Title: An Unconventional Courtship
Series: Unconventional Series book #1
Author: Scotty Cade
Narrator: Finn Sterling
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: 7 hours and 21 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (2-13-14)
Heat Level: Mild
Heart Rating: 3.5 Hearts
Reviewer: Tams
Blurb: Tristan Moreau loves his job as chief administrative officer and personal assistant to Webber Kincaid, President, Chairman, and CEO of Kincaid International. It would be the perfect job… if only he hadn’t fallen in love with his boss as well as the work. After two years, he’s still doing everything in his power to keep his feelings hidden—mostly because he wants to protect the reputation of his famous boss but also because he wants to keep his job.
Webber Kincaid has stayed in the closet, using his best friend and confidante as his beard. Everything in his life was working out just fine until he met Tristan Moreau. Within months, Tristan stole his heart and became his lifeline. But Webber knows the rules of the workplace better than anyone, so he’s kept his distance.
But two years is too long to wonder “what if?” —especially when business takes them to a private Caribbean island. When Tristan and Webber succumb to the tropical heat, their professionalism starts to backslide. It’s a seemingly impossible relationship, making a go at it under the paparazzi’s microscope. It may be the best—or the worst—business decision they ever made.
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Review: Tristan Moreau has worked as the personal assistant to the CEO of Kincaid International, Webber Kincaid, for a little over two years. Working closely with the sophisticated, older Kincaid has afforded Tristan a lot of perks, not one of which was falling in love with his boss. He keeps his feelings well hidden, as he knows it can’t end well. Not only is Webber his boss and therefore off-limits, but Tristan is still reeling from his first love that ended badly several years before.
On the surface, Webber Kincaid is happy and successful. He is the CEO of a thriving fortune five hundred company with a loving girlfriend by his side. The truth of the matter is, she is his best friend helping him hide the fact that he’s gay. He fears the backlash from the public as well as his employees and the board that helps run Kindcaid International were his secret to come out. Webber is, in fact, in love with his sexy, shy assistant. Two years are a long time for two men to pine after each other in secret. So Webber takes a chance and sets up a business trip as a guise to get Tristan away from the prying eyes of co-workers, paparazzi and the general population and find out if his feelings are mutual.
Webber and Tristan quickly cross the line between boss/assistant and lovers, at light speed almost. They spend their time in the Caribbean getting to know each other intimately only to return home and have to continue to hide their relationship, at Tristan’s urging. He moves into Webber’s mansion and they set about trying to uncover a scheme that is brewing at Kincaid International. But when Webber is threatened with being ‘outed’ if he doesn’t keep a serious and unlawful infraction at work from coming to light, all bets are off.
I liked the way Cade wrote the two ML in this story. Webber is very sophisticated, successful, and assured; Tristan is brilliant but sort of shy and reserved. And yet, in the bedroom it’s a complete role reversal. It was surprising and sexy all at the same time. I did not, however, connect with the love at light speed aspect to the story. Finn Sterling was a decent narrator. He nailed the commanding presence and confidence in Webber’s voice flawlessly. But he voiced Tristan as very effeminate, which I didn’t really get that personality from him in the words of the story or the description of the character.
There were some issues with the story and the narration, but the time flew by while I was listening, and it kept my attention throughout. While the ending seemed anticlimactic at the time, I’ve since seen there is a sequel available that picks up where this story left off, and I enjoyed this story enough that I will be grabbing a copy of the next book as well.
** I received a copy of this audio book from Dreamspinner Press in exchange for an honest review through MM Good Book Reviews **
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