REVIEW: The Money Man by Nancy Herkness

The Money Man by Nancy Herkness is the first book in her new series, The Consultants. I have enjoyed reading this author’s books so I was anxious to see what this new series was about. Wowza!

It is just a couple of bucks but numbers don’t lie and these figures are not adding up. Alice Thurber feels she owes it to her clients to find out why there are discrepancies. She’s just a bookkeeper, but she knows something is off. Alice realizes she needs help. That’s where KRG Consulting group comes in. She sees an ad placed by KRG indicating they have a Small Business Initiative program that offers help to small businesses for free. Alice is a little leery about the free part but fills out the form for KRG since she is willing to take a chance they will help. Much to Alice’s surprise she receives a call from Derek Killion, one of the firm’s partners, in response to the form she filled out. Impressive! She figured this would be handled by someone lower in the firm’s hierarchy, not a partner. Derek Killion was rather abrupt during his call but Alice was still impressed. Little did she know that her “little” problem would explode and put her life at risk. And also Derek’s life, the guy she was falling for.

Derek Killion and his two partners, computer genius Leland Rockwell and former FBI agent attorney Tully Gibson, run a well-thought-of, prestigious consulting firm. Derek remembers how iffy things were when the three of them first started the business and how they struggled. He started the Small Business Initiative to help overcome some of the small businesses’ troubles since he is grateful for his success. When he first saw the form Alice Thurber sent in he arrogantly thought hers would be a very easy problem to solve. Wrong! Even after getting together with Alice to look over all her paperwork neither could pinpoint the problem. It seemed to be a software glitch so partner hacker Leland Rockwell gets involved. He is stymied too. Now the more Alice and Derek meet to try to come up with some answers the more the attraction between the two grows. Funny how such things work sometimes. Unfortunately the danger grows too.

I loved this book! There are steamy sex scenes, a mystery to solve, lots of action, suspense and danger and great characters. I liked how the three partners interacted with each other and supported each other. I also liked how Alice’s friends supported her. This is a classic Nancy Herkness book, well-written, sexy and fun. I really loved the ending! Swoon-worthy!

Book Info:

Publication: April 14th 2020 | Montlake | The Consultants #1

She’s small-town business. He’s Manhattan high finance. Together they ignite in a novel about unexpected love and danger by Nancy Herkness, award-winning author of the Wager of Hearts series.

New Jersey bookkeeper Alice Thurber has a carefully constructed risk-free life. Everything in perfect balance. Until little discrepancies show up in her clients’ accounts. Most would ignore it. Not the impeccably precise Alice. In desperation she reaches out to a high-powered consulting firm for help. New York City’s movie-star handsome financial wizard Derek Killion reaches back. All he has to do is smile and Alice’s fantasies stir. A girl can dream, can’t she?

A cofounder of KRG, Derek’s promise is to advise small-business owners in trouble. He never guessed that assisting the diffident but sexy Alice would be so captivating and make it so hard to keep his desires in check. But just as intriguing is the alarming puzzle behind the computer glitch that’s unsettled his client. As the investigation unfolds, they must also confront an attraction too palpable to ignore. Every new dark twist they follow is only bringing them closer together—in passion and in danger.