A Weekend of Misbehaving

After only on chapter, I knew this was going to be Carmen Falcone's best book ever, and boy, was I ever right! I loved, loved, loved it, and O how I love Alice! Alice Sommers is having the day from hell. She's about to go to her job as a nanny, when she's threatened by the loan shark she needs to pay; it's for her sister's medical bills. What had been $15000 has become $20000, and she doesn't have that kind of money. Her boss Lorenzo Baldi, whom she thought was away, surprises her skinny dipping, but worst, he's with a very important woman. And this woman is of utmost importance in preventing Lorenzo's career from disintegrating. Just by being herself, Alice charms the woman, Lorenzo decides to pass off Alice as his fiancée to secure his deal; but Alice drives a hard bargain: he will give her the $20000 she desperately needs. The premise sounds fun, just wait until you read the book! I absolutely adore Carmen Falcone, and A WEEKEND OF MISBEHAVING confirms everything I love about Ms. Falcone ten times over! Alice is the best heroine ever: she's a plus-size woman, she's confident, she's sexy, and she is honest to a fault. And she talks way too much, to our utter delight. This book has the best dialogues ever: snappy, funny, clever. Alice is a force of nature, and Lorenzo is completely overwhelmed. And so is the reader! Ms. Falcone's writing is young, spirited, colourful, snappy; the pace of the book, relentless, and the characters magnificent. But better yet, this is the strongest story the author has ever written; with each book, she gets better: more creative, she can turn the most obvious plot into a work of genius and make it look like no one has ever thought of that trope before. And Alice, O Alice! She is an inspiration for women everywhere: she is so real, I feel she is my friend, I would want her to be my friend. Do yourself a favour, and grab this book as soon as you can, because A WEEKEND OF MISBEHAVING is stupendous, amazing, funny, sexy, clever, wonderful... I could go on forever! WOW! I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, and not a word would change if I had paid for it. Absolutely fantastic!

Loved this fun sexy read! Alice is hilarious and the perfect balance to her too serious crabass boss Lorenzo Baldi. Alice is working as a nanny for Lorenzo's young daughter and she takes that very seriously. Right now though, she has a mountain of other problems. Mainly how to deal with the loan shark threatening her family!! Lorenzo is worried about an art deal he needs to make to protect his name. The last thing he needs is to find his nanny skinny dipping in his pool. But now that he has that image in his brain, blackmailing her into being his pretend fiance seems like the perfect solution. This is one for everyone's must read list. I highly recommend it.

Extremely over the top. He's uptight, she's a free spirit. From the synopsis I was not impressed but as I experienced the story the concept became more clear to me. It all boils down to first impressions. Lorenzo is worried about his image and Alice is determined to protect her family. A Weekend Of Misbehaving is exciting with great appeal. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.