I'm giving this 4 stars for the old school factor. The heroine is much younger than the hero but that was very common for the time it was written, although just on the tag end of that era in romance. So it was mentioned but wasn't a huge issue. Still I did feel that the heroine was written fairly convincingly as young. The best part was really her feisty character. It wasn't put on at all and the hero just had to learn to deal. I didn't like the hero as well. It did bother me that he slapped her twice but I can deal with that in the crazy old school arena. It just adds to the crazy. What bothered me the most is that he squeezed her breast on purpose to hurt her and admitted that he wanted to hurt her. Then he got all furious that she scratched his chest and drew blood. How dare she defend herself?! And she was all contrite but he never felt a speck of remorse other than offering to kiss the bruises which just seems creepy 'cuz old man trying to talk the teenager out of her top.

She did manage to lead him a dance though and the ending was drawn out enough to satisfy. And he was pretty up front about how he had fallen for her at first sight and tried absolutely everything he could think of to win her. Except kindness of course but I really don't see that she would have responded well to that. She would have walked all over a beta hero. So without the breast mauling I might have given it another star. ( )

Une fulgurante marche arrière suivie d'un choc retentissant... Voilà un incident qui va bouleverser la vie de Lauri. Avec horreur, la jeune fille s'aperçoit qu'elle vient d'emboutir la superbe Rolls d'Alexander Blain, son patron.
Furieux, il l'accable de remarques sarcastiques... et finit par l'inviter à dîner! elle est déconcertée par le pouvoir que cet homme exerce sur elle. Mais l'impétueuse Lauri n'a aucune intention de se laisser manipuler comme une marionnette! ( )