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Book #2 in Marni Mann’s Hooked series follows the second of the Hooked boys Grayson after a paparazzi scandal. With the company in jeopardy due to his poor choice of words, he’s forced to face his biggest fear: commitment. In order to restore his reputation, his business partners decide he needs to get married. They hire an image consultant who picks the perfect fake wife. Too bad Jovana also happens to be one of his infamous one night stands. And the one night seems to have an impression on both of them.
I absolutely LOVED this book! It was flirty, funny, sexy and absolutely HOT 🔥. Grayson is a complete 🍆 most of the time, and I think it’s great how Jovana not only doesn’t put it up with it, but she sets him straight. She’s convinced she’s going to be the one who changes the forever bachelor.
I loved the twist at the end (didn’t see that one coming) when it turns out Jovana is also hiding a secret of her own.
With a HEA and the promise of Holden’s story in book 3, Mr. Wicked won’t disappoint. Bonus: both the ebook and audio are available in KU!
💖Fake Marriage
💖Billionaire Romance
💖Grumpy vs. Sunshine
💖Forced Proximity
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher Montlake and the author Marni Mann for the ARC copy of this book.
Mr. Wicked is available now in KU. Grab your copy here!
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When I read the description for Eryk Pruitt’s new book Blood Red Summer on NetGalley and saw it was read now, I instantly hit ‘add to shelf’, even though I’m supposed to be on a requesting ban. C’est la vie. I realized it was the second book in a series so in true fashion I knew I had to read the first one before I could dive into this one. In a twist of luck, I already had the audiobook of Something Bad Wrong in my library. I do love a good police procedural.
I’m giving Something Bad Wrong 3.5 stars. I really enjoyed it. I thought that the premise was intriguing and it was well written. I really enjoyed the multiple points of views and the jumps between the past and present. I’ll get into what I didn’t like shortly as it contains a spoiler and I want to give you ample time to read this and then keep scrolling should you choose.
Something Bad Wrong tells 2 stories- in present day we have Jess, a J school drop out, divorced “mommy blogger” who is set to break into the world of true crime podcasting. Her small town was the scene of an unsolved double murder years ago and her grandfather just happened to be the primary investigator on the case. The case remained unsolved, and her grandfather’s police career met an early end. She brings in disgraced reporter Dan Decker to help her gain credibility and traction and the two embark on a path neither can predict. The ending had a great twist ending for our villain. If you enjoy police procedurals and true crime style storytelling, you’ll really enjoy this book.
Scroll down to hear why I knocked off some stars, but be warned, spoilers.
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Great! OK, here it goes. This book started off with what seems to be a budding romance between Jess and Dan. Sure Dan has been accused of something untoward. And Jess had a moment with her ex husband, but it seems like the two are on a collision course. Then. He. Dies. WTF. Maybe I’ve been reading too much romance lately, or maybe I mistook this for a romantic thriller, but I’m sorry, killing off one of the main characters is just a no for me. And it was like out of the blue. All of a sudden he and Jess have different visions for the podcast and boom, they’re separated. I was expecting them to reconcile and make a good podcast. We also get no closure on what happened to Dan to cause his fall from grace. He hints that he was wrongly accused, but he’s never vindicated. Nothing is ever explained.
Also, there is a scene between Ballard (Jess’s grandfather) and his daughter Samantha (Jess’s mom) that really bothered me. I feel like it was put in there simply to push Ballard to the breaking point. But there could have been other ways that could have been accomplished.
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