The Italian Boss's Secretary Mistress

by Cathy Williams

To arrogant Italian Gabriel Gessi, Rose has always been his plain, sensible secretary.

But when she returns from vacation with a stunning new look, Gabriel decides he wants to take her out of the boardroom and into his bedroom!

And the plain-Jane secretary—

Rose has been in love with her gorgeous boss for years, but her resolve to try and forget him weakens when they begin working more closely together—on a secluded Caribbean island!

Genres: Harlequin, Romance, Harlequin Presents, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Fiction

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Cathy Williams, born in Trinidad and Tobago, is a British author who has written romance novels for Mills & Boon since 1990. She lives in Chiswick, London, with her three daughters and continues to craft engaging, heartfelt love stories.

Reviews

[Diya✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75🌟

This story was crying out for a epilogue. It was too abrupt of an ending.

[Quinn · Rating 1 out of 5]

They're so awful that I've gotten this book and taken by her greek boss mixed up...

It is this book that is improbable and not logically sound (even for a trashy romance novel!).

I think I've kind of tortured myself in reading Williams' books because I was hoping that perhaps out of the gazillion books she's written, something would be different. But no... all four male protagonists are exactly the same, the female protagonist, while slightly different, are essentially the same - the way they act and ALSO the way how they push the men away, only to come back to them to let them know that they're pregnant with the guy's baby!! =_= It has happened 3 books out of 4!!! THREE! Ugh.

Makes for a very predictable and boring read. I'm not going to try any more.

[Alexis-Morgan Roark · Rating 2 out of 5]

I recently read this book but can't seem to remember much about it. I remember being upset that she never seemed to broach the subjecdt of "so, NOW you want me that I'm slimmer and attractive to you"?

I remembered being bothered with his flippancy towards her feelings-big surprise-regarding working for him. He was such an ogre!

Then it became...I think I've always wanted you and crap, and I was like; so, what were you waiting for? Again, it was okay.

[Erin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really, the only thing that saved this book from no stars, or, like, negative stars, was that I ctrl+f'd through the doc and replaced the main characters' names with Tony Stark and Pepper (I would say Potts, but whoops, she never did become important enough to rate a last name!). So instead of a truly horrific romance novel, it became a delightful badfic! That was shockingly IC for a lot of it...

[Selin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Çooook klasikleşmiş bir ugly betty hikayesiydi ama sevimliydi bazen tanıdık hikayeler okumak ihtiyaç haline gelir ya o zamanlar için ideal bence

[Ευαγγελία Πρατσόλη · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5/5,0

[Marttha Zazueta · Rating 3 out of 5]

¿En verdad soy la primera en agregar la historia a Goodreads? (ni idea de si es la única versión del sitio) ¡Estoy impresionada, jamás me había pasado!

Bueno, ahora me veo obligada a por lo menos, escribir algo: "Los hijos lo serán todo, excepto PEGAMENTO" o algo así es la frase.

Y sobre la autora, me han gustado la mayoría de los protagonistas e historias que he leído de Cathy, definitivamente es una de mis favoritas.

Por otro lado, tengo un amor literario que también se llama Gabriel y también tiene un Jaguar.

[iamGamz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Glad I didn't buy this book, a friend handed it off to me and now i know why. It's a bit on the unbelievable side. Traveling to a tiny island when you know a hurricane is about to hit it is just downright stupid, but hey, it's fiction. This wasn't a great read, but it did help me kill time while riding the subway and it was free. :)

[Lupita Figueroa BookLoverRomantic · Rating 3 out of 5]

No bad no good. Has a very good tension. But I need more sexual scenes and more tender. I think is necessary know more about feelings of Gabriel.

[Tizah · Rating 4 out of 5]

great. ...!

[Tigger · Rating 3 out of 5]

For me the book starts out very dull and slow moving.
It was a good story, for me I just had to keep reading it

[Shanelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring!

[Calysta · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was just super satisfying. I liked how strong and secure in herself the woman was. I liked the woman a lot.