Roses are red. Violets are blue. Forget everything good you’ve been told about love, because none of it is true. You don’t agree? Spend a day in my shoes and you’d curse love too. My name’s Blue. Yes, you read that right. Blue Daniels. And I hate love. I despise every single thing about it. I despise every single thing about it. In my thirty-two years on this earth it has brought me nothing but heartbreak and disappointment. Love is a void. Something we’re taught we need if we want to live a happy and fulfilled life. Well I disagree. Some say I’m a cynic. Other’s call me the smartest woman they’ve ever met. But no matter what anyone says, I know what I need. And love is not it. Enter Harris Avery. A man who thinks he can have anyone he wants, including me. A man who reminds me daily why I swore off love in the first place. He walks around the office like he owns the place, throwing that sexy smirk of his at every female he passes. He thinks no one is immune to his charm. But poor Mr. Avery has never met a girl like me before. I’m more likely to throw myself off a bridge than at his feet. There is just one problem…He’s decided to make it his mission to prove me wrong. To that I say, let the games begin….
This is an office romance that begins when Blue is paired off with Harris who is the guy in the office that everyone considers a playboy. However Blue is against love in any shape form or fashion. She lives her life in such a way that it is the same thing every day. Work, gym repeat. Harris has made up his mind that he is going to pursue her in the office from nine to five. This could have possibly been a cute little office romance but holy cow these characters really got on my nerves. I don’t know how many times it is said that Blue doesn’t believe in love or anything to do with it. I got it she doesn’t want to be in love. Which leads me to Harris who for being a “playboy” he sure doesn’t know how to pick them. Blue neither like him or trusted him so I don’t get why he was so adamant about pursuing her. This story dragged on and on and on for me and I had to lay it down way to many times and work up the nerve to pick it up again. I have read several of Melissa Toppen’s books and while this one had the potential to be amazing it fell short for me.
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