Obedient
Lydia’s new boss stole the job she wanted, and he thinks he owns the place already on Day One. Turns out he actually does. She can’t control her attraction to Matt, the man with stormy eyes and a penchant for kissing her in the supply closet, the elevator, and in her increasingly intense dreams. But Matt has a secret – he’s really Michael Bournham, playboy extraordinaire and CEO of the company, doing a reality television stunt. For six weeks he’s pretending to be a middle manager while producers videotape everything.
Everything. Including the moment he and Lydia give in and break every rule. And perhaps, their hearts.
After a billion people watched them make love on a viral videotape, where do you hide? Lydia let herself lose control and give in to her heart’s desire – and now she has a billion viewers to show for it. Mike can’t believe his stunt blew up like this. Fired from his own corporation and aching for Lydia, he creates a sham job for her overseas and sends his best friend Jeremy to keep an eye on her. Jeremy takes his job very seriously. A little too seriously.
With her ego bruised but spirits lifted by her new relationship with Jeremy, Lydia comes home to her family’s campground in coastal Maine. Mike’s spent the last month incognito there, sorting through his past and figuring out how to win her back. Jeremy followed orders to take care of Lydia and fell hopelessly for her in the process. It’s all in Lydia’s hands now as she breaks every rule to learn whether the rules ever mattered at all.
As Christmas looms at the campground, Mike and Jeremy have built a quiet life with Lydia. An unexpected surprise leaves them all in a state of uncertainty, asking themselves: is it time to let life be a little less boring? And what’s inside the slim box Lydia’s giving them both on Christmas morning?
The Obedient series by USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent is a four-book romantic comedy that begins with a workplace romance gone viral – literally. When Lydia Charles falls for her new boss without knowing he’s actually the CEO in disguise for a reality TV show, their private passion becomes a billion-view sensation, setting off a chain of events that takes them from a corporate office to Iceland to a family campground in coastal Maine.
What starts as an office romance evolves into an unconventional love triangle when the CEO’s best friend enters the picture, and Lydia discovers that the heart doesn’t always follow convenient rules. Featuring a billionaire-in-disguise premise, a love triangle that resolves in the most unexpected way, a charming coastal Maine setting, and Julia Kent’s signature blend of laugh-out-loud comedy and genuine emotion, the Obedient series asks whether being authentic means losing everything in order to find yourself – and whether love can thrive when the whole world is watching.
