Amanda is a mousey but supremely efficient executive secretary to a gorgeous and completely unaware boss. Mark is a great boss but is completely in the dark about anything concerning his quiet unassuming mousey secretary, including the voluptuous body she hides under baggy, ill fitting granny clothes, but things are about to change.

After a particularity nasty day of being ignored and cut down, Amanda vents to her sister, Sarah unaware her Aunt is eavesdropping from the attic window, and when Aunt Lilly comes downs stairs with an old spell book and states her intention to cast a spell so that Amanda will be more assertive, Amanda just knows this isn't going to go well, especially since it appears that Aunt Lilly isn't really following the instructions in the book.

When Amanda wakes up the next morning and discovers that she is compelled to speak her mind and answer any question put to her honestly, well you can just imagine the chaos this creates for a quiet, fade into the background type such as Amanda.

Things get even worse when Sarah asks her if she really likes her frumpy wardrobe and Amanda has to admit she doesn't. This prompts Sarah and Aunt Lilly to go and buy her an entire new wardrobe right down to lingerie and when Mark unwittingly asks his formerly quiet secretary what's wrong, well he finds out much more that he wanted to know, and now he seeing her in an entirely new light, complete with skimpy red lingerie.

Mark has a standing rule, you don't mix business with pleasure a rule developed after having his heart broken by a conniving, corporate ladder climbing fiancé and he is having serious problems reconciling the safe orderly existence he led prior to Amanda's transformation with the increasing awareness he feels for his now gorgeous secretary.

The story has numerous laugh out loud moments and keeps you reading right along to find out what will come out of Amanda's mouth next and if Mark is as bright as everyone thinks he is. It's a delightfully light, funny, and touching story.

Synopsis
Shy and quiet Amanda Santorelli is unhappy watching the world go by around her. When her well-meaning but wacky aunt casts an assertiveness spell on her, Amanda's orderly world is turned upside down. Unable to control herself, Amanda blurts out whatever is on her mind every time someone asks her a question. Trying to outwit the spell only makes matters worse. With no control over her own mouth, it's only a matter of time before someone discovers the object of her secret obsession. Mark Abbott is happy with the way his unassuming assistant runs his office. But all of a sudden she's become a new person-both in attitude and appearance-and he's not sure he likes the effect on his orderly work routine. With each passing day, he finds himself waiting to see what will come out of her mouth next. Before long, he can no longer deny the truth-the new Amanda is seriously making him reconsider his vow never to mix business with pleasure. Mark doesn't know if it's love-or if he's just a victim of Hocus Pocus.