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Mr. Wicked by Marni Mann Series: Hooked #2
Published by Montlake
on April 23, 2024
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 378
Format: ARC
Source: the Author
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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.
Marni Mann is one of those authors which books I can’t seem to dislike. So lucky for me I received an ARC of Mr. Wicked, the second book in the Hooked series. Book one, Mr. Hook-Up, was one I absolutely loved, so I was super excited to read more about these billionaire friends.
In ‘Mr. Wicked’ we read the story of Grayson Tanner and Jovana Winters. Grayson is one of the co-founders of the successful dating app Hooked. Although he is all in the dating business, he doesn’t date himself. He is more of the have fun for one night kind of guy. And he never plans on marrying. But then he finds himself in a PR nightmare, and the only person that might be able to help him out of this mess is Jovana Winters. Jovana is a social media influencer, and a former one-night stand of Grayson. And not unimportantly, she is a big believer in love. Grayson and Jovana have very different opinions about love, and Jovana might be in danger of getting her heart broken if she decides to help Grayson.
As with all the books I’ve read by Marni Mann, I was hooked to this story right from the start. The chemistry between Grayson and Jovanna was exciting to read and it was definitely flying of the pages. Jovanna is a big romantic, and Grayson is not looking for more than one night. He is kind of a jerk most of the time. And honestly, he definitely didn’t deserve Jovanna at first. And Grayson was so openly against love, that I wondered how this story would ever end up being the happy ending I was hoping for.
My favorite character was definitely Jovanna. I loved how she was so hardworking and unselfish. And above all she stood up for her own believes. She loved her parents deeply, and wanted to make their lives better. I loved her! And Grayson was just hard to love at first. I didn’t hate him.. But he was just so harsh at times. Jovanna and Grayson together was perfect though. And I loved how Grayson let Jovanna in at times.
Mr. Wicked was a very enjoyable and fun read. I loved it right from the start. I did find Grayson’s change of heart a bit too sudden after being so harsh for the first half of the book though. Maybe a bit more drama would have worked better for me. But in the end it didn’t matter to much. It was fun reading a bit about the characters from the first book as well and I honestly can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
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About Marni Mann
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, Marni was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts unique stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband and their yellow Lab. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop, working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling, or devouring fabulous books.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
I tend to prefer heroes who fall hard and fast, not ones who are dead set against relationships, but even so it sounds like these two have great chemistry!
They sure did. The chemistry between was definitely what made this one great!