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Fiction · Novel · Romance · Contemporary romance
About 9 h · at 30 minutes a day, about 18 days
Estimated from the page count of this edition. Dense books can take longer than the estimate.
Rowan Kane’s inheritance depends on renovating Dreamland, the theme park within his family’s entertainment and hotel empire. When employee Zahra submits a drunken proposal criticizing its most expensive ride, he gives her a creative job instead of firing her. Working together brings her optimism into conflict with his bad temper, while their growing attraction crosses the boundary between boss and employee.
Alternating viewpoints shape this contemporary billionaire workplace romance, with explicit sex and friction between its cheerful heroine and abrasive hero. The fairy-tale setting accompanies a relationship in which money and professional authority give Rowan considerably more power than Zahra.
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
A contemporary billionaire workplace romance pairing cheerful employee Zahra with abrasive boss Rowan. Their attraction develops while they work on his family’s theme park, with friction over temperament, money and professional authority.
Steamy: a few explicit scenes. The romance between Rowan and Zahra includes sex on the page alongside the tension of their boss-and-employee relationship.
Strong sexual content and strong language are the main considerations. The relationship also involves an imbalance of power: Rowan’s wealth and professional authority give him considerably more power than Zahra.
No, it is the first entry in Dreamland Billionaires. Rowan and Zahra’s workplace romance is the starting point for the series.
Not really, the prose is conversational, direct and driven by dialogue, with a linear story and alternating viewpoints. The pace is moderate, and the focus stays on characters and relationships.
448 pages in the Little, Brown Book Group Limited 2022 paperback edition.
Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 2022 · paperback. ISBN 9780349433448.
About 9 hours at 50 pages an hour, based on the 448-page Little, Brown Book Group Limited edition. Dense books can take longer.
Lauren Asher writes contemporary romance built around ambition, wealth, family pressure, and professional rules that become difficult to keep separate from desire. Her prose is direct and conversational, with dialogue carrying much of the friction and courtship. She often gives a relationship a practical framework, then tightens the plot through forced proximity, concealed feelings, and breached agreements. Terms and Conditions turns an inheritance requirement into a contractual marriage between an executive and his assistant. Fine Print brings corporate authority and deception into a theme-park workplace romance, while Final Offer uses a disputed lake house and a return home to complicate a second chance between former lovers.
