Marni Mann is back with another powerful alpha hero and the heroines that knock them off their feet. Easton Jones creates an app with his friends in college that changes his life more than he expected. He meets a stranger on said app that flips his world upside down and changes his way of viewing relationships, all without even knowing her name. When she suddenly ghosts him, he feels lost.

Five years later, he has found himself again- this time as a hotshot CEO. His newest employee, Drake Madden, has had his attention from the very beginning and although it’s forbidden, their connection feels extremely special and maybe like fate. The only problem? His college app romance has just come back into his life.

Drake was such a fun character to read. I loved her independence and dedication to her career. She is very driven and has worked hard to earn her accomplishments. She fears her reputation may be at risk if she pursues her attraction to her new boss, but she knows immediately after seeing him she has to explore their connection. Drake knows this is her chance to create a future with Easton, but isn’t sure how he will handle her past.

Marni knows how to write a steamy, powerful romance story between two headstrong characters. Both Easton and Drake have driven personalities that make them feel larger than life. I love how they support each other and balance the other out. Their dynamic is fun to see and I liked seeing their trust/relationship develop.

I don’t know how Marni does it but my goodness Easton is something else 😍 the story between Easton and Drake is one that will stay with me for a long time… to find someone who you were meant to be with and how relationships can go through so much even when they are perfect. I absolutely loved this book!

Fav Quote: “Some men were fortunate enough to find a partner. Some found their best friend. I found both, a talented, stunning woman who was everything I wanted.”

Have you checked out this total Five Star Steamy Read by USA Bestseller Marni Mann yet? I was thrilled to be part of this release as an advanced reader and share my thoughts with you here. I can't tell you how much fun this was to read. Using the app text in the book to mirror how these two connect with the unheard of 100% compatibility match, our two lovers meet looking just for a Hook Up, but the numbers just don't lie and these two hit off a romance that goes from 0 to 60 in literally three text messages. But there is more than meets the eye and the woman is looking to escape heartache and the man is looking for just a fling to get him through the day. But the numbers for these two don't lie and quickly SaaraLove brings out a softer side of MrBoston and, much to the ribbing and delight of his friends, he starts thinking that she could be His One. But fate intervenes and one day she disappears and so ends the flirty, sexy texts and fun filled banter leaving Easton aka Easton lost and yearning to recapture that connection. So what happens when, years later, he meets an applicant for his company's directorship that gives him all these feels? He begins to investigate it and when Drake, aka SaarasLove, believes this is her Mr. Boston? Well that's where everything takes a turn and it's not only elevators that tumblining on their cables.

If you like your books HOT and SEXY and banter filled, not just between the MMC and the FMC but with the secondary characters as well check this one out. If you like a second chance romance that has a good mystery to it, don't miss this book. And, if you want to believe that there is a guy out there who can truly see you, who will rally to you on your darkest day, who will stand right by you when the going is tough. Then you just find your next book boyfriend right here... or maybe one of his friends will be that one for you! When is book two? Don't care, I'll be here because in a phrase, these books did HOOK ME!

This review is my personal opinion and has no bearing on the author’s writing.

I had wanted to read a book by this author for so long and my first foray into her world was disappointing. I couldn’t get into the story

I had trouble connecting with the plot. The book started off boring. There was no connection between the characters other than via an app.

They communicated mostly via text (which isn’t unusual), catch feelings and then the book fast forwards.

The second part of the book tried but its redeeming qualities were far and in between. The climactic event was totally unnecessary and the events after its resolution were simply not needed.

I felt the book lacked that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when you are reading a good romance.

The book would have benefited from being a bit shorter than it is. I received an advanced copy of this book and the review is mine and voluntary.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie's Book Reports.

Easton Jones and his two best friends have created a new type of app. I wouldn't call it a dating app but more like a one night stand app. Unique for sure. However, you can't create something and then not try it out to make sure it works right. So Easton creates a Hooked profile and on the first try gets a one hundred percent perfect match. His perfect match is Love and they have some off the charts chemistry. Just as he is beginning to have the feels she disconnects from the app and disappears. Now five years have passed and Hooked in the number one dating app in the country and he has jsut hired a smoking hot new recruit Drake. Easton hasn't felt desire like this in five years. They are super compatible and smoking hot and just work both professionally and personally. What he never expects to happen is for Love to show back up wanting a chance to explain what happened. This really messes with Easton as he has the perfect girl for him in the flesh but Love captured his heart all those years ago and his the ultimate fantasy. What's a guy to do? You have to read to find that out. I really fell so hard for Easton. He is just pure perfection in every sense of the word. He is certainly all alpha but has the sweet, caring side to him that you just can't help to fall for. Drake, while i really ended up like her is one of those characters that have a story to reveal layer by layer and I really loved uncovering the story of her. This was a really great book that I loved every single second of.

