Synopsis
Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. Romantic partners, whatever their gender, are a distraction at best and a drain at worst. So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits—someone who knows the score and knows their way around the bedroom.
When brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues Dani from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, it’s an obvious sign: PhD student Dani and ex-rugby player Zaf are destined to sleep together. But before she can explain that fact, a video of the heroic rescue goes viral. Now half the internet is shipping #DrRugbae—and Zaf is begging Dani to play along. Turns out, his sports charity for kids could really use the publicity. Lying to help children? Who on earth would refuse?
Dani’s plan is simple: fake a relationship in public, seduce Zaf behind the scenes. The trouble is, grumpy Zaf’s secretly a hopeless romantic—and he’s determined to corrupt Dani’s stone-cold realism. Before long, he’s tackling her fears into the dirt. But the former sports star has issues of his own, and the walls around his heart are as thick as his… um, thighs.
Suddenly, the easy lay Dani dreamed of is more complex than her thesis. Has her wish backfired? Is her focus being tested? Or is the universe just waiting for her to take a hint?
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Review
I loved Get a Life, Chloe Brown. So I had high expectations for Take a Hint, Dani Brown. And let me tell you they were well surpassed. I adored this book so much. I needed to see how it ended and yet never wanted it to end. It may have ruined me for all other rom-coms, okay probably not but…
Dani was introduced in Get a Life, Chloe Brown, and so I already knew that I would like her. She’s smart, witty, and confident. She is basically my fictional hero. And Zaf, oh Zaf is major book boyfriend material. A former rugby player, who reads romance and is in touch with his emotions, um yes, please! This is a friends-to-lovers/fake dating romance. Normally I’m more of an enemies-to-lovers gal, but the banter in this book is on point! And the fact that they knew each other well, only added to the story.
Did I know how this book was going to end? Yes, but as Zaf points out that’s why we read romance, for the happily ever after. Personally, I’m not looking for major surprises in a rom-com. This book is truly everything I want in a romance, with great characters, witty banter, and a story that is meaningful.
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