I am beyond ecstatic that my introduction to Karen Erickson was this book. Other than a few, random typos and grammar mistakes, I fell completely in love with this book and the characters.

Alex guards his heart like a hawk, not letting anyone come near it. That is, until he meets Tessa, who knocks him right off his feet. Being a typical male, and very set in his ways, he takes basically forever to thaw and let Tessa in. If I'm to point out one problem with this book, is that we don't get enough b More...

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Alex worth head of Worth luxuary goods, has been attracted to his straight laced assistant Tessa Crawford, since she started working for him just over six months ago. At thirty five he was no stranger to getting what he wanted especially where women are concerned.

Tessa loves working for Alex Worth it's her dream job, and Alex is certainly dreamy. Tessa is organising his itinerary for an upcoming business trip to Europe. But Alex surprises her, he wants Tessa to go with him. Al More...

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This book was not for me. A lot of people liked it (evidenced by the reviews that persuaded me) so read the reviews and decide if this is the type of thing you enjoy. You might like it. I, however, did not enjoy it. At all. Below are my reasons. Use it to help you make an informed choice about wether this might be a good book fit for you.

I thought the hero was a huge jerk and the heroine came across as a spineless wimp. It enrages me when a hero treats a woman poorly but all is for More...

Alexander Worth, President and CEO of Worth Luxury Goods, is a man never to be crossed. His unwavering sense of responsibility to the family business requires him to always be in complete and utter control. Until it comes to Tessa Crawford.

She's quietly professional, shy, voluptuous...and she works for him. Which means she is the one woman he must never touch, no matter how hard his gut twists with need for her.

This book was smokin' hawt!!! It has everything I could want. A super strong Apha bos More...

This started out pretty good but ended up being meh.. I love the Boss/secretary/personal assistant romance so +1 for this book. I liked both characters for most of the book.. Until their breakup happened. (view spoiler)[ I used to be a fan of the secret baby stories too. I'm not sure if I have matured or if it's because a lot more of my friends are parents (I've found my maternal side coming out a bit more lately) now but the past couple secret baby books that I've read have pissed me off. This one just topped (hide spoiler)] More...

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4.5 Stars

Worth the Scandal is the first book in the Worth It series by Karen Erickson and it looks very promising. I can tell you right now I will definitely be looking for the other two books in the series to read about the other two Worth brothers. The first story is about Alexander Worth, CEO of Worth Luxury Goods and oldest brother of the family. He took his family’s company and made it into a very solvent international company with stores all over Europ More...

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Is getting involved with the boss worth the scandal?

To Alexander Worth, family and his family-built company mean everything. Anything else is just a necessary evil to get him through the days during business hours or the long lonely nights. Especially the meaningless women flitting in and out of his life mostly for appearances sake. The only bright spot to his days is his efficient and sweetly innocent secretary. Tessa's demure appear More...

Ok, now I love/hate Alexander Worth! What a great story full of emotional turmoil and conflict at every turn. Alex really tries to do the right thing but just is not very skilled in the care and handling of a serious relationship; and - - he is in denial.

Tessa wants to keep her job as Alex's assistant but loses a little piece of her heart to him every day. Her naivete is a little wearing at times, but you can't help but empathize with her. She does fare better than Alex by living somewhat vicari More...

This was a decent read but not something that set my kindle on fire. It is your typical girl works for boss and finds him attractive. They end up hooking up and falling in love. Tessa seemed flat to me though. I was kind of hoping that she would turn into this badass heroine that told him where he could take himself. Alex just seems to be the typical rich boss, who seems to think that he is entitled or something.

I was kind of surprised that Hunter (Alex’s brother) was determined to convince Alex More...

This was kind of a guilty pleasure read for me. The plot is straight out of the Harlequin Presents line, but it happens to be a ridiculous plot that I really like. I feel like I've read a few dozen versions of the Hot Billionaire Boss Falls for Mousey/Plain/Curvy Assistant, Dumps Her, Secret Baby!, Grovel, HEA story. This is a good version of this particular plot and the love scenes are a lot more explicit than you'll find in an HP. It's also a longer version with more detail to the story and in More...

Alexander Worth, President and CEO of his families company Worth Luxury Goods, prides himself on his self control. He’s always in charge no matter the situation and no one ever go against him. His legendary control has never wavered before until now, when it comes to his Personal Assistant Tessa. She’s shy and modest, yet still strong and efficient. There’s just something about her that he’s so attracted to. So he hatches a scheme to get her alone on his business trip and finally go for what he’ More...

This was a freebie through Amazon and it’s rare that I’ll download them much less read them because they’re usually free for a reason. I’m happy to say that this was not the case for Alex and Tessa story, it wasn’t great but it was good. So if you’re in the mood for some romance with a bit of angst thrown in for good measure, this is it.

As the President and CEO of the family business, Worth Luxury Goods, Alexander Worth is the oldest of the Worth boys. He’s stern but fair and always has the fam More...

"Strictly business? Try telling that to her heart..."

"Worth It, Book 1"

Alexander Worth, President and CEO of Worth Luxury Goods, is a man never to be crossed. His unwavering sense of responsibility to the family business requires him to always be in complete and utter control. Until it comes to Tessa Crawford.

She's quietly professional, shy, voluptuous...and she works for him. Which means she is the one woman he must never touch, no matter how hard his gut twists with need for her.

After rising a More...

