She traded her flip-flops for heels, but is a paycheck worth the scandal?

When Esther's parents died during her last year of college, she didn't think twice before giving up her degree to head home to live with her younger cousins, whose parents had also died in the wreck. When the magazine she works for is bought out and Esther loses her job, the dream of helping her cousin to attend college seems dashed to pieces-unless she can land the chief of content role at Populaire. But Esther would rather take cold showers for a week than work under a man with no moral compass.

If Xander has to listen to another soundbite of his ex-wife slandering him, he'll drown himself in Jack Daniel's. Along with the hole in his heart, his ex also left a gaping vacancy in Populaire, the most successful magazine owned by his media company. Xander is known as a self-absorbed and condescending boss, but his less-than-stellar qualities will be yesterday's news if the magazine tanks. The CCO position needs to be filled-if he can sober up enough to return to the office.

Esther refuses to let Xander's reputation ruin her cousin's chance at a degree. But she'll have to stay on the toes of her high heels when Xander shows up at Populaire as quite the gentleman and nothing like the scandalous womanizer portrayed by the former CCO. Can she resist Xander's charm or will she end up as tabloid news?

Although the second book in the Heroes of Faith trilogy, this modern-day contemporary romance of the Book of Esther can be read on its own.