I loved all of the Omaha references. Lynn Painter is a new favorite author to me and I love her characters and worlds she builds.

Lynn Painter makes every romance book SO fun!!! I absolutely loved how fleshed out the characters were, their banter, and the message component of this book! Throw in brother’s best friend turned roommate and it’s the perfect combo! I will say I prefer her YA books, but this was still a fun read!

Thank you to Berkley Publishing and NetGalley for access to this advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

I was so entertained by this book and these kinds of laughed are good for the soul.

The banter was fantastic. Olivia had a lot of moxie to persevere and matured over the course of the book. Colin was kind and thoughtful when he wanted to be. Omaha setting was unique and different. Olivia was such a fantastic aunt and I loved her relationship with her nephews.

On the flip side, Olivia was a bit annoying and sometimes being a disaster isn’t always cute. There was not much depth to this love story: Colin didn’t always respect Olivia, still always thinking of her as just his best friend’s hot mess of a little sister. Olivia never discovered the truth about Colin and she had a lot of misconceptions about him. Olivia’s family was pretty horrible to her throughout the story.

This was so funny. Loved the premise and the witty banter. I loved this book. Would recommend for anyone looking for a fun rom com with heart and well written characters.

This one was a pleasant surprise. I went into this blind thinking that it was going to be a YA, but it wasn't. It was fun. I love the female main character. She was hot mess express and I was here for it. I love her humor! And her slew of bad luck **Chef's Kiss** In what universe do you think you would ever start a relationship with someone you dont know through text messaging? And not that but your brother's roommate?! But that's the beauty of this book, it was a fun read to suspense your belief.

Okay this book was GREAT. Honestly so funny and filled with such great banter. I loved a texting romance, and this put was a great bingeable read! Read in one sitting and highly recommend!

I really liked this book, it was fast paced and a delight to read. The characters had an insane amount of chemistry and made me smile throughout the entire book. Lynn Painter is closer and closer to becoming one of my favorite authors.

This was a super cute, steamy romance! This is an opposites attract, a bit enemies to lovers, a bit brother's best friend--lots of tropes wrapped into one. The initial device for how the story starts is a little silly, with Olivia burning down her apartment in Chicago and having to retreat to her brother's couch in her hometown of Omaha, but it sets us up for a silly romp of mistaken identity.

Personally, I'm a sucker for any romance that nails banter and dialogue, and this one nails that for sure. I loved the the texting and in person banter between Olivia and Colin--it's smart, sexy, and fun. It propels the whole story toward its HEA.

This one doesn't pack a huge emotional impact or punch after it's over, but it was fun while I was in it, and that's what I want from a contemporary romance.

Last year I when I read this I said you all will love this book and I will say it again this year YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK! Lynn did it again! First with YA and now with NA!!

It literally has everything I love in a good romcom! I love the banter and chemistry between Olivia and Colin. Brother’s Bestfriend Trope, Text message exchanges!!!!!! again it’s New adult so you know what that means 🔥

Prepare to be hooked from the beginning til the end! Plus you will fall in love with Colin, he is definitely my new book boyfriend this year. You have been warned!

This is yet another book I'm mad at myself for waiting so long to read! I don't know why it took me so long to pick this up after letting it sit on my Kindle for way too long, but I'm glad I did. It's got a romance trope I've read a lot of -- falling for a sibling's best friend -- but this was a fun, fresh take on it. Both MCs are delightful (especially the male MC, Colin -- swoon) and I laughed out loud multiple times.

While not an OMG AMAZING read in a crowded market, this was perfectly pleasant. Appropriate for fans of Mia Sosa

My first Lynn Painter book and this one was perfect! So fun to read. COuld not put it down. Looking forward to more

Better late than never for this delightful book! I saved this book to read on vacation and it was the perfect read to start and end my days. Great dialogue with authentic characters and I enjoyed the Midwest love:)

A wrong number with a cheesy come on line starts this series off with a bang. I loved the banter that was crazy funny and turned into much more and loved even more that this couple knew each other (he is her big brother’s best friend) but had no idea at the start they were texting one another which was a good thing because they didn’t actually get along IRL. Olivia was kind of a klutzy mess but she knew it and owned it and she made me laugh a lot. Colin was a bit mysterious, quiet, almost shy, and pretty reserved until he wasn’t if you get my drift. I loved this book until Colin realized who he had accidentally texted and didn’t fess up, in fact he made some bad decisions about that and it turned the book a bit sour. Not so much that I still didn’t finish it, but enough that it was no longer a 5 star read for me. All in all it was a fun and sexy story, both characters made some assumptions and mistakes, and neither was good about communicating how they were feeling, but still an enjoyable read.

Mr. Wrong Number is an entertaining romantic comedy that features a heroine prone to big mishaps. Olivia Marshall has moved back home to Omaha from Chicago after she was laid off, dumped by her boyfriend, and then she accidentally burned down her apartment building and all her belongings. So she temporarily moves in with her brother — and his roommate, Colin Beck, whom Olivia has loathed ever since she overheard him referring to her as a “little weirdo” when she was 15.

