BOOKWORM REVIEW: Pleasing Mr. Parker by Elle Nicoll
STEAM: 🔥🔥🔥.5
Moving across the country for a brand new job at one of the city's top luxury hotels is the challenge that Maria Taylor has been waiting for all her life. Elevating a renowned hotel spa? Easy peasy. Working for a seemingly cold and overly focused boss? No problem. Stop being attracted to said boss? It is not as easy as Maria thought.
Because Griffin Parker is a hard man to shake off. Great-looking, charming (when he wants to be), domineering. And he seems to have his sights on Maria.
What I love about Elle Nicoll's series are the men who consume the FMC's -- and reader's -- every being. Griffin Parker raises the already high standard set by his predecessors with his possessiveness and filthy talk. This quintessential alphahole definitely brings the heat in this read.
His mercurial presence is nicely tempered by Maria's kindness and wit. Delicious tension and chemistry aside, Maria pushes for -- and gets -- an emotional and intellectual connection. Despite Griff's overwhelming personality, she proves herself to be every bit his equal in charm and intelligence.
I always enjoy when Elle Nicoll adds an element of suspense, and this book is no exception. We get a fantastic mystery about Griff's elusive ex-girlfriend who also happened to be the former spa manager, and the story around that provides a wonderful climax to the book.
This is the fifth book in Nicoll's Men series, but each book, including this one, can be read as a standalone.
** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Elle Nicoll and Give Me Books PR for providing an ARC. **
They say don’t mix business with pleasure. But I bet they never had to work with Griffin Parker.
He headhunts me to manage the spa in his iconic New York hotel,
The Songbird.
It’s a dream opportunity.
But he’s a nightmare in a designer suit.
We clash spectacularly when he refuses to give up control.
He doesn’t trust me. I don’t like him.
Until one day we manage to work together, and an idea grows wings.
And the things he says…
Oh God.
I’ve spent my life fighting back against the repercussions of pleasing other people. Yet, I find myself doing exactly that.
Because when Mr. Parker is pleased with you the rest of the world drifts away.
He tells me I belong to him. But he doesn’t tell me if I will survive him.
No one can tell me that.
He didn’t get to be one of the most powerful businessmen in New York easily.
He has enemies.
I’m flying straight into a storm.
And I don’t even want to stop myself.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
“You are mine, Sweetheart. You were always going to be mine.”They say don’t mix business with pleasure. But I bet they never had to work with Griffin Parker.
He headhunts me to manage the spa in his iconic New York hotel,
The Songbird.
It’s a dream opportunity.
But he’s a nightmare in a designer suit.
We clash spectacularly when he refuses to give up control.
He doesn’t trust me. I don’t like him.
Until one day we manage to work together, and an idea grows wings.
And the things he says…
Oh God.
I’ve spent my life fighting back against the repercussions of pleasing other people. Yet, I find myself doing exactly that.
Because when Mr. Parker is pleased with you the rest of the world drifts away.
He tells me I belong to him. But he doesn’t tell me if I will survive him.
No one can tell me that.
He didn’t get to be one of the most powerful businessmen in New York easily.
He has enemies.
I’m flying straight into a storm.
And I don’t even want to stop myself.
Get Your Copy
US: https://amzn.to/3aQVX7i
UK: https://amzn.to/39oC9I5
CA: https://amzn.to/3HjYUcz
AU: https://amzn.to/3aXeLSx
Add to Goodreads → https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60626492-pleasing-mr-parker
MEET ELLE NICOLL
Elle Nicoll is a British, ex long-haul flight attendant and mum of two.
She writes sweet, but dirty, contemporary romance novels, all based around love.
Not all the men she writes will be rich alphas. Not all the women will be sassy. Just like we are all different, they will be too.
But she hopes they will feel real. Flawed, insecure, broken maybe. But also warm, considerate and loyal. Any elements that you think of when you consider the people you know.
Because no one is perfect.
When Elle isn't writing or falling for another new book boyfriend she is trying to look like a parent who knows what they're actually doing. That, or staring at the sky day-dreaming and running another book idea by her husband, who has perfected his 'listening with interest' face.
It means the world to Elle that you're considering reading her stories, and she loves to hear from readers.
Find her at www.ellenicollauthor.com
Connect with Elle
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellenicollauthor
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/elle-nicoll
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellenicollauthor
Website: http://www.ellenicollauthor.com
She writes sweet, but dirty, contemporary romance novels, all based around love.
Not all the men she writes will be rich alphas. Not all the women will be sassy. Just like we are all different, they will be too.
But she hopes they will feel real. Flawed, insecure, broken maybe. But also warm, considerate and loyal. Any elements that you think of when you consider the people you know.
Because no one is perfect.
When Elle isn't writing or falling for another new book boyfriend she is trying to look like a parent who knows what they're actually doing. That, or staring at the sky day-dreaming and running another book idea by her husband, who has perfected his 'listening with interest' face.
It means the world to Elle that you're considering reading her stories, and she loves to hear from readers.
Find her at www.ellenicollauthor.com
Connect with Elle
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellenicollauthor
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/elle-nicoll
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellenicollauthor
Website: http://www.ellenicollauthor.com