One Mad Night

A wonderfully fun novella that is set to follow Chelsea over a 24 hour period. Julia London has built this story with a strong female character, battling the glass ceiling in the male-dominated advertising world. Her current obsession is to gain the advertising account for Tessla, but the agency partners have been playing her along, never quite giving her the plum accounts.

Chelsea’s attitude, approach and demeanor are all hands off – she thinks this projects strength and confidence, while her co-workers find her prickly and unapproachable. When they lure away a hotshot ad man from a competing agency, Ian assumes that he is jumping in to save the day.

These two are obviously and rightfully at odds, although Chelsea’s reactions are over the top at times: her insecurities about her position, and her belief that she ‘deserves’ plum accounts despite all evidence to the contrary is frustrating, and she is underneath it all- unhappy.

A quick paced, less romance than self-discovery novella that has a chivalrous if somewhat unrealistic twist at the end. Ian and Chelsea arrive developed and solidly characterized, and most of the interest in this story is derived from their interactions and interior thoughts about one another. While not traditional ‘romance’ in terms of the styling, this story is cute and fun, the perfect getaway read. The epilogue gives readers something to grab onto after that twist, and it really does add a nice touch to the end.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

Chelsea Crawford and Ian Rafferty are competing to manage the ad campaign for a prestigious auto maker. They both want to win. Neither will back down. This is war. Mother nature and the snowpocalypse bring things to a head when they are forced to spend the night together. Their love-hate relationship turns into passion. I enjoyed their verbal sparing. Chelsea and Ian are attracted to each other but neither will admit it. What happens when they are alone together is pure romance. Both characters are stubborn and determined to succeed. I loved when Ian realized that winning is not everything. I sighed when they realize that they care for each other. The snappy dialogue and the passionate romance had me hooked. Julia London knows how to write characters that you care about. The story was fast paced and humorous. I loved One Mad Night.