4 stars! 
 Okay. I'm starting to love Lila Monroe's female protagonists, and this is only her second book I've read! 
 For a long time, Lacey Newman has worked her ass off for Devlin Media Corp., working behind the scenes to fix the PR mishaps of the CEO, Australian hunk Grant Devlin. Throughout all of this, she's stayed invisible, her contributions to help the company stay afloat barely recognized by her boss, let alone Grant. But after the meeting about PR disaster that's causing the share price to fall, Grant offers to drive her home, and Lacey ends up going on a mega rant about his attitude and how hard she works to make sure his ass's reputation remains clean. 
 [I'm] the girl who scraped and grubbed and fucking sweated blood to get the scholarships to go to Stanford... I'm the girl who worked five jobs just to make ends meet until this one, and I did a damn good job at every one... I'm the fucking person who has to clean up all your messes, and you know what? It is getting damn old! 
 Of course, usually when you do that to your boss, you get fired. Instead, Lacey gets free lunch, and Grant's suddenly taken an interest in her. Plus, she gets a free late night make-out session and an almost hook-up with the same man. 
 To make sure the company doesn't crash and burn, Grant needs to clean up his act and settle down, so who else should play the role of his nice, stable girlfriend but Lacey? Yes folks, this is a fake relationship story!! Woohoo! 
 Lacey agrees to be Grant's fake girlfriend, and almost all is well--all was not well when Lacey bumped into Grant's prissy aunt Portia Dalton--until Grant decides to take the "relationship" a notch higher. Nothing says "settling down" than a giant engagement ring! 
 I love Lacey. She's such a strong, independent woman who worked hard to get where she is. She's always overlooked because she's not the prettiest or she's not model-thin, and although she's not your doormat heroine, she constantly reigns in her urge to go batshit on her boss's illogical bouts of anger--always directed at her. For a long time, she didn't complain, but really, a person can only take so much until she explodes. 
 She hated Grant's devil-may-care attitude, and whenever she's not lusting over his beautiful face and body, she's cursing him and his reckless escapades. Grant lives his life outside the office to the fullest, but he's as passionate about improving the company as much as Lacey is. He's quite an endearing man when he wants to be; like a puppy who follows you around, waiting for his ears to be scratched. It helps that he's this hot macho man with an accent. 
 I read the Billion Bargain in one sitting, and finished the following two in this trilogy the same day. It's a quick and fun read, and I would have given it a higher rating if not for the random editing flaws, specifically spacing. 
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