When Elise Warren lies her way into a better job, she tells herself it is only temporary. Just long enough to catch up on rent, stop living from one short-term assignment to the next, and breathe again.

She knows she can do the work. She just was never given the title, salary, or polished career path that would make employers believe it.

Then she meets Grant Mercer. Quiet, controlled, and impossible to read, Grant sees more than he says from the moment Elise walks into his office. He notices the weak spots in her story. He also notices something more important. Under pressure, Elise is sharp, steady, and exactly the kind of woman who keeps everything from falling apart.

As the job becomes real, so does the danger. Elise is no longer just trying to survive being found out. She is trying to survive the one man who sees straight through her and keeps trusting her anyway.

But when the truth finally comes to light, Elise has to face the question she has been avoiding from the beginning.

Did Grant keep her because he knew she was lying? Or because he knew what she was worth before she did?

The Job She Wasn't Qualified For is a warm, emotionally satisfying contemporary romance about starting over, being seen clearly, and finding your place in a life you thought you had to fake your way into.