This was a first time reading Marni Mann for me, and I am hooked! I love her writing, she drew me in right from the first chapter.

Grayson is a sworn bachelor due to what happened to him when he was a child. Jovana is an eternal love bug. When their eyes meet across the room, there are instant sparks, let the flirting begin. But after hooking up with Jovana, Grayson informs her that she shouldn't expect anything more than just the one night. She is understandably insulted and hurt, because she is the everlasting optimist and believes in love.

When Grayson finds himself in a situation and needs Jovana's help, she turns the tables on him and starts calling the shots. He's confused about why he finds that so attractive. He finds himself feeling things that he's never felt before. He quickly realizes that she's nothing like the others. “Her expression intriguing. Her eyes enticing. Her lips taunting. This woman had powers like I’d never seen before.”

I love the story of how Grayson comes around and realizes that Jovana really is total sunshine and that she brings out the best in him. The chemistry between them just get stronger with each interaction. The dialogue was funny and their bedroom antics were spicy.

I'm definitely going to be reading more of Marni Mann in the future.

Thank you Marni Mann and NetGalley for this ARC. The above is my own and personal opinion.

Cute read. The grumpy sunshine was such a fun troupe to follow. I truly enjoyed the character development of Grayson and Jovana as they tackled both internal and external challenges in work and in their relationship.
I received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The plot of this book has all the elements of a good angsty read with plenty of intrigue, but the dialogues felt forced and the immediate chemistry felt contrived. It was hard to relate to the characters, especially Grayson hiding behind his childhood to excuse his emotional immaturity.

I love Marni Mann and her books. This one hooked me right from the start. The characters are great and I love seeing glimpses of other series characters. I gave it 4 stars only because I didn’t love it as much as I loved book 1 in the series.

I was given an Advanced Reader Copy by NetGalley for an honest review.

I enjoyed it this one. Marni always nails the spice and this was no exception. I’m looking forward to where this crew goes in book three

★ ★ ★ ★ //5
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Mr. Wicked (Hooked #2)

I want to thank the author for giving me the opportunity to read this e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

YES! I was so anxious and so excited for book two in the Hooked series and to dive into Greyson Tanner. Sheeeesh!!! This book was all of the above when it comes to a romance and the spice was spicn’. The character development was perfect, storyline was amazing and I ate this up!!! Greyson is a cofounder of a dating app and being a man loving and living up his bachelor life with never wanting to settle and find someone to make him and his life even better than it already is, he finds himself in a situation where he needs to take one for the team. I absloutely adored Jovana in this book. She is absolutely adorable and sexy and full of sass. Greyson met his match. This book is perfection and if you loved the first book you MUST read this book as well OF COURSE. Book 3 is just calling my name and I can hardly wait for book 3 to come out!!! A must read TBR placer!

This is a four-star read that was worth reading. This is number two in the Hooked series, and I do plan on picking the next up, as I didn’t enjoy this one, it just took a while to hook me, and honestly keep me hooked. The characters were good, the story was good, but sadly it wasn’t great, and that’s what I have come to expect from this author. I mean I get why Greyson is the way he is, but it still felt a little cliched at times and I didn’t honestly like him for chunks of the story, and that’s never a good look on your male MC. Like I said I will be coming back for the next instalment as I am eager to see what will happen next, and maybe we will get to see a different side to him now he’s not the main MC anymore.

When Grayson Tanner, a founder of Hooked which happens to be a dating app, ends up under fire and scandal… PR gives him an ultimatum. To settle down and marry. After all who can believe in his app when the media portrays him in a way that shows that he himself does not.

Jovana is the one fling he hasn’t seemed to shake and with her as an influencer she could also help with his reputation in the media as well. So, when PR gives you an ultimatum, you find yourself a solution.

The contract was for a year between Jovana and Grayson, but with all dating be it real or fake, it’s bound to come to feelings. The banter between them was wonderful and I absolutely adore them together.

This book was the perfect mix of sweet and spicy and I ate it up. This was a first from this author but I wouldn’t hesitate picking more of Marni’s books up. Highly, highly recommend.

Thank you to Montlake, Marni Mann and Netgalley for the eARC!

