3⭐
Genre ~ contemporary romance
Series ~ Hooked #2
Others in the series ~ Mr. Hook-up
Setting ~ Boston, Massachusetts
Publication date ~ April 23, 2024
Page Count ~ 378 (p+ 31 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 11 hours 50 minutes
Narrator ~ Andi Arndt, Ryan West
POV ~ dual 1st
Featuring ~ billionaire, influencer/waitress, fake marriage, age gap, grumpy/sunshine, some steamage
I didn’t read the blurb because this author is an automatic read for me. Plus I quite enjoyed book 1, so it wouldn’t have mattered anyway if I did because I would have read this one anyway. Unfortunately I didn’t like this one as much as I anticipated.
Grayson (30) & Jovana (22) meet at a bar and have a one night stand, he immediately gives her the boot after and she’s super pissed, rightfully so. Flash forward 2 months and a scandal has his company, Hooked, needing her help and so they enter into a contract for a fake relationship.
Normally I don’t mind the fake relationship trope, but I much prefer both parties to fully be on board with the plan and that was not the case here. I wasn’t feeling the reason, or the big push, for it. I am, however, happy with how it played out in the end.
Playboy, anti-relationship, Grayson, is a big time a-hole and I wasn’t feeling him at all. Once he figures out his feelings for her he’s all in, though, even if it takes an awfully long time.
I gotta hand it to Jovana, she stuck it out and in the end gets what she wants, but man oh man, he was difficult to deal with. I really enjoyed her relationship with her parents and her bff, Sloane, which showed more of her sunshiny character.
Overall, this was well written and certainly what I’ve come to except from this author, but I just couldn’t get behind the content or the actions of the characters. Although this one didn’t fully work for me I’ll for sure read the next book (and anything else she writes), which is will follow single dad, Holden.
Series notes:
Book 1 characters are of course involved here because they all work for the same company, but I think this one would work fine as a standalone.
Narration notes:
I did not listen to this one, but am just giving the info above for reference.
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I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’ve read it.
Book blurb:
Mr. Wicked by Marni Mann is now live!
An alpha billionaire dedicated to no-strings pleasure. A woman committed to changing his wicked mind. Together they ignite a steaming-hot romance by the USA Today bestselling author of Mr. Hook-up.
Grayson Tanner has had better days. Coming off the successful international launch of Hooked, the hook-up app he cofounded with his two best friends, and a night with one of the sexiest women he’s ever met, he’s now in a PR nightmare. A video of him has gone viral—a toast to the indulgence of bachelorhood. It’s a bad look for the creator of the app’s marriage arm. As memberships plummet amid a media firestorm, his PR firm has a new narrative to quell the flames: Grayson has to get married. Fast.
Hello, Jovana Winters—social media influencer and Grayson’s former one-night stand. The one-night stand he has yet to move on from mentally. Their immediate connection is undeniable. In front of the camera, they’re charismatic and passionate, and social media is calling them the It couple. But off camera, Grayson doesn’t trust women or believe in commitment.
Jovana is the opposite, a believer in love who knows what she wants. Now she’s on a mission to turn this fake marriage into the real deal, even though she’s hiding the biggest secret of them all.
But with a man like Mr. Wicked, it won’t come easy.
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USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars,
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