Easton and some friends from college created an app for “hooking” up. You match with someone for a one night stand and then go your separate ways. No names are given to help keep one’s identity a secret.

When he meets his hook up he matched with their connection is instant. He wasn’t expecting to want it to be more. With no way of finding her because he doesn’t know her real name.

Years later she up and appears and things get interesting. Will these two still have that instant connection?

Looking forward to the next book!

** Arc received in exchange for an honest review **

***4 estrelas***

O livro conta a história de Easton e Drake.

Easton é o criador de um aplicativo de relacionamento e logo quando ele criou esse aplicativo, ainda na faculdade, ele conheceu Drake que na época se apresentou como Love e ele como Mr. Boston.

Eles tiveram um relacionamento breve, a distância, e nunca se viram sem máscaras, mas esse breve relacionamento marcou a vida de ambos

Agora cinco anos se passaram e Drake não só está de volta a sua cidade natal, mas também vai trabalhar na Hooked, mas ela não imagina que Easton além de ser seu chefe foi o seu grande amor do passado.

Esse não foi meu primeiro contato com a autora e assim como todos os outros livros dela eu me apaixonei.

Aqui tivemos personagens em duas fases da sua vida e em ambas são maduros, mas não nego que a segunda parte do livro onde se passaram cinco anos foi minha favorita, ver eles maduros na vida pessoal e profissional foi quase ver um amigo ali realizado.

O livro podia ter ido para um dramalhão, mas não foi o que aconteceu e a autora soube dosar muito bem os dramas deles e a forma que eles lidavam de forma madura e inclusive com conversa, deixando o drama do livro pra outras coisas que inclusive foi sensacional.

Um livro de segundas chances, com macho cadelinha e mocinha independente e personagens secundários apaixonantes.

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Another good book by Marni Mann. The first book in a new series about 3 friends who develop a hook up app. Easton matches 100% with another app user and the talk through the app and finally get together. She ghosts him and leaves him devastated. Five years later they meet again and have a immediate attraction. It follows them as they navigate their romance and all the roadblocks in their way.

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This is a very good book, excellent story and characters.
They are well fleshed and interesting.

The story is pretty angsty, which I like, and it flow’s wonderfully.

I would definitely be persuaded to read more from the author at a later date.

I received an Arc copy of this book and chose to post this review

Mr. Hook-up is the first book in Marni's new Hooked series. The series revolves around three friends: Easton, Holden and Grayson who founded a hook-up app together called Hooked, and its Easton and Drake's story.
I have read, and enjoyed, books by Mann in the past especially Dalton Brothers series and this book is right up there along with them. I loved how fast paced this book was. A classic second chance close proximity office romance and great lovable characters.
Thanks to Marni Mann, Valentine PR and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review.
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Mr. Hook-Up by Marni Mann

This is the first book in the Hooked series by Marni Mann

This book opens with a young Easton trying to get a new dating app off and running. He matches with a mysterious woman and sparks fly. They lose touch with each other and randomly meet up in a most unlikely way.

I really enjoyed this one by Marni! She brought the steam and angst with this one. I loved where she took the plot in this book and she did an excellent job setting up the rest of the series. I also loved reading this and seeing characters from the Dalton family series!

Tropes: second chance, hidden identity, workplace romance

Favorite quotes:
“I was all about you, Drake. You were the one I wanted. The one I was going to change for.”
“Obsessed with your needs. That’s a better description.”
“he wouldn’t let me fall unless it was toward him, and then his arms would be there to catch me.”
“When it came to my body, Easton Jones owned every bit of my pleasure.”

Highly recommend this book if you love Marni Mann’s books and love the steam and drama in a good romance book!

A serious question, does Marni know what a slow burn is? If she doesn't....no one tell her 🤣 iykyk

Marni absolutely delivered, introducing us to the men of Hooked, a dating app created by three friends -Easton, Holden and Grayson. Easton never expected to have a 100% match one month into launching Hooked...but Love is everything he never knew he needed...and he's willing to change for her. But timing isn't on their side. Fast forward five years later and Hooked has become one of the most successful hook-up apps as well as dating apps, so much so that they will be rolling out to the international market and they need someone to help...enter Drake Madden. She's perfect for the job...and there is something about her that seems so familiar.

