2.5 stars. I'm going to go with definition number one : pleasing; agreeable; delightful

In this case, nice ended up being pretty close to :



First off, let me disclaimer that this book wasn't bad. In fact, Weekends Required was pretty standard CR fare : one couple is attracted to each other, yet they fight their feelings for a while until something happens to bring them together. Throw in a few small obstacles to further the plot along the way and there you go. Standard formula. By all reason, this More...

Weekends Required was an enjoyable read…until it wasn’t. I enjoyed the first (approximately) 80% but the last 20%, was really annoying.

I enjoyed the developing relationship between Jason and Claire, how they fought the attraction while giving in at times. I also enjoyed Jason’s jerkiness when he found out about Claire’s second job.

What I didn’t like was how Jason went behind her back to “help” Claire. And actually, that didn’t bother me either. What really bothered me was the fight that wasn’t More...

To start with, after reading about it on Amazon, I was intrigued by the story! It seemed to have so much potential! After reading it, I found that the story wasn't developed to the extent of what I thought it could.... it was so predictable and full of cliches, but that is not always negative... I definitely didn't like that Claire's true reasons for her choices were revealed so early in the book nor that Jason's feelings popped out so suddenly and without any effort!!!
NO! This is not a negative More...

I'm a little amazed at how much I HATE this book since my book standards are pretty low. I'm normally more than happy to forgive lots of things as long as the book was entertaining.

I hate reviewing books that I can't finish but this is absolutely horrendous. I couldn't finish this book because I found too many events absolutely improbable, and I am only 23% in. To explain what it is I find so improbable I need to give some context to the story.

Claire has been working for Jason Danvers as his ass More...

I first read this book as an ebook last year. I didn't mind rereading it to give a review. Author, Sydney Landon, does a great job creating a work environment at Danver's International that many of us dream about. Single, gorgeous, professional Jason Danver's has employed Claire Walters as his assistant for 3 years. Claire is a subdued, efficient, and responsible person making her the perfect assistant. She values her job and keeps an impersonal work environment, just as Jason seems to prefer. U More...

This book is the first book in the Danvers Series, and I can't wait to read the rest. The two main characters in this book are Claire and Jason. Claire has been Jason's assistant at Danvers International for the last three years. She has always been very plain Jane, wearing her hair pulled back with brown, beige, or tan clothing. Jason has been very pleased with her work but never saw her as more than an assistant. Claire is very professional but can't help fantasizing about her boss.


A little ba More...

I really liked this book. The author made me smile quite a few times. Like this:

With the medical bills piling up for her mother, she had gotten desperate for a second income to help make a dent in the constant stream of expenses. While pondering how successful someone such as herself might be as a hooker, and ad in the Sunday paper caught her attention. Okay, so it's Sunday and I shouldn't have been wondering if I could sell my body for extra money while skipping church. Talk about guilt!

Another More...

Just finished this today in my quest to finish alllllll the books I have yet to read on my Nook before I buy anymore. This will be a struggle since I love to buy books and when I see one I want to read, hitting the darn "buy" button is all too easy.

Weekends Required was good. I liked it. It was more than okay and less than "really liked", so it's three stars, which in my opinion means better than good. I did however have a few problems with the characters. One, it seemed to be hammered into me More...

This was a cute enough story. Claire has been working for Jason as a personal assistant for three years. She's had a crush on him all along but he's never noticed her and their boss/employee relationship has always been strictly professional. Claire is experiencing some financial troubles and takes a side job jumping out of cakes at stag parties to make extra money. Unfortunately, one of those parties turns out to be a bachelor party for Jason's best friend. Now, he notices her and he is not exa More...

I really wanted to like this book. It had tons of great reviews. But unfortunately this book did nothing for me. It has a lot of potential with the plot but the Hero was very wishy washy. I felt like the author was trying to make him dominate but sweet. Really he was a jerk (not dominate) one minute calling her a stripper because she jumped out of a cake and then the next minute he was sweet holding her while she is puking in the bathroom because she was drunk. Through out most of the book he ju More...

