Taming the CEO
The Whitley Brothers • Book 6
by Layla Hagen
Why You'll Love This
She's defending her family's business from the man trying to buy it — then a blizzard traps them alone in her cottage for the weekend.
- Great if you want: enemies-to-lovers tension with a forced proximity twist
- The experience: fast, warm, and cozy — reads in one or two sittings
- The writing: Hagen keeps banter sharp and emotional beats genuinely earned
- Skip if: you want complex conflict — stakes resolve fairly smoothly
About This Book
When a ruthless CEO sets his sights on buying her family's beloved adventure park, the last thing she expects is to find herself snowbound with him in a one-bedroom cottage, watching every assumption she's made about him start to crack. Maddox Whitley is arrogant, relentless, and infuriatingly hard to hate once the blizzard strips away the boardroom posturing. Layla Hagen builds real tension here — not just the romantic kind, but the push-pull between protecting what you love and opening yourself up to someone you were supposed to be fighting.
What sets this book apart within the series is how confidently Hagen handles the enemies-to-lovers slow burn without letting it drag. The pacing is sharp, the banter has genuine wit rather than just traded insults, and the forced-proximity setup earns its emotional payoff because the characters actually change. Maddox is given enough dimension to make his softer moments land with weight, and the heroine's backbone never wavers even as her feelings complicate things. It's the kind of romance that moves quickly but leaves an impression.
