The Bossy One

By: Leslie North

Narrated by: Sean Masters, Suzanne T. Fortin

WANTED: Nanny who will put up with an infuriatingly grumpy Irish billionaire.

If you throw an Irish billionaire out of a plane at 40,000 feet, would he fly?
That's the question I ask myself on our flight when Declan Bryne told me that it’d be “grand" if I could stop talking.

I can’t help it. I’m a nervous flyer.
But that should've been my sign to hit EJECT!
Because this is doomed to fail.

He’s a total grump.
He obviously doesn’t like me.
He's too distractingly gorgeous to be around for any length of time.
And he’s made it clear that as soon as he can find another nanny, I’m gone.

But this Minnesota girl is made of tough stuff. I know I can make it through one Irish summer with one sexy Irish curmudgeon.

At least I thought I could, until he became that much harder to resist.
The more I work for Declan the more I, unfortunately, realize the truth...
Declan hides an actual, beating heart behind his stormy, gruff demeanor.
The way he is around his adorable niece, Catie, is Hallmark-worthy.
And that accent.
That suave Irish brogue makes my insides melt.

The cardinal rule of being a nanny is to not get involved with the family.
To maintain a professional distance.
Sleeping with Declan would definitely cross that line.

Some rules are meant to be kept.
Others are meant to be shattered.

Exciting news! The Bossy One is even better than before, it was updated in October 2023!

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Loved it

Leslie North is a good author and this is a great book. Now to find more to read,

Loved it!!

Ok, first I want to say that I really did love this book. However- god save us from people who don’t communicate!! That said, the writing and dialogue are excellent. The storyline is very good as well. The narrators did a fantastic job. The steamy bits are good too - and not so many of them that they get boring. Very well done!

Loved it!

I absolutely loved every moment of the narration on this enemies to lovers romance. I listened to it all in one go and really enjoyed the accent of the male narrator. Declan and Olivia have a very unpleasant first meet on a plane. Then she becomes a nanny to his niece. Both Declan and Olivia have very strong personalities. This book is really well written and the characters are likable and relatable. The journey these two take to get their HEA is a bumpy one but has some good spice and romance. Definitely a must listen/read.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Declan and Olivia's Story . . .

Olivia became the nanny Declan Byrne hired to care for his niece, Catie. She should have known from their initial meeting that he would be a difficult man to work with. He was already grouchy at being stuck at the airport, and not pleased when her oversized duffel smacked him in the head. He tried to help her with it (for his own protection), but she refused and she was delaying the plane with her actions. Instead of taking her seat as instructed, she stood there and began searching through her purse for something. She pulled out her phone and announced he was sitting in HER aisle seat, forcing him to squeeze his knees up to fit in the other seat. She made it worse by commenting that it was good she was short because these seats would be much worse for tall people like he was! That was when he discovered she was a nervous flyer who talked incessantly to calm herself. Unfortunately, he preferred silence and snarled at her, but she continued talking for the duration of the flight. She finally decided he is grumpy and she is sure he dislikes her already. She mentioned she was fired from her live-in nanny job that morning, which reminded him he needed to hire a nanny for his niece. He finally bought her wine so she might fall asleep and give him some silence… but of course, she snored! When she awoke as they landed, he handed her the unfinished wine he had rescued, and she flung her hand as she apologized for sleeping on him which sloshed the wine all over his face! He had enough of this woman!

Olivia was puzzled when her agency called her asking odd questions about her preferences. They had intended to fire her after the last client’s feedback. But a new client had very detailed requirements and she was the only one who matched up. The job would mean two months in Ireland. But they made it clear that this was her last chance. So when she heard “his” voice cursing behind her at the airport, she wasn’t sure why he would hire her now. Then an adorable little girl spoke up and said that she and Miss Olivia were both left-handed, came from the same city, and had the same favorite color – ah, that’s what the odd questions were for!

