The Best Men by Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely

Bestselling authors Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely team up for the first time in an enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, irresistibly sexy standalone romance between the best man and the other best man!

In my defense, I was left alone with a bottle of single-malt and a life-long penchant for protecting my baby sister. Still, that's no excuse to send ten drunk-texts on why her hasty marriage would be a mistake.

If only I had just texted my sister. But nope. I accidentally sent the message to her, her groom, and his super hot wingman.

I also used the phrase “super hot wingman,” so I’d like to die now.

Instead, I have to plan a wedding with the aforementioned hottie and share a too-small guesthouse in steamy Miami.

Three days in the sun with the cocky, charming former athlete who likes to push my buttons? Fine, two can play at that let’s-infuriate-each-other game.

Until Asher ups the stakes with one wildly sexy suggestion. A no-strings fling, then I go back to my single dad life in New York, and he returns to his star-studded one.

Sign me up.

But the more nights I spend with the other best man, the more I want days too, and that just can't happen. Especially when I find out the real reason why…

Contents Include: First times, a secret to-do list, champion-level flirting, fast cars, #eggplants, and two men who look good in formal wear.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59651571-the-best-men

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Loved this book! Definitely a great start to my 2022 reading challenge. I absolutely adored this story. I loved Sarina Bowen's books and her team up with Lauren Blakely just means that I have to check out Lauren's books next! 

So this story follows Mark and Asher. It starts with an engagement, a baby, and some pretty drunk texts. So Mark's sister, Hannah, is marrying Asher's best friend, Flip. And though Mark is happy for his sister finding love, he can't help but be worried that she is rushing in this relationship. It seems like she had only just met Flip and now she is pregnant and ready to walk down the aisle. Okay and he may be experiencing a little bit of PTSD because it sounds like the beginning of his last relationship that recently ended with a divorce and a six year old daughter who is hurt that her parents no longer live together. And he could have put on his poker face...except alcohol may have changed that bit. Specifically the texts that were supposed to be for his sister's eyes only went to a group chat... with the groom and best man. Where not only did he warn his sister she was moving too fast but he may have admitted that Flip's best friend is super hot. Cue the embarrassment. Lucky for Mark, Asher focuses on the fact that Mark thinks he is hot but he also won't let Mark live it down. To make up for his drunken texts he promises his sister he will fly down early to their destination wedding venue and make sure everything is set for the big day. But he won't be going alone. Hannah and Flip as Asher to go with Mark. So now it's just the two of them and things are about to change drastically between them. Turns out Asher finds Mark pretty attractive as well and wonders what Mark is like when he is spouting his mathematical facts or what he looks like under his polos. 

Their story was just so fun! Their banter was hilarious, their romance so sweet. I was cheering them on the whole time. Their fling could only last as long as the wedding but what happens when they catch feelings? A few more complications may occur before the two of them are ready to be together and I was all for it! And turns out there is a bit of a prequel novella that was just released, so off to the next one!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.