The Story Behind Bossing the Virgin
The book that started Suzanne Hart's Irresistible Bosses — and the one that established her signature: a cold man with exactly one crack in him.
Bossing the Virgin is where the Irresistible Bosses series begins, and it is the purest version of what the series does. A woman with nothing in a city that does not care, a man with everything who has decided caring is a liability, and a child caught in the middle who makes his indifference impossible to romanticise.
It is worth being clear about the tone: this is Suzanne Hart's most unvarnished early work. The narration is blunt, the attraction is immediate and physical, and the heroine is entirely aware that she keeps going back for more against her own better judgement. That candour is exactly why readers kept buying the next three.
I'm new in town, new to the job...
And a new piece of ass for Felix Stone to destroy.
I moved to San Francisco from Minnesota to start a new life.
Getting mixed up in Felix Stone's world was never my intention.
He's my boss. He's filthy rich with a heart of stone.
I'm just a small-town girl trying to learn the ropes.
I know he's against the rules, he needs to keep his hands off me.
But once he touches me, I can never forget that feeling.
I'm addicted to his body, I'm desperate for one more touch.
I'm an idiot because I keep going back for more.
Felix shuts everyone out. He shuts his daughter out too, and she's just a six-year-old kid.
Why would I be any different?
I know he wants nothing more from me, than to ravish my shuddering body.
By the end of this cat and mouse game, I'm going to be left standing with my panties at my ankles and my heart in my hands.
Bossing the Virgin is a hot contemporary billionaire romance. If you like surprising twists with a full range of emotions, then you'll love Suzanne's novel.
This is the publisher’s official description for Bossing the Virgin, as it appears on the book’s Amazon listing.What Happens in Bossing the Virgin
She arrives in San Francisco from a small Minnesota town with no contacts, no cushion and a job she is not yet qualified for. The learning curve is steep and public, and the man at the top of the building has no patience for any of it.
Felix Stone is not warm and the book does not pretend he is. His coldness is systemic — it extends to his staff, his peers and, most damningly, to his six-year-old daughter. That last detail is the book's honest core, because it stops the reader from reading his emotional unavailability as brooding romance. The child makes it a real flaw.
The affair itself is candid about its own imbalance. She knows what she is doing, knows the odds, and keeps choosing it anyway — and Suzanne Hart lets her narrate that self-awareness rather than pretending she is being swept along. It is an unusually frank piece of writing for the subgenre.
What turns it is the daughter. The path back from a heart of stone runs through the one person Felix has hurt without meaning to, and the resolution has to satisfy her as much as the heroine. Full HEA, standalone.
Why Readers Keep Recommending This One
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A heroine who knows exactly what she is doing
She calls herself an idiot for going back. That self-awareness makes her far more sympathetic than a heroine who is simply swept away, and it is the voice readers respond to.
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The daughter keeps the hero honest
Felix's coldness cannot be read as attractive mystery when a six-year-old is on the receiving end of it. The child is the book's conscience and the route to his change.
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It set the template for the series
Everything the next three books do — the office setting, the emotionally armoured man, the woman who refuses to be managed — starts here, in its rawest form.
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No pretence about what it is
This is a hot, fast, unapologetic billionaire romance and it never claims otherwise. Readers who want exactly that find it delivers exactly that.
Tropes & Themes in Bossing the Virgin
The foundational trope set for the Irresistible Bosses series.
A total power imbalance the book does not smooth over — she is new, unqualified and entirely dependent on the job.
His daughter is the flaw in his armour and the mechanism of his change, not a decorative accessory.
Her displacement is real. No family, no network, no safety net in San Francisco.
The description's own phrase. The pursuit runs both ways and neither of them is entirely in control of it.
Emotionally closed by policy rather than by accident, which means the thaw has to be a decision he makes.
Her inexperience heightens the imbalance rather than being played for novelty.
Is Bossing the Virgin Right for You?
The most unfiltered book on this site. Here is who it is for.
Read it if…
- You want an unapologetically hot billionaire office romance
- A self-aware heroine who narrates her own bad decisions appeals to you
- Single-dad redemption arcs are your thing
- You want to start the Irresistible Bosses series at the beginning
- Blunt, fast, first-person narration suits you
- Guaranteed HEA regardless of how cold he starts
Maybe skip it if…
- You want a hero who is likeable from page one
- Explicit language in the blurb is a warning sign for you
- Boss-employee power imbalance is a hard no
- You prefer slow, gentle build-ups
Book Details
| Title | Bossing the Virgin: A Billionaire Single Dad Romance |
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| Author | Suzanne Hart |
| Publisher | Just Love Publishing |
| Series | Irresistible Bosses · Book 1 of 4 |
| Genre | Billionaire Romance |
| Length | 167 pages · Novella |
| Heat level | Steamy |
| Ending | Happily ever after — no cliffhanger, no cheating |
| Publication date | April 4, 2018 |
| Format | Kindle eBook · free with Kindle Unlimited |
| Language | English |
| Where to buy | Amazon |
Where This Book Sits in Irresistible Bosses
Four books, four couples, four offices. This is the first and the one that defined the series.
- 1Bossing the VirginYou are here
- 2Bossing My Friend
- 3Bossing My Dirty Enemy
- 4Bossing My Fake Fiancé
All four are collected in the Irresistible Bosses box set — 692 pages in a single download.
Questions Readers Ask About Bossing the Virgin
What readers ask before starting the Irresistible Bosses series.
Do the Irresistible Bosses books need to be read in order?
No. All four are standalones with different couples. They are interconnected in tone and setting rather than plot.
Is Felix likeable?
Not at first, deliberately. He shuts out his own child, and the book presents that as a real failing rather than an attractive quirk. His redemption is the arc.
How explicit is it?
Very. The official description is blunt about it. This is the most unfiltered book in the Just Love Publishing catalogue.
How long is it?
167 pages — an evening's read.
Is there a cliffhanger?
No. Standalone with a happily ever after.
Should I buy the box set instead?
If you already know you like the style, the box set is much better value at 692 pages for all four. If you are unsure, start here.
Is it on Kindle Unlimited?
Yes, currently included with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.
Meet Felix Stone
A small-town girl, a San Francisco penthouse office, and a man who shuts out everyone including his own daughter. Start the Irresistible Bosses series tonight.
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