Olivia had 2 months to work with Declan. To reassure Catie, she honestly answered her questions about her mom’s disappearance since Catie knew something was wrong and she was having nightmares as she tried to figure it all out. But when Declan realized Catie knew the truth, even though Olivia tried to tell him she had known all along, he hired a replacement for her and asked her to leave. She had started to believe that his grumpy behavior was actually hiding a kind person. She thought she would last in this job, her last chance. She might have even had thoughts that he could care about her. But when Catie’s grandmom arrived, Olivia asked her to stay with Catie so that she could catch a flight back home. What would she do now? And why did leaving hurt so much? The narrators for the audiobook version, Sean Masters and Suzanne T. Fortin, bring the “reading” experience alive for the listener. They do a good job with the voices to personalize the story and make it easy for the listener to get an accurate impression of what each character is like. It helps to set the mood, familiarize the reader with the characters, and offers a pleasant way to “read” and enjoy the book.

Love Declan

I loved this audiobook. Narrator Sean Masters has a sexy, smooth, deep Irish accent. Listening to him is super hot. Suzanne T. Fortin was a perfect fit as the female nemesis narrator. I liked how Olivia stayed strong and stood up for herself against the stubborn, boorish billionaire Declan Burn.

Grumpy Billionaire and Sunshine Nanny 🩷

This was my first book by this author and the narrators were new as well. Loved the Irish accent. 🥰
I’m a sucker for grumpy/sunshine. This one is a billionaire/nanny romance. He’s extra grumpy. She’s a nanny who had lost many jobs because of disagreeing with parents. She only ever has the best of intentions for these kids. They have a chance meeting on a plane, where they both don’t leave the best impressions of each other. He is in need of a nanny for his niece he’s on his way to pick up. She gives him a card for the company she works for. Not n a million years does he think they will ever see each other again!!!
This book has some unexpected surprises along the way and I really enjoyed every moment of it. I will be looking for book 2 once it’s on audio!!

Great narrators and story line

This was a new to me author and I really enjoyed the story line and narrators were amazing. Love the mail lead and his many accents to for those he was talking to. The book kept me interested from chapter 1 until the ending.

Still Love It

I read this story a few months ago, and in my initial review, I noted that I'd have loved to have it in audio because it's a long story with a complex plot, and I was not wrong to have felt I'd get a lot more enjoyment from the performance of this story, rather than just the one-page words. Overall, I love this story; the child rearing aspects are so brilliantly written and handled; Olivia is an excellent nanny with a great approach to tough topics, and when Declan manages to come around, everything is great. The relationship is also lovely, if bumpy; and while I felt they were both obstinate and let their problems escalate in ridiculous ways, the story was still beautifully written and the resolutions made perfect sense. I DO think, however, that the female narrator was not a good fit overall. The male did a great job with the female voice, and obviously his Irish accent was excellent, but the female narrator did NOT do/could NOT do an Irish accent and it felt like her performance was overly nasal and too-far-reaching for a voice she didn't quite manage to pull off; so that would be my only critique of the audiobook version of this story. It would have been much better served with a single narrator in either direction, but ideally, the male narrator, IMO.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Loved this!

The Bossy One is book #1 in the Bossy Glenhaven Billionaires series. Declan Byrne is having a day...he is having to fly coach, he's tired, and having the perky, sunny Olivia next to him is NOT helping. Olivia is also having her own bad day and having to sit by the grumpy Irishman is trying her patience. When Declan needs a nanny and the agency sends Olivia, they both have their reservations. This is a fantastic enemies-to-lovers story set in beautiful Ireland. It's funny, heartwarming, semi-steamy, with a touching story that will keep your attention. I did get a little frustrated with their push-pull, but not enough to stop listening!

The narration was absolutely fantastic. Sean Masters is a new narrator for me and I hope to hear more from him soon! He definitely delivered the broody Irish billionaire to the letter. Suzanne Fortin is also a new narrator for me and I just loved her perky delivery of Olivia. This was a 5 smiling stars performance!

Spells trouble for hearts everywhere.

An adorably, awkward heroine and an alpha hole hero spell trouble for hearts everywhere. The Bossy One is a heartbreaker with heartwarming tendencies. North doesn't make love easy, but it's irresistible all the same. Declan and Olivia bring the spice but they also have the heart to back it up.