Megan✦❋Steamy Reads Blog❋✦'s Reviews > Egomaniac

*****5 Stars*****

“Sometimes what you’re looking for comes when you’re not looking at all.” UNKNOWN.



I absolutely loved “Egomanic.” I’m literally on a massive book high. It’s really no surprise to me considering Vi Keeland is one of my all-time favourite authors. She has the innate ability to draw me in to her amazing stories from the very first page. Her books are always fun, sexy and somewhat emotional. From the moment I started reading this book I couldn’t put it down. I love all of her books, but I have to say that I believe “Egomaniac” is her best to date. It seems her books just get better and better.

This amazing story unfolds with Drew Jagger arriving back to Manhattan after holidaying in Hawaii, only to discover a squatter setting up camp in his office suite. The squatter happens to be Emerie Rose and that is where all the fun begins. Their first encounter was absolutely hilarious, especially when Emerie tries to take out Drew with her Krav Maga skills. This scene was really funny as there is a comedy of errors during their first meeting.

“I do take Krav Maga, you know.”
“Good for you. You scarred me a little when I walked in. I bet you can kick some little-girl butt.”

It comes to light that Emerie leased the office space, but was scammed by her ‘supposed’ agent. He leased her office space that was not up for lease and took off with all of her life savings. Panic starts to set for Emerie as she has already ordered her business cards and letterhead for her patients at this address and is due to have all of her office furniture delivered. Emerie feels like an intruder, an absolute idiot and somewhat embarrassed by the whole situation. Drew doesn’t help matters when he points out to her how naïve she is, thinking she can rent office space in Park Avenue for what she paid her agent.

Drew however takes pity on Emerie and offers her a solution to her problems; she can continue to work in his office on the proviso that she helps him out with some secretarial duties while his secretary is recovering from surgery. In dire straits she immediately takes him up on this amazing offer.



What can I possibly say about these two main characters except that they were amazing and I loved absolutely everything about them, from their hilarious witty banter to their ability to trust and confide in one another. They are complete opposites in every sense of the word. Drew is arrogant and a complete egomaniac. Through no fault of his own he doesn’t believe in matrimonial bliss and as a result his chosen profession is a divorce attorney. Emerie on the other hand is a sweet, but somewhat naïve girl originally from Oklahoma. She believes that loves can in fact conquer all; that distance and time should never diminish true love and this is why her chosen career is as a marriage counsellor.

“Maybe, just maybe, neither one of us had found the right one before now…because we hadn’t met each other yet.”

“Egomaniac” is such a light-hearted and fun read with just the right amount of emotion and feeling that Vi does so well. I became completely invested in this story and these characters that I just couldn’t get enough. I highly recommend this story to anyone who loves great characters as you simply can’t help but fall in love with them and the well written hot and steamy scenes. If you haven’t read this book yet, do yourself a favour and bump it up your TBR list. It is definitely well worth it.