Lessons in Ruining Mr. Rhodes
When the receptionist no one notices overhears a plan to take down the company's ruthless COO, she makes a reckless offer: her intel for his protection. What starts as a strictly professional alliance turns into late-night war rooms, shared secrets, and the kind of chemistry HR memos are written about.
Polly Keane files problems for a living-until one of them is a grumpy British billionaire boss who insists on rules, precision, and zero distractions.
Alistair Rhodes built his empire on control-until a sunshine-mouthed receptionist walks into his office with evidence of a boardroom coup...and refuses to be sidelined.
As a whisper campaign paints Polly as the COO's pretty mistake, and a doctored report threatens to wreck them both, the only way out is together: follow the money, outsmart the traitors, and pretend the almost-kisses don't count. In locked server rooms and midnight trains to the Midlands, partnership becomes something much more dangerous-and far harder to keep secret.
He can protect her career. She can save his company.
But if the truth comes out, they could lose everything...including each other.
Tropes you'll find inside:
- Enemies-to-lovers - Billionaire boss/COO - Workplace/office romance
- Grumpy & sunshine - Slow-burn + high heat - Age gap
- Forced proximity - Found-family coworkers - London setting