Man in Charge
Peake
1973
Another romance title from yesteryear, this time from the exciting world of retail! Our story opens with Juliet and her mother making a visit to a retail mogul. Evidently Juliet’s mother was formerly engaged to said mogul and now wants a favor of a job for Juliet.
Mogul and his bitchy wife, Mrs. Mogul are lording their wealth and position over Juliet and her mother. Naturally, Mr. and Mrs. Mogul have a son, Drew. Drew tells Juliet he is the real boss who does all the work while dad is just a figurehead. Drew wastes no time in telling Juliet that she will have to work for her salary and he will be watching her so she doesn’t slack off. Of course these two are bound for a romance since the love of a good woman cures jackassery all the time.
The cover also bothers me since our “hero” is slouching or he looks out of proportion. I see a long life with back trouble. How romantic.
Mary
cover: is drew a retail dorm posters mogul? at least he classes it up with the tux
And Juliet looks like she had a bad burrito, and can’t wait to get to the ladies’ room.
David Hasselhoff, is that you?
I thought it was Pierce Brosnan!
The guy on the cover’s got his junk in a box…
I am amazed you can wade through these to provide a plot summary each time!
Is her sweater? top? White and gold, or blue and black 😉
Why is Juliet kneeling on a table?
Is anyone else wondering if Juliet might be Mr Mogul’s illicit daughter or am I just getting too 21st century on this? The modern world has jaded me….
I just like the fact that this book uses words like “nepotism” and “sinecure”.