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Kimberly Vargas grew up in Oklahoma City. A love of travel contributed to her living in various states around the country, including Louisiana, Florida, Colorado, Virginia and California. She has called San Diego home for over eight years. Her first book, Gumbeaux, received top honors in the 2011 Readers Favorite fiction contest. Kimberly is represented by the WordServe Literary agency and is a regular contributor for the WordServe Water Cooler blog. She and her husband Michael spend as much time as possible in the Pacific Ocean, cooking for friends and enjoying life in Southern California.
Reviewed by Maria Beltran for Readers' Favorite
Petty Cash by Kimberly Vargas gives us a glimpse of what goes on in the corporate world. On her 5th anniversary as an assistant at Blue Chip Financial, Rebecca Blake thinks that she will be promoted to Project Manager. However, Dr. Albert Noble, her boss, instead sends her to Richmond, Virginia to participate in a week-long Behavioral Coaching program nicknamed “Club Detention” where she can learn to work on her credibility. Rebecca is partnered with Foster Diamond who, on the other hand, has the highest IQ scores of any other person in the company but needs to learn to be gracious and polite. The training course is designed to improve employee behavior but when their partnership turns to something romantic, Rebecca and Foster need to face their differences if they decide to save their relationship.
Kimberly Vargas’ Petty Cash is a delightful romance novel that is entertaining and well-written. The chemistry between the main characters – Rebecca and Foster – is perfect, making them both likable. They are so entertaining that you would not want anyone to disturb you while following their story. What makes this book truly successful is it does not bore the reader. Instead, each page continued to intrigue me and made me want to know where the relationship of the two characters was going. The dialogue is not shallow - it is not philosophical either - but the fact that everything they say makes sense is enough to make this a must-read romantic story.
