed like the second half of the book was really more focused on Violet and J.P.'s personal growth in their own separate lives, which was fine, but wasn't what I was expecting. The book deals with some pretty serious topics and while I appreciate the effort, I overall found it a little disappointing that these topics came up when the two main characters were apart. While I did like Violet and J.P. together - they were super cute and seemed to fall immediately into a feeling of being relaxed around each other - I had a hard time understanding some of their reactions. J.P., when he finds out about Violet's secret, seemed to overreact to the situation. Same when Violet finds out a secret that J.P. was keeping from her. I could see the overall character arcs that Jones was going for, but it seemed like there were some situations that really got put into overdrive just to give something to contrast later interactions to. I did like how involved the sister dynamic became to the plot and thought that was a really nice way to show Violet growing as a person. Also - yay for characters going to therapy to try and better themselves and not being immediately fixed by falling in love! This book reminded me of a much more tame, less dramatic version of The Executive by Winter Renshaw. Overall, I thought the plot was pretty good, the characters worked well together, and the romance was cute, it just wasn't exactly what I thought it was going to be based on the summary.

Thanks to NetGalley and Enchanted Publishing for the ARC. Publishing date is December 9, 2020.

I asked to read this book expecting a much lighter rom-com story, but for me, whilst there was humour it was a much more true to life romance. The 2 leads were great and really believable and I found myself rooting for their HEA throughout the novel as I wasn’t totally sure that they would overcome all the hurdles that were thrown at them. I raced through the 1st half but then I did feel the storyline got a bit bogged down but that picked up again in the final part. Overall it was definitely an enjoyable well written story and I would recommend it.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read a preview copy of this book in exchange for a freely given unbiased review.

I completely figured this would be the same ole story of rich guy and struggling girl climbing the corporate ladder. But this one had a twist to it. The twist being the two main characters were actually flawed and very human. Yes there was love, lust, disasters, humor, heartache, laughs, crazy families, and even a cult. The characters were relatable, human and well fleshed out. The storyline kept you hooked only because you assumed you knew what would happen next only to find out you were wrong. The only hope for this book is the wish for a second book talking about the secondary characters. All the characters were so well written you wanted more of them, what happened next, what was the next disaster that is just around the corner. I want more.

I’m just going to keep my review short and sweet for this one. Overall, I thought Love & Other Disasters was an ok read. I thought the characters were interesting and I loved the idea of their story. I enjoyed their chemistry and banter and I was excited to see where things go. However, I did have some issues with this story. The first being the third person point of view. That made it hard to connect with the story and is something that I personally struggle with when reading books in that point of view. The next issue I had was the pacing. The pacing, in the beginning, was great. But, somewhere along the way, things just started to drag and it felt like forever before anything else happened.

While Love & Other Disasters wasn’t a 100% hit for me, I’m still glad to have checked it out. I think this author has some great potential and I’d be willing to check out another book of hers in the future.

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A case of mistaken identity, a fake name, and way too much alcohol that inevitably (of course) leads to a one night stand with your future boss? Sign me up!

This was definitely a book I would have really liked but after finishing it I honestly didn't love it. This book is under the humor category, which made me think it was going to be more of a rom com. And while it did have moments where it made me cringe the way rom coms usually do (which I love.) I wouldn't call it a rom com. It was more serious than a rom com would have been. I liked JP and Violet's relationship and how they always tried to support eachother. Some characters weren't all that memorable though so I mainly just focused on the two main leads. Jill (Violets sister) though always found a way to frustrate me.
It started to drag a bit towards the middle and it was a little too long in my opinion. Problematic events just kept piling up which made everything a bit chaotic but overall I enjoyed this cute contemporary romance.

A cute romance with a splash of dry humor and a scandal to wrap it up!

Violet Murphy was a very enjoyable character. When she’s introduced to us, she’s introduced through a trope of girl-with-her-head-down-with-a-gorgeous-best-friend trope, but somehow, unlike other books I’ve read, that didn’t quite overshadow anything. While she was quiet, shy, I saw from the very start that she had a bolstering personality that you’d have to unpeel a lot of layers to get too, and I was right! I loved her, she was adorable.

Violet meets JP at a bar, under the guise of a Russian model because there’s no way he’s actually looking at her for her. But parts of herself seeped through admittedly horrible pretending, and that became very amusing because it felt like they probably wouldn’t have gone anywhere if Violet had actually been someone else the whole night.

In other words, JP clicked with Violet, even if he didn’t know it at the time. And as goes the natural progression of things, they end up sleeping together. The very issue? He ends up being her boss.

