Tailored For Trouble by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff – a Review
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Description:
SHE WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
Taylor Reed is no stranger to selfish, uncaring CEOs. She was fired by one, which is why she has created her own executive training program—helping heartless bosses become more human. So Taylor shocks even herself when she agrees to coach Bennett Wade, the cutthroat exec who got her unceremoniously canned. She’d love to slam the door in his annoying but very handsome face, but the customers aren’t exactly lining up at her door. Plus, this extreme makeover will give Taylor the golden opportunity to prove that her program works like a charm.
HE WANTS TO BUY IT.
Bennett Wade is many things—arrogant, smug, brusque—but trusting isn’t one of them. Women just seem to be after his billions. So when he hires Taylor Reed, he has no desire to change. Bennett is trying to win over the feminist owner of a company he desperately wants to buy, but something about the fiery Taylor thaws the ice around his heart, making Bennett feel things he never quite planned on. And if there’s one thing Bennett can’t stand, it’s when things don’t go according to plan.
They are a match tailor-made for trouble.
Review:
Tailored for Trouble by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff is the 1st book in her Happy Pants frantic comedy series. This was a different type of romance that was like none that I have ever read previously. It was humorous many times, but in the beginning I couldn’t stand the hero; since he was an arrogant bully; then I felt sorry for the heroine, who made me squirm at some of the things she did; this seemed to change constantly throughout the book.
We meet Taylor Reed, who while doing a presentation at work, she loses control of her temper when she listens to the sarcastic and nasty Bennett Wade brutally bring down her boss. Taylor will lose her job from her outburst, which leads her to start her own training company that will teach CEO’s and upper management how to act and make the workplace a better environment. Enter Bennett Wade once again, who wants to hire Taylor to help him, especially since he is working on a very important deal.
Taylor turns down the offer from the hated Bennett Wade, but he is relentless in trying to convince her. Then Taylor devises her own plan to get revenge, by sabotaging the training she will offer him, and accepts the job. As noted earlier, I did not like Bennett early on, but I also thought Taylor was a bit crazy herself, especially with her wild and sexual comments. Granted, she didn’t mean to say many of the things she did, but she was mesmerized by the sexy handsome Bennett, even if she hated him. At times it was funny, but I also thought some of this was overdone. What follows though is a slow build romance with two people totally different and opposites. Bennett slowly becomes more likeable, as we get to know him and the things from his past that haunt him. Even if he is controlling, Taylor finds herself falling in love with Bennett, and is willing to work on his issues to help him get past them.
Taylor did make a wonderful heroine, as she was funny, smart, and independent. Bennett was someone you couldn’t like early on, but he turns into a good guy, as he changes when he recognizes that Taylor is the one person that was meant for him. But there are things that will cause stumbling blocks to their relationship, which seemed to happen a lot. Tailored for Trouble was a good story, with a beginning that turned you off of the hero, and then gave us a nice romance.
Reviewed by Barb
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