NOT THE PLAN

An ambitious chief of staff risks her career and her heart when she falls hard for her new colleague in this steamy workplace romance

Isadora Maris is damn good at her job. If all goes according to her meticulous plan, she'll finally land her dream role: congressional aide in Washington, D.C., where she can really make a difference.


But Isadora's cool professionalism is knocked off-kilter when she meets Karim Sarda. Karim is gorgeous, brilliant, and seems to share many of her ideals. So why's he working for the California senate's most detestable scumbag?

Karim can't hide his attraction to Isadora's commanding presence. Her strength is captivating, even as he recognizes something fragile beneath the surface.


When Karim and Isadora succumb to their undeniable chemistry, their initial desire blossoms into something more—something real. Will workplace politics shatter their chance at love before it even begins?

Gia de Cadenet is the author of Getting His Game Back. A Maggie Award finalist, BCALA Literary Award nominee, and lifelong romance reader, she is also a business school professor and former translator and editor for UNESCO. A native Floridian, she currently lives in France with her children.