Colin is even hotter now, she realizes when she sees him on her first morning there, when she is hungover and disheveled. Her day does not get any better as she starts her job hunt online and then stops by her parents’ house to get some of her old clothes as well as a lecture.

So when she gets a random text during an ugly-crying session that asks what she is wearing, she testily replies, “Your mom’s wedding dress and her favorite thong.”

She and Mr. Wrong Number fall into a witty back-and-forth and develop an anonymous friendship over texts.

Naturally, the mystery man turns out to be Colin, who is torn between continuing the texting or ghosting Miss Misdial, especially since the attraction between him and Olivia is heating up IRL. But despite his misgivings, he continues his text conversations with Olivia, who is vulnerable and in need of a friend, even an anonymous one.

Of course we all know that a traumatic reveal is coming (including with Olivia’s less-than-honest bid to land her dream job). And despite the hilarious chaos that inevitably follows Olivia, the two start to realize that their relationship may be the real thing.

I really enjoyed this story and would have easily given the book 5 stars up until the ending. The last few chapters had a lot of stuff set in motion for the characters long term and could be possible big issues but the story basically has the characters have one last conversation and then the book ends. Spoiler alert- this is a romantic book so a HEA is the intended outcome (and it was steamy if you want some heat!), but the issues that motivate the character to have this last minute chat are never addressed and then the book ends. Umm, ok? So I guess everything works out?? I am sure others will be fine with this lack of a real ending or the fact there are a lot of loose ends which are probably unraveled to be used as plot motivation to fix the relationship issues that occur leading to the ending, but I need answers! I am the type of person who will sit up all night thinking about the plot holes and possible problems that could befall my favorite characters and a fluffy romantic comedy is not where I expected to find those. Give me an epilogue (which this has by the way, yet answers no questions or helps with the plot) that wraps up the story with a nice big bow, that is how I want my romances to end.

Mr. Wrong Number is fun and entertaining romance that revolves around Olivia and Colin finding perfect Mr Wrong Number and Miss Misdial in each other. The story is about family, friendship, love, betrayal, judgments and presumptions, and ghosting.

Writing is lucid, entertaining, fast paced. I finished this in a single day. The story is written in first person narrative from Olivia and Colin’s intermittent alternative perspectives. Plot is most fun and also little predictable from the beginning.

Book started with Olivia coming back to her hometown after the greatest bad luck of her life that ended up burning whole building. She has to stay at her brother, Jack’s apartment and with his roomate. Alone in apartment, while wallowing in self-pity and heartbreak, she recieves a text “What are you wearing?” from a wrong number that turns into a series of fun sexting. She find a connection with Mr Wrong Number and as it’s been anonymous she shares more with Mr Wrong Number. But her bad luck hasn’t eneded yet, as the roomate is Jack’s best friend- very handsom, accomplished and organised- Colin. They never get along and Olivia’s childhood hasn’t been all rosy because of Colin’s rude comments.

Colin thinks she is made of disasterous bad luck, little sister of his best friend who has turned into a beautiful disraction. Olivia thinks he is stuck up, all knowing rich guy, still looking handsom and sexier than she remember with is six pack abs. Things get more awkward when Colin finds out she is his Miss Misdial.

It was interesting to see where things will go between Olivia and Colin, when Olivia will figure out Colin is Mr Wrong Number and what would be her reaction to it, if she will choose Mr Wrong Number over Colin, and how she will overcome her insecurity for serious relationship.

I was going through reviews of this book I saw many mixed reactions. Some readers didn’t like Colin while some didn’t like Olivia. For me, I liked Colin little more than Olivia but they both did things that were annoying.

Olivia is fun. I liked her in first half of the book. She is lovely, smart, fun, and briliiant writer. I felt bad for her on hearing her full story about her heartbreak that lead to burning the building she was living in, at the same time it also made me laugh. Her clumsiness and series of unfortunate events were adorable and entertaining. I loved she laughed at her own gracelessness and bad luck, living in a moment, not taking her family’s comment about her life being a series of screwups at heart, and kept working on making her situation better by finding job and apartment really soon after everything.

But she is not a perfect person and I’m not talking about her klutzy nature. She lied to get job and money she needed terribly, she is judgemtnal towards Colin in almost whole book, and she overreacted without thinking more than once that made her annoying character and also made story super dramatic.

Colin is most interesting. He is acts like Mr. Darcy and looks like Ryan Gosling. I definitely was going to like him more than Olivia. People easily assumed he is arrogant and he got things easily, so did Olivia. Him throwing rude comments in their childhood printed in Olivia’s mind he will make joke of everything bad happening in her life. But he is grown up man now and regretted what he said all those years. He never stopped showing he is not what Olivia thinks, kept her secret of lies and praised her writing. I loved that moment when he saw Olivia beyond her clumsiness that made him fall in love with her.

There is layer of his dysfuctional family, a father who wanted him to be lawyer and take over their firm, arguments and fight between father and son ever since he chose to be in finance and getting master degree in Maths. His heart is at right place but even with his good intentions, I didn’t like him for ghosting Olivia when he figured she is Miss Misdial. He had plenty opportunity to make things clear and laugh at it but he didn’t and then another mistake with the set up.

