Lara’s world is turned upside down when her boyfriend cheats on her with her best friend and she’s forced to move to a new city. Desperate for money, she lands a job in an LGBT nightclub, but her racing heart and inappropriate thoughts about the club’s owner, Harry, must have everything to do with the stress she’s under. She’s not gay.
There’s something about Harry. She’s stunning, cocky, and looks far too good in a shirt and tie, ignoring the fact she’s telepathic and can read Lara’s emotions like a book. Harry is one of seven managers at the Cardinal, and she has a set of skills that can help Lara, but she has to manage her own feelings about three of the other managers in the meantime—Lust, Gluttony, and Envy.
When things go downhill
for Lara, can Harry ultimately make her proud of who she is, without admitting
their deadly secret? Or will Lara’s shame, depression, and her homophobic
parents, lead her down a path of destruction?
When Laura discovers her boyfriend is a cheater she takes off for Edinburgh and ends up applying for a job at the Cardinal - 7 floors, 7 businesses. Lara lands a bartending job on floor 7 where Harry is the manager. It’s only while she’s there during her interview that Laura realizes it’s really a gay bar. When she’s offered the job she tosses aside any uneasy feelings and grabs it. After all, no one in Edinburgh knows her so what if she works in a gay bar? Besides, she needs the money bad. Lara doesn’t know it, but she’s just set her life on a course of change. Big change.
This is a nommy story with an interesting concept. A building with 7 businesses, one for each floor. And each business pertains to a specific sin with managers for each. Harry is the manager for her bar and she’s also the overall manager of the Cardinal. She takes a special interest in Lara and soon Lara is living an exciting life not only of lust, but also of discovery. And she’s making friends that feel like family. They provide the support she never gets from her own family.
There is a lot of sex in this book. Yummy delicious creative sex. But I felt as if the plot was lacking. I mean, you can have a book with just sex and some scenes in-between and that’s fine, but I kept expecting something dramatic to happen and it didn’t. Well, not until much later in the book. Maybe I missed the build up to it? In any case, it’s still a great read, but the plot sort of meanders until the dramatic conclusion. I’m glad I found this book and author through BBNYA. I’m planning to read book 2 in this series since I really like the premise and the characters. Well, except Maddie and no one likes her. For good reason, too.
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