Picture Perfect Mistake

If you have read the Spencer Brothers series then the names Pierce and Thatcher aka Meatball will definitely be familiar! Thatcher and Pierce first meet at Noah and Lior’s wedding. Thatcher is Noah’s cousin and Lior is Pierce’s ex and friend. Yet, the two of them find one another and it leads to them having stole moment of fun. Though they never exchange names. Months later, Thatcher finds himself at a new job working for Lior’s company. Thatcher is an artist and trying to make something of it but in the meantime, he needs a job. He is chaotically organized and artistic and that doesn’t always translate in the workplace. But he is determined to do a good job here and cause as little chaos as possible. But doesn’t exactly workout when he locks eyes with his new boss. The guy he has been thinking about for months and never got his name until now: Pierce. Pierce has been trying to make up for some crappy things he has done in the past. He lives his life pretty organized and strict. The craziest thing he has done recently was hooking up with a stranger at his ex’s wedding. And even months later, he can’t stop thinking about him. But he tells himself he has to stay focused on his work. But then comes Thatcher. Crashing into his life with lots of color and chaos and Pierce just can’t look away. Nothing can happen between them. Again. Their jobs won’t allow it. But the more they spend time together and get to know one another, the harder it is hold back. And both know deep down…

Low angst Age gap Boss + Employee Opposites Attract Forced Proximity Forbidden Romance Dual first person pov This was really good! I'm still new to this author so I wasn't sure what to expect. I love yearning and a slow build romance as long as the push and pull makes sense (I'm not into angst) so Thatcher and Pierce dancing around their attraction while being sweet and patient with one another hit all my buttons. Thatcher is a bit of a walking disaster while Pierce is constantly put together and organized. There are enough similarities between them to make their attraction work, though. Plus, aside from the attraction, they genuinely like each other. Even though first person present pov is not my thing the characters and story held my attention and I got a little choked up when they had to deal with their forbidden romance in a fairly logical manner. I love that Pierce was worried about the power imbalance, it was refreshing to see in a boss+employee romance. I liked the final solution to their problem and the epilogue had HEA vibes that tied everything up nicely, however, I think the epilogue was labeled incorrectly and definitely had a few timeline discrepancies that bothered me.

Picture Perfect Mistake by Ana Ashley is the story of a very controlled boss and his chaos creating assistant who against all the odds fall in love. Pierce Dellcourt has had a complicated life. His father adopted him but when his brother came along always looked at him as better than Pierce. In order to prove himself he did something to try to cause problems for his friend, Lior, who he thought he loved and it backfired when Lior married Noah. But Lior forgave him and made him CFO of his company, Van Stern Enterprises, which was directly at odds with Dellcourt Holdings, something his father and brother James didn’t let him forget. Pierce was hiding at their wedding when a young man approached him with a glass of champagne and suggested they get away which led to a hot love scene in the restroom and afterwards they knew they would never see each other again, even though they both thought about that incident a lot as time passed. Thatcher Charles was that young man and was Noah’s cousin. They called Thatcher Meatball from a stunt he pulled when they were young and he was also a chaos magnet because everywhere he tried to work ended up in a disaster caused by him and each job only lasted several months. He had just been let go from another one when Noah called him and said that Lior’s company’s CFO needed a personal assistant. He was hesitant to take it because of the messes he created but he needed the job so he decided to try his best. Of course, there was a disaster when he…

Control meets chairs when Pierce and Thatcher collide. Their story is a fun and spicy, grumpy/sunshine, forbidden office romance. Thatcher sparks life back to Pierce, and Pierce is such a loveable grump. I would say the angst is low-medium, mostly caused by the fact that they couldn’t act on their feelings in a public relationship. I found the book to be a solid and enjoyable read.

If clumsy was a person, it’ll be Thatcher!🤣🤣🤣 This book was absolutely brilliant. It lifted my spirits and left me with a huge smile on my face. I love chaotic characters who somehow ground the MCs and bring color into their monotonous life. When Thatcher and Pierce met at his ex’s wedding, neither of them expected to see each other again. But life has a funny way of making things interesting. When Thatcher shows up as Pierce’s assistant, all the desire they had for each other came rushing back. Neither had been able to forget that night at the wedding but now they were working together and couldn’t be anything but boss/employee. It took every ounce of self restraint for Thatcher not to throw himself at Pierce’s arms. He had spent weeks thinking about the sexy older man who rocked his world. Pierce never thought he’d find someone who would consume him the way Thatcher did. His life went from peaceful and quiet to loud and colorful. Thatcher just made everything better. Thatcher could never hold down a job for long. His ideas always backfired and got him in trouble, which is why he was let go from multiple jobs. But working for Pierce was different. He could be himself and not be reprimanded for it. Pierce saw the real him and accepted it. Pierce encouraged Thatcher to do the things he loved and be proud of them. He never made him feel dumb for his clumsiness or the silly way he did the things. They shouldn’t have worked, yet they fit perfectly. When it came time…