Colin and Jack’s friendship is great. I respect Colin more for thinking about Jack first as soon as he discovered who is Miss Misdial, Jack’s little sister. He worried how his feelings for Olivia affect his friendship with Jack and that makes him true and loyal friend and he was even ready to take punch.

Chemistry is super hot with witty banter and enemies to lovers arc. Colin’s abs, smirks and winks didn’t just melt Olivia. I so so loved imagining him. There are few romantic scenes but for most of the books they are like friends with benefit as Olivia felt insecure to make it serious or label what they have and Colin went along to keep Olivia happy. A sure receipe for complex and dramatic romance.

Why 3.5 stas-

I would have given this 5 star for entertainment and all the right trope but I didn’t. So here comes the rant (my email to Toni was much longer than this. I so wanted to copy pasted it but lots of spoilers made me change my mind. Anyway, I have included all the points we talked in my review)-

1. Last 30% of the book lost it’s charm. Many things happening here are unbelievable. End was not satisfying. From how things were happening readers would expect big gesture or real apology but there isn’t any.

2. Some things were left unresolved. We see Olivia felt insecure about turning their friends-to-benefit thing into romance because of past relationship and betrayal of her ex (Elli), and Colin knew that but they never talked about it. There is just one line something like, “Suddenly Elli lost his power and mention of him doesn’t hurt her”, that’s it.

3. There is no exploration on Olivia, a non-parent, writing parenting articles and loses job for that or Colin ghosting and how technology is changing relationships, that me and Toni talked about but not in story. We both didn’t like the idea of ghosting.

4. I agree with Toni. Some side characters- Colin’s sister, some of Olivia’s family members- didn’t add much to story.

5. My big issue after that unsatisying ending is Olivia. Her lack of understanding Colin or listening him out, being constantly judgemental, and thinking very low of him, is grating and irritating. If you have that much trust issue and you’re not ready to put behind 15 yrs of being enemies or forgive him for his rude comment, why exactly are you sleeping with him!! Anything bad happens, losing job, finding he is Mr Wrong Number, Colin setting up things, her knee jerk reaction is “Colin has motive of making her look fool and he used knowlege of her being Miss Misdial as advantage”.

She wouldn’t give the guy a chance and label him asshole, said he can never be serious with her when it was her who didn’t want their relationship turn serious. I was surprised by Colin’s patience and really questioned if the guy has self-respect or not. I get it’s hard to change mindset and mental picture of someone who was rude for 15 yrs but poeple change and again back to my point if she didn’t believe in that she should sleep with him.

Overall, Mr. Wrong Number is fun, entertaining, fast paced, and dramatic romcom with all right tropes but annoying main character.

I recommend this if you like,
Clumpsy heroine
Hero in STEM
Enemies-to-lovers
opposite attracts
Forced proximity
best friend’s sister
witty banter
Many laugh out loud moments
judgments and presumptions
Ghosting
Dysfunctional family

Super fun, sexy, charming! Great banter both in person and over text. Cute premise written very well. Loved it!

This was a cute romance in the older brother's best friend trope. It was predictable, but that is okay with me, and part of what I like in romances.

Olivia Marshall is down on her luck after being laid off from her job, dumped by her boyfriend, and becoming unintentionally homeless after a little incident involving old love letters, matches … and a possum. Yeah, don’t ask.

Lucky for her, her brother Jack is willing to let her stay at his and his roommate’s place for a month while she gets back on her feet. Not as lucky for her, she doesn’t realize that this roommate is Jack’s best friend since childhood, Colin Beck, who’s only ever seen her as Jack’s bratty little sister and now older snarkastic one.

(Yes … ‘snarkastic’ is a word, if you count Urban Dictionary as a source, and I LOVE it. If you’re listening Mirriam-Webster, et al., please officially add it? I digress.)

It’s a good thing Olivia has a mysterious new anonymous friend to vent to about her annoying situation. They’ve been texting regularly since the night he accidentally messaged her asking what she was wearing, and she’s become Miss Misdial to his Mr. Wrong Number. As the discussions get more personal, it’s amazing how much they have in common … especially when it comes to certain “appetites”, shall we say?

Where does this all lead, and does Olivia get back on her feet and maybe find love in the process?

Silly question. It’s a rom-com. You know the drill. That’s like asking if the sun is going to rise in the morning.

Lynn Painter has written an incredibly witty, charming rom-com with hilarious banter, lots of Olivia’s funny klutzy moments and missteps, and a heaping helping of chemistry and sizzle. Seriously … is it hot in here? My only complaint is that she could sound a bit immature, but it didn’t take away from my enjoyment.

I listened to this on audiobook while reading along on my Kindle, which was perfect. The voicework by Callie Dalton and Andrew Eiden was excellent and they brought both characters to life so well. I had a blast with this, and I’ll definitely be watching for more from Lynn Painter!

★★★★ ½ (rounded to 4)

Thanks to Berkley Publishing, NetGalley, and author Lynn Painter for the digital ARC and my library/Libby for the audiobook. I’ve reviewed it honestly and freely. It’s now available.