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April 7, 2016 7:42 am
Wingman rule number one: don’t fall for a client.
After a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus—and he’s ready to get his new game on. As one of the masterminds behind Wingmen, Inc., a successful and secretive word-of-mouth dating service, he’s putting his extensive skills with women to work for the lovelorn. But when Blake Olson requests the services of Wingmen, Inc., Ian may have landed his most hopeless client yet.
From her frumpy athletic gear to her unfortunate choice of footwear, Blake is going to need a miracle if she wants to land her crush. At least with a professional matchmaker by her side she has a fighting chance. Ian knows that his advice and a makeover can turn Blake into another successful match. But as Blake begins the transformation from hot mess to smokin’ hot, Ian realizes he’s in danger of breaking his cardinal rule…
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1. Head held high.
2. Always smile.
3. Never slouch.
4. Wear clothes appropriate to the season.
5. Let him open the door.
6. No kissing on the first date.
7. He comes to you.
8. Lingering is frowned upon.
9. NO facebook stalking.
10. NO STALKING stalking.
11. Don’t be too available.
12. LIsten to Lex and Ian.
13. See Number 12.
14. No seriously, go back, re-read #12.
15. If after one week you aren’t satisfied, we will dissolve the contract.
Rachel Van Dyken continues to showcase her writing abilities in The Matchmaker’s Playbook. I usually have a hard time finding manwhore’s endearing – most of the time, it takes most of the story, if not all of it, to understand what the heroine or any of his flavors of the minute like about him. But right from the beginning, Ian had me…HAD ME and a lot of it had to do with Van Dyken writing the book from solely his point of view. So what readers get is an honest, off the cuff guy who knows who he is and portrays himself in a way that makes it clear that what people see is what they get. He’s candidly upfront with everyone – there’s no hidden agenda or deceptive motives – he’s the guy who gets as many girls as he wants, and he’s also the teacher of women who need help in the dating world, and if Ian’s students follow his rules, they’ll get the guy, but better than that, these girls will acquire the confidence they need to take what they want.
But even Ian’s rules and contracts can’t protect him from the girl he never saw coming – a girl who probably wouldn’t even register on his one-night stand list – a girl who turns his life upside down and has him breaking every single edict he had established for Wingmen Inc.
“…who better to teach women how not to get played than an actual player”
At least Ian and his best friend, Lex, don’t sugarcoat their whorish ways and another strength they have going for their company is the fact that they don’t shit where they work – their relationship service is as professional as they come and their numbers prove that they know what they’re doing. They’re wingmen for hire, and they live up to their names because Ian and Lex do their best to teach their clients how to play the game, read the plays, and read their opponent, so they can claim the guy they’d give anything to be seen by, and with Ian and Lex’s help, the girls get their guys, adding another satisfied customer to the list.
But with one flip flop wearing Adidas girl, Ian’s hit-it-and-quit-it ways start to weigh on him, making him feel like his life is missing something – something big – something all of his “past bangs” could never give him, which terrifies him to death, especially when the girl who makes him want to change…want to keep it in his pants for only one person doesn’t want him and why would she knowing his extracurricular activities and Ian’s less than complimentary comments about her.
The Matchmaker’s Playbook is romantic comedy at its finest. It’s entertaining, sexy, sweet, and extremely witty. Readers will be swooning for Ian Hunter right from the start because he’s just that charismatic – he’s sex on a stick and he’s one hell of a relationship/love coach, even if he doesn’t know the first thing about them when it comes to his own life.
And I have to say – Lex has to be one of the greatest sidekicks – Robins, if you will – that I have ever had the pleasure of reading about and I can’t wait for his book because he may be a numbers man and know how to play the game, but I have a feeling he’s not going to know what hits him when he finally realizes who he wants.
A complimentary copy was provided via NetGalley by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
4.5 Poison Apples
“If you hurt her, I’m going to break off your favorite appendage.”
“Silly Gabi.” I grinned. “Is that an invitation to touch?”
“Guarantee if I ever do touch you, it will only end badly.”
“Tease.” I winked.
“Stop that.” She flicked me on the nose. “Your sexual prowess is dead to me. Dead!”
Rolling my eyes, I wrapped an arm around her and steered us both into the kitchen, where the smell of French bread and spaghetti filled the air. “Have I told you how much I miss our weekly dinners? Think we should do it daily? You know, so I don’t starve?”
Gabi shrugged out of my embrace. “Learn how to cook.”
I jutted out my lower lip. “It’s not for lack of knowledge.” I broke off a piece of warm bread, then poured myself a large glass of wine. “It’s because yours always tastes better.”
Gabi groaned loudly. “Damn, do the girls really fall for that? Still?”
“Eh.” I shrugged and made a so-so motion with my hand. “Nine out of ten.”
“You disgust me.”
“You say that every day.”
“Because it’s true every day.”
“When’s dinner ready?” Serena bounced into the room, literally, her head bobbing from left to right. Maybe that’s how girls like her built up more brain cells. They shook the air, and the pressure between their ears exploded, making tiny little brain-cell babies.
Gabi poked her head into the fridge. “When Lex gets here.”
“So it’s ready now?” she asked.
Never mind. No brain-cell babies. I fought the urge to point to the steaming spaghetti and bread sitting on the breakfast bar. Didn’t it look ready, kiddo?
“Technically,” I answered for Gabi. “But we aren’t eating”—I stressed the word “eating” even though I’d just taken some bread—“until my sidekick gets here.”
“Sidekick, huh?” Serena crossed her arms, forcing her boobs to kiss one another and nearly hit her in the chin.
“Oh, I thought you knew.” I gave her a sad face. “I’m the hero in this scenario . . . Even own my own cape. He’s basically the Robin to my Batman.”
“Batman’s hot.”
“So is Robin,” Gabi said defensively.
Whoa. Did she just defend Lex? I felt her forehead. She pushed my hand away and handed me some parmesan cheese.
The door flew open, and Lex stepped through, holding up two bottles of Cab. “Sorry, traffic was shit.”
“Language,” Gabi called.
Lex and I shared a look before Lex stomped over to the swear jar and tossed in a dollar bill.
Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
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