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The Favor by Suzanne Wright

I got on a free trial of Kindle Unlimited to have faster and more convenient access to romance novels lol. Tried and returned a few and then borrowed this. This is actually not all that bad. The premise is kinda similar to What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (which I really liked) but with an alpha male hero and a 'I'm different from other women' heroine. The heroine is very poised, competent, and feminine - and I do like her quite a bit. I don't really like alpha males but I could have gone with the story because the first 20-30% is quite compelling and very readable. Unfortunately what I find really hard to ignore is the subtle misogyny. Almost all the female characters (except our heroine) are absolutely unlikeable: backstabbing, conniving, jealous and competing for the male lead's attention. Blegh.