JP is renowned for saving sinking businesses, and Violet’s company becomes the latest project he takes on. He almost can’t believe the girl sitting in his office acting as if nothing happened, but he knows that he needs answers Violet’s not willing to give him. At least, not at first.

I loved Violet’s dedication to the job, to the employees and to her company. While I do think that the loyalty did prove to be a fault later in the story, it was also evident that no matter what anyone (including her family) said, she got to where she was on her own terms.

Amidst a large scandal, JP and Violet grow closer, falling into a rather domestic routine with one another that makes both of them comfortable in themselves. JP was a sweet and adoring partner, and clearly doted on Violet while still straddling the line to make himself unbiased against her in the workplace. There were a few red flags that I could see in JP and Violet’s relationship that took away from them, but overall, they were cute.

When the conflict hit, somehow I felt that given how much Violet didn’t want to make a scene at the beginning, her having such a huge outburst was uncharacteristic. However, given how other unexpected factors with other characters rolled out, it still partially suited what was going on!

From there, we see JP’s struggles with family issues, and Violet’s own family issues while she worked on building and rebuilding herself. In the end, the author wrapped this up nicely to make a contemporary read that was perfect for what I was looking for this week!

[Thank you NetGalley and Enchanted Publishing providing this book to me in exchange for an honest review!]

Well. I have mixed feelings about this book as I thought it was going to be a romantic comedy. And while it set itself up for that at the beginning with the one night stand and the fake names, the rest of it wasn’t very funny Somewhere, too many plot points were introduced. And then things got a little chaotic.family dynamics, scandals at work, and friendships gone awry. All n all this was still a decent read

I love meet cute stories but unfortunately I didn't liked this one. I didn't like the writing style, I found it boring and predictable. I skimmed a lot of chunks of this because the author decided to tell instead of show us the things that were happening.
Also, i didn't like our main characters, they felt too generic for me.
I have friends who are going to love this book but unfortunately this wasn't for me.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was really funny and was an enjoyable office romance. Though, it did have a few over the top scenes that weren't all that believable.

I thought Violet and J.P.'s relationship was a strong one and enjoyed reading about how they overcame some of their issues. Violet had to overcome some internal issues with herself and her family, and J.P. was super supportive. J.P.'s family issues were external, and Violet was super supportive as well. I enjoyed that part of their relationship. Some issues that they had were cliche to other romances, but they communicated and solved them with each other, though some issues were swept under the rug and forgotten about quickly.

This is a fun and quick read. If you're looking for a romance that doesn't exactly have all the steam, you would enjoy this.

Love & Other Disasters is the first book that I have read by Terri Jones and it definitely won’t be my last! It wasn’t what I expected from reading the blurb, but I still enjoyed it.

I voluntarily reviewed this book.

From the first sentence to the last, this book got me hooked. We get the hilarious but highly improbable reaction of the shafted CFO Melvin at his involuntary retirement party to the breathless laugh out loud escape scene from the commune.We get the sassy outspokenness of Violet the main character,as in one scene she reacts to Geoff's haughty stance on veganism by saying"there's some grass and tree bark out back", just classy.Then on the flip side we see her empathy,kindness and understanding that she extends to J.P when he faces the personality change of someone close to his heart.We get the attentiveness of JP when he tends to a sick Violet while his brother' Ethan's irresponsible behavior endangers a family member.Family dynamics and compromise for everyone's happiness is very visible in this book.This book covered a wide spectrum of issues realistically with a touch of humor which does not undermine the gravity of the situation.I read this book quickly and would definitely read more from this author.My unbiased review was provided freely courtesy of Netgalley.

I didn't like the writing style and narration of the author. There's a lot of telling instead of showing and made me bored throughout the whole reading experience. I think other readers might like this more than I do.

This story was the quintessential "meet cute" story. It was a tad predictable and did not keep me guessing. It was overall, a sweet story that was a nice escape.

Thanks to NetGalley and the author for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Let me start by saying that I am a little sad that I thought this book was a rom-com, I can't help myself but I just love those and to be that what I thought i was getting, I mean just look at the cover (you think good time) right. Well even if you dont agree with me fine. We did have some laughs I mean Violet comes out of her shell and has a one night stand with someone she will never see again, you could understand but low and behold, shoot(I can hear her yelling), he is now working in her co to see what is going on.. What bugged me was Violet got upset over something that she should have understood more, and yet she wasn't, so that truly bugged me, and then we have sex and that we dont really know about and I have told ya before I am a perv I want to know about it.