Drake is happy to be back in Boston...it's been too long and she finally feels like she is home. Getting the job at Hooked was exactly what she needed...what she didn't expect was Easton Jones...one of the founding partners...his eyes, his lips, his scent...it all seems so familiar.

And when these two figure it out... fireworks🎆

I love how Marni can take these powerful men and introduce us to the women who can bring them to their knees. Oh you're a playboy and absolutely don't want to settle down, or believe in love, she says hold my beer, I'll show you.

Read it, love it and get ready for the next masterpiece from Marni 💛

Easton is a successful tech entrepreneur. He and his best friends have been chasing their dreams for years but none of them have found the one. Drake has had a successful career as a coder and now wants to move back to Boston instead of living in California. She is excited to get a job at Hooked as the director of app development. Little did they know that they actually met years ago and Hooked Up. The chemistry is still there but can they find lasting love, or will it just end up being another hook up?

Easton is known as Mr. Hook-up because he has hooked up with so many women. He has thought about the one that got away years ago, but he hasn't tried to chase her down (he seriously knows almost nothing about her to even start a chase). What I will say about Easton is that his character doesn't really change during the course of the story. He starts out as a hook up artist and continues as a hook up artist. He is also a good and decent guy who is honest and forthright. He stays that way throughout the story. He is also a guy that stays once he is committed to something. The author laid out Easton pretty early on in the story and did not deviate. One of my notes calls him a unicorn because he is that unbelievable. Drake is a different story in my opinion. I understand that the reader is supposed to understand that she was young and grieving the loss of her mother the first time she met Easton but I thought that was pretty weak reasoning for how she treated him. In fact, at one point I made a note calling her a less than polite word. Generally, that would be enough to turn me off from the story but I thought the writing, pacing, order of events, the bad guy, etc. were all pretty good. I think the rest of the series might be pretty interesting to read because the author introduced some interesting side characters and situations.

What I didn't like about the story is the starting point. I really don't like the glorification of hook up culture. I knew that was a big part of this story so that's on me to reconcile my feelings. However, Easton has a VIP medal on the website because of how many women he has hooked over the years. That's just gross.

This is a contemporary romance set mostly in Boston but there are a couple of other settings. The story starts when the characters are still in college but quickly moves ahead in time to them being adults with important and demanding careers. I plan to read the rest of the series because I'm interested in what happens next. I would give this a solid 3.5 stars if I could but I'm going to give it a 4 star rating because I don't think it deserves 3 stars.

Mr. Hook-Up hooked me from the very beginning!
I love Marni’s writing and I feel like this was some of her best work.

It was flirty and very addicting.
Can’t wait to read the next books!

Mr Hook-Up is the 1st book in the Hooked series.
The series follow 3 friends who created a dating app for people who don't have time to date.

This is Easton story and it's told in 2 parts.
The story begins when the guys first created the app back in their university days and he ends up being matched 100% with a stranger named LOVE. They talked and slowly got to know each other, without knowing real names, but was only able to meet once at a masked party. Then her phone was disconnected and he never heard from her.

The second part of the story continues 5 years later when he meets Drake who was newly hired to work of the company.

He couldn't seem to stay away from her and always found excuses to see her. These two had great chemistry and you could feel the connection between them right from the start and their steamy scenes were sizzling hot.

There was no 3rd act Breakup but there was some drama which they had to deal with and it added a different element to the story which I enjoyed.

I loved the friendships between Drake, Greyson, and Holden. Their banter was quite entertaining.

This fast paced passionate tale was a great start to the new series and I would recommend it to lovers of Contemporary romance.


Tropes:
Office Romance
Second Chance
Spicy
Billionaire
Forbidden love
Forced proximity
Secret identity
No 3rd Act Breakup

🐚 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 🐚

𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: alpha hero, billionaire, boss x employee, forbidden, forced proximity, second chance

Easton and Drake's story is a very beautiful one, which begins five and a half years before the current timeline when they were both in their last year of college, and got a 100% match through a hook up app. We get to see a gleam of their relationship back then.

They immediately click, but because at that moment they did not know each other identity, Easton got his heart broken when Drake disappeared and couldn't talk to her anymore. After those five and a half years, now she is interviewing for a job at Hooked, where Easton is the an associate.

