AHH! I just finished Amy Padilla's prequel for her Charmed Away Temp Agency series: "The First Assistant," and I'm over here giggling and grinning like a maniac. This novella is available through her email subscription (and #BookFunnel).
["Ari never should have agreed to this. All he wanted was to help his friend. But when he's volunteered to act as a temp in her stead, he realized he should have been more specific about what he was willing to do for her. Especially when he got several warnings about the grumpy demon he'd be working with. Surely he could get out of this. Right?
Xander didn't need a temporary assistant. He could handle things on his own while his regular assistant was away on maternity leave. Tell that to his boss, who hired someone behind his back. A beautiful someone who was criminally shy and made Xander want to hold him close and protect him from the world. Those kinds of thoughts wouldn't do. He was a professional and Ari was only here temporarily. He could control himself around the sweet man. Hopefully."]
And the bonus tags (because they're arguable better than the blurb itself): ["prequel, Xander doesn't need help, his boss says otherwise, Ari is a shy boi, being a temp is hard, there's nothing wrong with having a crush on your boss, family meddling, demon weddings, fake wedding date, demons are kind, werewolves are not, guaranteed HEA"]
First off, Ari needs protecting at all costs. Blankets and cocoa, the works. Luckily, Zander is the man demon for the job.
Secondly, I'm not mad (at. all.) that these two managed to fall in love in like two-three weeks, and that it all came to a head during a life-or-death situation (okay, didn't love the associated anxiety all that much). or that our sweet Xander is a bunny shifter (it fits him soooooo well).
The entire novella was pure fluff, honest sweetness, and just enough spice.
It also makes me ache for a Taron book.
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