Last on the List by Amy Daws [Review]

Last on the List (Wait With Me #5) by Amy Daws
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: May 12, 2023

Wait With Me
1. Wait With Me
2. Next In Line
3. One Moment Please
4. Take a Number
5. Last on the List - Paperback | Kindle

Amy Daws
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Only a bad nanny knows what it’s like to kiss the boss.

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.

Thoughts on Last on the List: Okay, the down-to-earth millionaire single dad and the free-spirited nanny are up and HOOO-BOY. Cozy throws Max's life into disarray (in the best way) and they both come out the better for it.

To back up a bit, Max isn't an absentee dad or anything. He's also not so obsessed with his business that everything falls by the wayside. Yes, he's driven, but he's found a sort of balance that allows him to stay on top of his job while being able to enjoy spending time with his daughter. The thing he lacks? A meaningful romantic partner. Or even time for a meaningful romance. The guy has internalized what happened with his wife (although he thought he'd dealt with it and moved on) and had sort of shut himself down emotionally for anyone besides his daughter.

In other words, Cozy's laid back approach to everything (plus his full-blown attraction to her) throws him for a loop. He has to come to terms with a few things before he realizes he CAN do the relationship thing and be happier for it.

On Cozy's end, she's bouncing back from dealing with a medical issue that totally derailed her former life. She has a few triggers she has to work on (the corporate mentality she thinks most business people have, among other things) before she can consider Max as more than a short term fling. On the plus side, she completely adores Max's daughter. So she throws herself into having the best summer possible and somehow ends up falling hard for the big guy.

A little sneaking around, a few familiar faces, charcuterie boards, and a whole lot of smolder. GOOD STUFF.