When they meet, they both feel something that is familiar, but neither of them realizes what exactly. That is until Easton kisses Drake, and based on this kiss and a tattoo that he has, Drake deduces that this is not the first time she has kissed Easton.

I was really glad that Drake didn't keep the secret just for her and that Saara convinced her to tell Easton the truth. From the moment Drake reveals her identity, the two restart their relationship from where they left it.

With small steps, but quickly, the two become a very lovely couple, but no one knows about them. But how long can they keep this secret? I leave it to you to discover what happens next and how Easton manages to save everything.

Thank you Marni Mann and Valentine PR for the opportunity to read this amazing book in exchange for an honest review.

Marni's incredible writing and imagination made this book so good. This is a yummy, boss and employee read that kept my eyeballs glued to the pages. Book #1 of the Hooked ready for #2.

Mr Hook-up is an enjoyable, curl-up on the sofa easy read. Easton and two of his friends, in varsity, come up with a dating app which is aimed at making life simple for people who want a quick one night stand. When the app goes live, Easton and his friends are surprised when he gets a 100% match with a women whose user name is Love. Needless to say when they do hook up its hot, steamy and an unforgetable 15 mins!!! Despite their 100% match, one steamy hook up and a desire to hook up again, Love moves away and they lose contact.

5 years later, Easton and his friends have had huge success with their app and need a new technical guru to enable them to go global. Drake Madden comes from a rival firm and is the perfect fit for the role. Drake is not just perfect for the role, she's perfect for Easton. 5 years ago, Easton didn't know her name or who she worked for, Drake didn't know Easton's name or that he was one of the founders of Hooked.

Drake and Easton must handle working together, being professional, especially in front of Easton's co-founder friends. But, whilst they re-ignite that volcano between them someone is out to sabotage everything Easton and his friends have built up and Drake is placed bang smack in the firing line. It's not hard to work out who was behind this plot, the real question is can Easton and Drake survive?

Holy smokes this book is spicy, spicy, spicy!! Easton and his friends created an App called Hooked. Being as none of them wanted to settle down, they all joined, for research of course, and set about finding a match for a night or two of fun. Easton never imagined he would find a 100% match with saaraslove.

Drake needed a break from life. When her best friend Saara hooked her up on the app, she was just trying to let off some steam, not find the love of her life. One month. That was what she had before she had to begin her new future. So why not accept a date for one fun filled night with BostonLover before she had to go? Right?

What happened next was explosive and heart wrenching for them both. But fate wasn’t finished with them. Years later they found a way to make sure that the amazing chemistry they both felt didn’t go to waste. Secrets kept and secrets revealed make for an amazing read. This book features an amazing male character that makes you swoon and a beautiful female character that is his perfect match! Loved it!!

A new steamy read from Marni Mann that might be one of her steamiest yet. It’s definitely in her top 5 and better yet, it’s hopefully the start of a brand new series. This second chance, office romance has a fun start on a new online hook-up app that initially connects our characters and then reconnects them a second time. With two characters you can’t help but admire and love, and add in some secret dating, this story will make you swoon and fan your face. It’s 5 alarm hot and spares no detail. If only all men were as observant and inclined to use their powers for good as Easton. He is the stuff fantasies are made for and Drake is a woman we all aspire to be. I absolutely loved this couple and their story even more.

In the final years of college, Easton and his 2 friends designed an app for busy people looking to hook-up and so Hooked was born. Against all statistical odds, during its initial rollout Easton matches 100% with a woman. He and “Love” begin talking and have 15 steamy minutes together. As the months pass, though they talk often, they never manage to reconnect in person and eventually she disappears. Five years later, when Hooked is on the precipice of going international, they hire Drake to lead the rollout. Easton is smitten and his desire for her is only rivaled by one woman in his past. But when “Love” messages him again, Easton must decide if his past or his present is the woman he wants.

I love when an author creates characters that are on equal footing – successful, intelligent, mature – and Easton and Drake are exactly that. Both are successful in their careers, respect the other, and there isn’t any silly drama. Now that’s not to say there isn’t drama, this is a fantastic story afterall, but it’s not driven by anything trivial between the characters. Their story unfolds in a delicious mix of getting to know one another once again, steamy interludes, and launching an app internationally. The pacing of this story is brilliant and every few chapters reveals a turn in their story. I couldn’t put it down, but that never surprises me with Marni’s books. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and can’t wait for more from the Hooked crew.