McKenzie Shinabery:The CEO Above My Desk

Summary

Violet Pierce works the front desk at Ashcroft Industries, shielding the feared CEO, Rowan Ashcroft, from nonstop demands. She runs on discipline because her mother’s rehab bills are due and her brother Drew is missing. Rowan notices her competence—and her defiance—while a jealous coworker circles. When a detective calls with new leads and sharp suspicions about Drew, Violet slips and accidentally forwards a call directly to Rowan, risking her job and exposing her private crisis.

Author Introduction

McKenzie Shinabery is a contemporary romance and workplace-drama author who writes sharp, fast-paced stories with strong inner monologue, high tension dialogue, and emotionally grounded stakes. In The CEO Above My Desk, Shinabery leans into a clean, modern corporate setting, mixing power dynamics, slow-burn attraction, and a suspense thread tied to family loyalty. Readers often praise the author for addictive pacing, crisp scene-cutting, and characters who feel competent, messy, and real. Her work is widely loved for delivering bingeable chapters, strong chemistry, and the kind of cliffhangers that make it hard to stop reading.

Book Strengths

This novel stands out by combining a classic CEO-office romance setup with a real pressure-cooker problem: debt, family responsibility, and a missing-person investigation. Violet is not naive—she is capable and tactical—so every interaction with Rowan feels like a battle of control instead of a simple crush. The dialogue is tight and modern, and the scenes end with strong hooks. The book has 150 chapters and about 167,194 words, making it ideal for readers who want a long, bingeable slow-burn with both corporate intrigue and emotional stakes.