Slick's review posted on Guilty Pleasures

I love “discovering” new authors but I really love it when I realize an author I enjoy hasn’t ever been reviewed on this site. You see, I’ve been following this site for a long time. First I just cyber stalked, sounds naughty doesn’t it? Then I started commenting and finally I applied to be a reviewer and the rest they say is history. I can honestly “blame” Guilty Pleasures with my Amazon.com habit, although Amazon should probably write them a huge thank More...

This is the first book by this Author and although I enjoyed it and gave it four stars I'm not compelled to read the rest of the series. The next one is scheduled to come out in Spring 2012 and I may at some point change my mind but for now no.

This is a Boss\Employee romance and there are a lot of assumptions and miscommunications that lead to HEA. Not sure if this is available in paperback or hardback but the e-book has several typos the kind where it seems as if the Author wasn't sure what sh More...

This was an enjoyable romance!

Claire finds that she must split her weekend between her day job as the assistant to the CEO of the company, with her weekend job jumping out of cakes at VIP parties! Unfortunately, for her after jumping out of the cake this weekend she comes face to face with her boss.

Jason, the CEO of Danver's is suddenly noticing his assistant after 3 years of working together. She especially becomes noticeable when she jumps out of a cake at the bachelor party of his best frien More...

i did like this book a lot and if it wasn't for the fact that at the start it made me laugh sooo much and i was crying along with Claire in the sad bits of this book then i would have given it a minimum 2 stars and maximum 3 stars.

the reason why i would have given it such a bad rating, had it not made me laugh was simply because the vocabulary was simply terrible. the language that was used was like a 6 year old's work.
the author kept on repeating the word 'said...' or 'asked...' it was all jus More...

Absolutely loved this. I don't normally like contemporary romances as much as I do historical or paranormal/fantasy because I like to lose myself entirely in other worlds. This was an exception I made because I liked the premise of the story.

Claire's an amazing woman, working 2 jobs and barely making ends meet to pay for her ailing mother's medical expenses, upkeep on her residence, her own apartment, and the salary to Louise. Louise was a maid in their house when Claire was growing up but when More...

This was a fun little "gem" of a story. It's a light, easy, and entertaining read that captured my attention and was easy to finish in one sitting.

I love a great office romance, and this one has it all. A great boss/secretary relationship, a business trip that puts them alone together, and a host of entertaining secondary characters that help move the plot along. We are introduced to the couple that will be featured in the next book, and I'm almost looking forward to their story more than Jason More...

This was a cute, sexy romance story. It wasn't as well-developed as some of the really good romance novels are (that ending wrapped up a little too perfectly and too quickly for my tastes), and the characters lacked some of the depth that I prefer to have in this genre, but overall it was entertaining. Claire and Jason were definitely on fire for each other, and the steamy scenes were H-O-T hot!! lol I didn't love the plot with Claire's mom, I found myself skimming through a lot of those scenes. More...

Background: Claire grows up in an abusive home, leaving her wary of controlling men... Her boss grew up solving peoples issues... Her father and sister are now dead and she has to take care of her sick mother - paying medical bills ect... to do this, she jumps out of cakes at bachelor parties, clad only in lingerie


he's at a bachelor party, sees her jump out of the cake and realizes shes not a-sexual, and she is infact a hottie


He is mega into her so he decides shes not allowed to do it anymore, s More...

Back in the Smut Monday groove!

For as short as this was, and I knew how short it was going into it, I’m still kind of “meh” about this read.

Claire is Jason Danvers assistant and has been for the past few years. When a work weekend overlaps with her other job as an “entertainer” she has to hope she can make both work. Of course drama ensues.

I have to admit, it was endearing having a clutsy female lead. I’m a walking accident myself and its nice knowing that some people can find it funny rather th More...

The only reason why I managed to finish this book as quickly as I did, was because I was stuck in a hospital for two days, with nothing to do but read. Trust me, that is not a good thing. Had I been home, it would have taken me more than a week to get through this one.

Nothing annoyed me as much in this book as how the author used he said she said in the book. Without exception, it was always verb before noun/name. Let's put that to the test where we swap out the names with the nouns, shall we?

