Mr Billionaire Boss Grump

I'm not much of a billionaire romance fan but I love the grumpy/sunshine trope so I was excited to read this book. Once I started I realized that there wasn't much of a grumpy/sunshine trope in the book.

The FMC Olivia is an assistant at an art gallery and she is pretty neurotic. She's 28 and has all but given up on her youthful goal of being a working artist. At 18 she went on a school trip to Florence where she met Gianni the love of her life. They spent a few days together and on her last day in Florence he ghosted her and she was heartbroken. Now she is a shell of herself and has become withdrawn and practical.

Our MMC Gianni is an Italian billionaire who had dreams of becoming a famous footballer and his bright future was cut short by a career ending knee injury. His injury caused him to miss his last meetup with Olivia who he knew as Libby which he has regretted ever since. During his recovery he adopted his daughter who is the light of his life. Looking to expand his family's business he decides to buy an art gallery in NYC to sell Italian art.

Gianni ends up buying the gallery that Olivia works at and she shortly discovers that her new boss is the love of her life. I thought it was funny that Olivia saw Gianni as a grump because he didn't seem that grumpy. He was my favorite character in the book closely followed by his daughter.

Overall I liked this book but Olivia's avoidance of Gianni when she realized he was the love of her life was really childish. I'm glad she came to her senses and they got their HEA.