Cloud Ten (Nailed It! Book 1)

When Frankie Carter tried to break the barrier in relation to men being accepted as PA, he got more than he bargained for. He became PA to Lysander St Cloud.Frankie is 25, he shares an apartment with his sister Maddie and his brother Tristan, they are triplets. Tristan was the last born and he has Cerebral Palsy. He uses crutches to get about and has hearing implants.Frankie is out and proud, he has qualified with all skills as a Personal Assistant but always fails to get the job, which inevitably goes to a female. Angry following his last refusal, his friends Mungo and Milo, and Maddie’s boyfriend Darren, convince him to dress up as woman for next interview. Being a pretty boy helped with the transformation, plus the fact that the final interview was online. He got the job.Cloud Ten is one of the top construction companies in the country. It is run by the St Cloud family, who make up all the Board Members. The newest member is Lysander St Cloud, a 35 year old former Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record holder Swimmer. He was born in the USA to his fathers second wife. He is quiet, shy and introverted especially after a very traumatic experience following his World Record performance. This led to the breakup with his long term girlfriend, Thalia.Now the family insist he takes his place on the Board of Cloud Ten in London. Arriving reluctantly at Cloud Ten offices he given luxurious office and a very pretty PA.Lysander needs all the help he can get as he has never worked other than at achieving success as a Swimmer. He is delighted when his PA is so capable and sees him through his first few days without too much trauma.He likes his PA, Frankie, so capable and easy on the eye too. Frankie is delighted with the new job and especially with Lysander St Cloud the new man in charge of seeing Cloud Ten become the leader of Environmental Awareness in all aspects of the Construction Industry.Who wouldn’t adore the adorable Frankie, a happy, sparkling ray of sunshine, super Girl Friday, lynchpin of his family.Lysander St Cloud is no exception.All was going so well until it didn’t. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fearne has done it again, she has written another book filled with humour, beautiful flawed and interesting characters and a cracking story.This is the first book in the Nailed It series built around a construction company. Lysander left England as a boy when his parents split and grew up in the US where he became an Olympic gold medal swimmer. He is a shy introverted man and when his private life blew up spectacularly in the public eye he retired and returned to England where his older half sister, the new CEO promptly appointed him to the family board. Lysander knew nothing about construction. He was so out of his depth and needed an experienced PA to help him.Frankie is good at what he does and loves being a PA but it is a heavily female dominated sector. When Frankie sees the ad for Cloud Ten it is his dream job and encouraged by his sister, twin brother and best friends he applies for the job, as a woman, sails through the zoom interviews and is hired.This is where the book gets even better as Fearne writes a beautifully descriptive developing love story. Frankie is a force of nature and positivity, he is not Lysander’s usual type but he becomes obsessed, with her legs, and then finds himself falling for her. Frankie is his safety net, guiding him into his role and it’s a joy to watch them become close but as Frankie falls deeper he can see that Lysander’s feelings are changing as well and he knows he must come clean.I was dreading the big reveal, Lysander was devastated, felt betrayed and was confused by his feelings, Frankie was a man, but he was straight, how could he feel so strongly for him. The pain they were both experiencing was palpable.Fearne handled the situation beautifully and Lysander’s “coming out” and inexperience was sensitively and gently done and oh boy once he realised what he had been missing there was no stopping him.All the characters in this book were funny and interesting and I can’t wait to find out whose story will be next.

What happens when Frankie tells Lysander he’s really a guy and is their attraction strong enough to get through this minor complication. This was a quick office slow burn romance between Frankie a top notch p.a., who poses as a woman to get the job of his dreams. What he doesn’t count on is falling for his awkward shy boss! There were lots of funny moments and good friendships in this office romance.

When I started this book I had to put it down and shake my head, thinking Fearne had lost her mind. Because that plot would never, EVER, work. Well I should learn to trust Ms Hill because, it did work and was deliciously funny as well. Again Fearne excels at building a warm world of quirky characters, a family of misfits vs a family steeped in business. And it's fun and charming and so very British indeed at times.I read two books last week, and looking back at those, I can't remember the names of the characters, or the plot of the book. Thank God for books like this, which I can assure you will stay with me for a long time. Lys and Frankie made my week. Bring on book 2!!!

Such a great story, I loved Frankie and Lysander, both for very different reasons, I loved the angst, the romance and the sexiness of this story, can wait for the next book in the series