Taking On The Boss

Taking On The Boss
Darcy Maguire

From:Tahlia Moran@www.designs.comTo: Emma Radfield; Keely RhodesSo what's a girl to do? You try so hard to prove yourself at work. And then some gorgeous hunk of a man comes in and steals your promotion from under your feet!And it doesn't help that Mr. Case T. Darrington (and I'm sure the T must stand for Traitorous) makes me go all gooey inside whenever I look at him! What's wrong with me? I'm usually so together.Okay, plan of action, girls: I'm going to prove once and for all that it should be me sitting in Mr. Darrington's chair. And how will I do that? you ask. Starting by getting up close and personal with the boss….

Keely, Emma and Tahlia work together at a small, trendy design company in Melbourne. They’ve become the best of friends, meeting for breakfast, chatting over a mid-morning coffee and a donut—or going for a cocktail after work. They’ve loved being single in the city…but now three gorgeous new men are about to enter their work lives, transform their love lives—and give them loads more to gossip about!

From sexy bosses to surprise babies—

these ladies have got everyone talking!

Impossibly Pregnant by Nicola Marsh

The Shock Engagement by Ally Blake

Taking on the Boss by Darcy Maguire

Dear Reader,

There’s nothing quite like catching up on the office gossip over a cuppa, beside the copier, in quiet whispers, and especially in lieu of work.

The best gossip always includes the three Rs—romance, rumor and ruin. In Taking on the Boss, Tahlia Moran finds herself in the thick of all three. Can she believe all she hears on the grapevine? Can she save the day, the company and herself, before it’s too late?

I loved writing this trilogy with Nicola Marsh and Ally Blake set in wonderful Melbourne. I hope you enjoy this last installment of OFFICE GOSSIP.

Best wishes,

Darcy

Taking on the Boss

Darcy Maguire

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE (#ub685f825-7793-50fc-8c4f-d91f21e68221)

CHAPTER TWO (#u55e5937b-79cb-52bf-8e15-441cc764b0a0)

CHAPTER THREE (#ub3302c43-0585-5615-b3f7-70c7ec5ae000)

CHAPTER FOUR (#u8b29620c-3121-5be9-ab39-7971ef039f55)

CHAPTER FIVE (#u358d7433-53d3-52d7-8fae-4b6e2618a5cc)

CHAPTER SIX (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER EIGHT (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER NINE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER ELEVEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER TWELVE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER THIRTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER FIFTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SIXTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER NINETEEN (#litres_trial_promo)

EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER ONE

Aries—Your love life has been in a lull. Expect to meet someone new who’ll stir your passions.

No, thank you, I’ll pass.

‘IT’S every girl’s dilemma.’

Tahlia Moran pushed open the front door to their office building, turning and holding it for her friend. ‘What is?’

‘The right timing to get seriously into finding one’s life’s partner, of course,’ Keely said, pushing her handbag strap up her shoulder.

The words hammered right through Tahlia. First the horror-scope and now Keely. Did she have ‘seriously single but feel free to cure me’ tattooed on her forehead?

‘You know,’ Keely offered. ‘It has to be soon or there won’t be any single, straight men left for you. All the good men are getting snapped up.’

Tahlia had to admit her two best friends were doing their bit, going from seriously single to seriously taken in what seemed like a snap. ‘I’m fine. I don’t need anybody just now.’

‘Tahlia—’ Keely moved slowly through the doorway, resting her arm on her protruding belly, full of arms and legs. ‘I know a lot of women just wait for him to appear, like magic. But we do encourage him to turn up by dating, pitiful though it may be, every single man around.’

‘Just in case he doesn’t,’ Tahlia stated dryly, glancing down at her friend, who was a good six inches shorter than her now that Keely had traded in her heels for flats that didn’t add to the swelling she seemed to be experiencing in more places than just her belly.

‘Mr Right turned up for me and Em. He will for you too, but you have to date. It’s a given, an unwritten agreement with Cupid.’