Ah, the assistant. Behind every successful man, there as an underpaid, over educated and under appreciated woman managing his life for him. In Camille Perri's debut novel, The Assistants (#574) it's Tina Fontana, the trusted assistant to Robert Barlow, head of a worldwide media empire.
Tina's been with Robert for six years and she's not about to let him miss an important meeting on the West Coast just because his private jet is grounded. Robert will just have to fly (gasp!) commercial. First class, of course, with all the surrounding seats empty as well, and oh, by the way, Robert thinks he should fly for free. Tina finds herself charging the price of all those first class tickets on her own credit cards. Not a problem because she'll file an expense report. It's when the airline calls to apologize profusely for their agent's rudeness to Tina and report that her cards have been credited for the expense that the fun begins. Tina is holding her Titan Corporation reimbursement check in her hand when the call comes in. What should she do? Normally, she'd return it immediately to Accounting, but the amount of this check almost exactly matches her student loan debt... When Tina steps over the line, she doesn't have long to enjoy her debt-free life before someone else at Titan blackmails her over it. One thing leads to another in this entertaining tale of money and morals.
It's a quick read, and it seems that it's already been optioned as a motion picture. Can't wait to see it on screen - it will be the perfect summer movie!
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