Book Review: Last on the List by Amy Daws

Last on the List (Wait With Me #5) by Amy DawsBlurb:

CEO millionaire, Max Fletcher is a single dad in desperate need of a nanny.

Cozy Barlow is in the middle of her self-appointed “gap year” and doing everything she can to detach from her past.

But when her sister begs her to interview for the nanny position of a high maintenance client, she doesn’t have a good enough reason to say no.

And when Max locks eyes on the twenty-something in a tie-dye sweatsuit who pitches the idea of daydreaming all summer—he prepares to give this bad nanny the boot.

One problem: Max’s little girl thinks this plus-sized in body and spirit nanny might be her new bestie, so she hires her on the spot.

Now Max is stuck with this bizarre woman who hates everything he represents—corporate greed, money, status, power.

But one stormy night when the power goes out, he discovers Cozy doesn’t hate him. In fact, he’s the leading role in her fantasies.
Fantasies, he would very much like to make a reality.

My Review:

After binging Wyatt and Trista’s story, Nine Month Contract, I figured since Max and Cozy were an established couple they had to have had their own story somewhere, right? And I was lucky they did with Last on the List!

Max is an uptight CEO/single dad who has sworn off relationships. What he is in need of is a nanny for his 11-year-old daughter Everly while his ex-wife and her new wife go out of the country for the summer for work.

Cozy Barlow left the corporate world behind after a devastating health crisis seven months ago and is taking a “gap year.” Her new motto? Why do more when you can do less. So when her sister puts her up for a nanny gig she shows up in a tie-dyed sweatsuit and immediately wins over the precocious Everly, much to buttoned-up Max’s dismay.

But as the two spend more time together they begin to peel back the layers and realize there is more to the other than their first impressions – including their scorching hot chemistry.

This book was a lot of fun. I love that this author creates heroines that are plus size, which is refreshing. Max was so devoted to his daughter and I loved that Cozy bonded with her right away too. Max seems a little uptight in Nine Month Contract so it was nice to see him in a different light in this book and I can’t wait to discover the rest of his friends in the previous books!

My Rating:

5 of 5 Knives!