Au More...

This is the first in Sydney Landon's Danvers series. Somewhere between a 3 and 3 1/2 stars.

Claire is Jason's assistant. She and her best friend Suzy have ogled his buns from a far. Claire has too much on her plate for a relationship with anyone; her mother needs constant medical care so Claire has a part-time job on the weekends. Jason asks Claire to accompany him over the weekend - they will work some each day until the wedding on Sunday. Jason starts to notice Claire and soon after their first More...

3.5 Stars

Claire has been working for Jason Danvers as his personal assistant for the last three years. Jason is the president and head of Danvers International. Claire has had nothing but a professional relationship with Jason and doubts he even realizes she's a female. This hasn't stopped her from having lustful fantasies about him and his "Hot Buns." I was cracking up more than a few times over the urges she had over them:

Jason bent over and started to pick up the contents of Claire's make-u More...

Ah, this book could have been great. It really could have. Landon started the book with such great promise, interesting characters, and a really good plot, but like a lot of decent romance novels, it fizzled towards the happily ever after ending.

Truth is, I feel like I read two different books. One was weekends required, a funny, slightly off putting romantic novel, and about halfway through, I was reading another book where the character names were the same, but their personalities were comple More...

I really loved this book. The feminist in me says I should hate it because Claire is every mans fantasy: She is the quiet librarian, the sex pistol, and to top it all off below Jason in work and earning potential. With that said the book was wonderful and you could feel the love between these characters. Jason did not notice Claire until she let her hair down (literally). He was probably already in love with her before that because she was one of the few people he could count on. The struggle in More...

This was just ok. It was the typical chick lit, they fall in love, hide things from each other, have a huge fight, then get back together.

The twist of this one was her popping out of a cake as a side job, which I don't really get how she got paid THAT much for it, as she explained. And to be honest, she didn't take off her clothes, she didn't do ANYthing remotely sexy or kinky, and yet the guys went wild for her.

I guess, what I'm really getting at is...if she got paid THAT well for just popping More...

Can we say sensational!, Claire has worked for Danvers company as as Assistant for 3 yrs, a hard worker, she has also needed a second job working for Partiez Party, jumping out of cakes for bachelor parties. Her mom is sick and her dad and sister died in a car accident a few years back.

One day she and her boss, Jason feel chemistry which the other refuses to admmit, even to herself, she cannot date her boss it is unprofessional. Jason is wealthy and a compassionate man, landing a big account he More...

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Claire Walters has somewhat of a hectic life. She has to work two jobs in order to keep up with her mother’s medical bills. During the week she’s the plain Jane assistant to hottie Jason Danvers of Danvers International. Every woman in the office seems to have day dreams about him but she tries to keep her relationship professional, so she punches in; she punches out and tries her best to maintain her composure. During the weekends Claire works for a pa More...

cover & title - 3/5
favorite character - Suz

So i debated if i should leave a bad review or not, to be honest i would rather only post good reviews. The reason i am posting this is because i hate spending money on a dud & i am sure you do too. I must say I am really surprised this made the NY Times best seller list.
This entire book is mind-numbingly flat. The characters are annoying, at points they are totally obtuse. The chemistry is tepid at best. The story-line is a farce & it is More...

WEEKENDS REQUIRED

Very sweet & compelling story! Great plot and successfully carried out to keep me completely taken from the beginning to the end.

This was so cute and funny I seriously felt like hugging and smooching Jason and Claire although Jason can be quite the ass at times, I believe he really had deep meaningful feeling for her!!

My heart kept breaking everytime I would think about all the crap degrading things Claire did to keep her Mother well and safe! Shead a few tears throughout th More...

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Jason is a strong confident man with good heart. No emotional baggage or troubled past, which is a nice change from past stories I have read.
Claire is independent, caring, but sometimes accident prone woman. I like how dedicated she is to her mom. To her, it doesn't matter how hard she has to work; if she has to work three jobs in order to help take care of her mom and their family home then she will.

I wasn't completely sold that during the three years Claire has been work More...