I really enjoyed this book. It was an easy read with some sexy moments and definitely a twist that keeps you engaged. Sometimes the covers bother me because I can't get the images of the people on the cover out of my head. I don't care for Alexander Worth based on the cover. If I had my way? Well he would look more like



and Tessa would look like:



I just love happy endings. They are just so....
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I was really into the story for the first half. I loved the heroine's submissive side although it didn't really show it in the sex scenes, as well as the hero's over-protectiveness. He paid attention to how people treated her and what people said about her. It was sweet and made up for the horrible things he did later on in the story.

It also felt like two stories, the affair and then the secret baby plot, with the first really fleshed-out and the second went by really quickly.

And it's my romanti More...

This should get a solid 3.5 but GR doesn't have half stars... *glares* Anyways, the book was good. I wasn't too crazy about the heroine (she annoyed me at times, especially when they came back from the trip and she acted all insecure and uncertain about their relationship.) And I also didn't agree with her decision about not telling Alex something that was super important. Angry at him or not, she should have told him. But given her character and who she was as a person (young, naive, not too co More...

"What I want more than anything is..." he took a deep breath. "Is you."

this was a very cute story...What I consider "fluff", which I not so secretly love ;-)

sadly, the thing that killed it for me was the ending. first of all, thank goodness I got this as a freebie...ending at 93%?? ugh...But then the least line being "...and live happily ever after." hate that line to begin with, but Tessa was a fighter, stood her ground against Alex when she needed to, and she gave in....Just like that? just d More...

This book is NOT worth it. The speed at which these two fall in love and the bi-polar attitude Alexander Worth has when it comes to his attraction for Tessa Crawford is just way too much like 50 Shades of Crap for me.

In fact, without the BDSM elements this book is a LOT like 50 Shades of Crap. I'm actually tempted that to claim that this book is almost worse than 50 Shades. The only reason I teeter on the edge of actually saying this book is worse than 50 Shades is because there is NO WAY this More...

The first half of this (up until the divisive argument that we just knew was coming) was quite good. I don't quite know what happened then. Certain key events were mentioned in passing and the story skipped too far forwarded (in my opinion anyway). I'm thinking the inclusion of just one (or two) intermediary scene(s) would have made it more satisfactory.

I also would have liked to have know where the HEA was located geographically (unless his is covered in one of the sequels. Even so, I don't ima More...

This was a kindle freebie.

Holy asshole hero! I have read many of Ms. Erickson's previous works (see my Read list) and enjoyed them. This was like an old-school Harlequin Presents - asshole hero, spineless heroine, misunderstandings galore, tears, secret baby, etc. I kept reading to see if the hero would redeem himself, and to me, he didn't. Sure he apologized for being a dick, but it didn't feel genuine and I couldn't believe that she kept loving him through all of this. I don't know if I'm goin More...

Guilty pleasures galore! This book had a little bit of everything, the quiet alpha boss, the shy virgin secretary, a trip abroad and chemistry that just can’t be denied. I loved Alex and Tessa, I thought they had some great spice and they were pretty sexy together. This felt a lot like a category romance with a lot more smexy. I did think the fight that tore Alex and Tessa apart happened too quick and the jump to a year later felt rushed especially since I didn’t feel like we really understood h More...

I enjoyed the book very much. It definitely falls into the fairy tale come true category. Alexander and Tessa discover they're good for each other while in Europe...then they get home and discover espionage is afoot. After an argument with and ultimate rejection by Alexander, Tessa goes home to her sister and they start a new life together in England. Jump one year later and Alexander has been searching desperately for Tessa for the past year with no luck and now he has to leave for London. What More...

I wish they let us do half stars. I'd give this a 3.5 if I could because I REALLY didn't like Alex's attitude regarding a certain something just before the ultimate "I love you, let's be together" moment in this book. He's an ass and is an ass throughout the book on certain parts of him. Maybe that's being consistent, but if he's changed in the interim as much as he claims...then personally I don't think the thought should have occured to him OTHER than as an "I might have done this this way" ha More...

Not quite four stars, really 3.5. Alex Worth and Tessa Crawford start an office elicit affair and when some suspicious activities occur and Alex's brother places the blame on Tessa. At first Alex defends her then he later believes that she has betrayed him and then they fast forward to a year later. That kind of threw me but I kept reading to see how she was going to bring them back together, was surprised when the story skipped forward a year. I diidn't see how these two characters could be apa More...

The heroine a little bit naive and mushy, but I'm okay with that. There's (view spoiler)[a secret baby (hide spoiler)] and it has harlequin present vibe wich is my guilty pleasure stories =D. The hero is her boss, a stuffed shirt kind of guy, he is the picture of cool, calm, and controlled which makes him rather sexy for me XD.

The words and writing I found it not so smooth but I truly enjoyed the story though, and I look forward to read other two books in this series, I want to know stories about Alex younger brothers, Hunter More...

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***Detailed Review***

3.5 stars

WORTH THE SCANDAL was really good once I was able to put my full attention onto it. I enjoyed the full length and the easy flow. It did of course pick up once the attraction was there, but even while the story was being introduced and building, I found both Alexander (Alex) Worth and Tessa Crawford to be good characters to read about.

Alex, CEO of Worth Luxury can’t get his secretary, Tessa Crawford out of his head. Nothing like any woman he’s use to being around, T More...

Thoroughly enjoyable story. There is a bit of intrigue in this tale that I felt was resolved almost as an afterthought in my opinion but I loved the developing relationship between the h/h. Alexander Worth, our flawed hero, is the head of a chain of luxury stores and the object of his desire is his assistant Tessa Crawford. When he insists she accompany him on a business trip, things heat up.

I will definitely pick up the sequels (there are 2 other Worth brothers) and would recommend this book. More...