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Title: The Exception
Author: Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Boss/Intern, Dominant Hero, Billionaire
Release Date: January 11, 2026
BLURB
He lives by a set of rules. She might be his one exception.
I just wanted a distraction, something to take the edge off before facing a wedding I was dreading. So on the flight back to New York, I signed up for a dating app. Harmless enough, right?
Wrong.
Turns out, it wasn’t just any app—it catered to people with very specific tastes. By the time I realized it, I was already on my date.
Tall, confident, and sinfully handsome, Jagger Langston seemed like the full package. The chemistry between us was instant—electric enough to burn the whole city down. Though things took a turn when we figured out I’d misunderstood who should join the app. We laughed it off, said goodbye, and went our separate ways.
Or so I thought.
Until I walked into my new internship Monday morning, ready to put the weekend behind me, and there he was—my boss.
Now I’m caught between the rules he lives by—and the temptation to make him break every single one of them.
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AUTHOR BIO
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel, and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
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Lisa Kane's 4 Star Review
Sutton Holland joins a dating app called Dare. This leads her to meet Jagger Langston, who's into some things Sutton isn't. They part amicably and figure that's it. Only Sutton meets Jagger again when it turns out that he is her new boss for her summer internship. Awkward!
It's obvious that their chemistry is explosive, but Sutton's more of a relationship girl and Jagger, well he's anything but interested in a relationship. He keeps his distance and his emotions in check. Sutton gets under his skin and if he were any other guy-well then maybe they could have a chance, but he's not.
The Exception has lots of humor and steam and yes, some really sad elements. Jagger's past is slowly revealed, and it's complicated. I will be honest, I lost a little interest in some of these parts. They just didn't jive for me.
All in all, this book help my interest. A big turn off was a mention of a character getting a dog from a pet store. I feel like that was just a wrong choice for the character. Not something I could see them doing-they would seem more like a rescue a pet from a shelter sort of person.