As cofounder of Hooked, a no-strings hook-up app, Grayson doesn't do relationships. After his one-night stand with Jovana, he's convinced he will never see her again. But now he needs help to clean up his PR mess for the marriage arm of their app, and she's the only one who can help him.
This one-night stand, enemies to lovers, fake-dating, marriage of convenience, spicy romance is book 2 in the Hooked series. Grayson's instalove didn't make much sense, and I'm not super into that trope to begin with. Jenova is mad at him basically for not wanted to get married after sleeping with her when he brought her home after talking with her for about 3 minutes and a half minutes, a conversation which I may add had everything to do with sex and nothing to do about marriage... I mean girl, what were you expecting? How naive can you be? I feel like the author was really trying to make us root for Jenova and hate Grayson, and really push on us the fact that he was a player and an asshole. But I did not buy it, and it made me feel bad for him (he can be a player if he wants to, he never made her any promises...) and kind of resent Jenova. The spice was good. But I liked the first book in the series much better.
I received an advance review copy of this book for free and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Thanks to Netgalley the publisher and or the author for giving me the chance to read and review Mr. Wicked

Loved all the characters and the plot

I DNF’d this book. I just couldn’t get on board with the male main character and the writing style unfortunately. I was so excited to read, and do enjoy other works from the author - this one just missed the mark for me.

Holy Moly this book is FIRE! In the absolute best way possible!! Mr. Wicked is my first Marni book and It was amazing!

Grumpy sunshine, fake dating, forced proximity, billionaire (maybe just millionaire), spicy open doors 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️AND DUAL POV! I didn’t dream it up, all my favourite troupes in one book!!! I literally read the whole book in one day! It was soooo gooooddddd!!!!!

Grayson and Jovana are so swoon worthy! Of course the a$$ hole vibe Grayson was giving made you hate him at first, but once he changed his bad boy ways …😍😍😍. And of course we love Jovanna from the beginning, but she is just so sweet…. I loved how their relationship bloomed and who wouldn’t want a Grayson after everything! That ending though… Kept me i suspense and guessing!!! Ekk! So good I loved this book!

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Grayson Turner is a ladies' man who carries the nickname "Mr. Wicked" A man who doesn't believe in commitment. Marriage. He is successful in business and with the ladies. He meets the beautiful Jovana Winters and they share a night that is hot and steamy!

They have a connection except for that little thing about Grayson being unable to have a committed relationship or even more than a one-night stand. A not so happy ending to a night of passion leaves Jovana upset and Grayson on a path to erase her from his memory. But oh, how the mighty fall. A PR nightmare has him reaching out to her because all they have to do is date and get married. This while documented it so that all of their social media followers will see, saving his company his company. I mean - what could go wrong???

Mr. Wicked is a fast paced, super steamy, Billionaire, grumpy alpha-male romance. The one word that came to mind almost from the beginning was the word crude. I am sure that many readers will not feel the same way. I love Marni Mann and I have read many of her books. She writes amazing thrillers and angsty romances as well as dark romance. There were a few twists and one surprise later and we reach our HEA.

Marni Mann does hot & steamy like a busy McDonald's drive thru. Mr. Wicked features Grayson and book #1, Mr. Hook Up featured Easton. I look forward to what she will have in store for Holden the last of the "Hooked" partners.

3 stars

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Mr. Wicked by Marni Mann is wicked good!
Grayson and Jovana are a match made in Boston. great chemistry and banter. Two strong but sensitive characters
loved the story line

Unfortunately I couldn't get past the MC's objectifying someone at work in the first few pages so DNF

This was a really enjoyable story!

It had a spicy storyline with some great characters and interaction.

Could he love a woman… any woman??? Read on and you will find out

It is a romantic and sexy story that is really well written

Loved the flow to book and the writing style was addictive.

It is 4 stars from me for this one, highly recommended!

Mr. Wicked is the second book in the Hooked series written by Marni Mann.

Grayson, one of the three founders of Hooked, the dating app (focused on hooking up) is dedicated to no-strings pleasure.

During a drunken moment, he forgets that he is the one credited with the new part of the app - the opportunity to look for marriage rather than one-off hook-ups - and the subscriptions for the app immediately start falling. A PR specialist is called in to change the narrative and turn Grayson back into a marriage loving person.

In the fantasy world of billionaires, contracts are drawn up and money thrown at the problem to ensure that Grayson gets married promptly.

They find a suitable woman, the only 'problem' is that she wants more than a contract...

Mr. Wicked is the second book in the Hooked series by Marni Mann but can be read as a standalone book.

Grayson Tanner doesn’t do relationships, he doesn’t even do repeat hook-ups. So when he meets the gorgeous Jovana, I almost expected / hoped he would change. But I was seriously mistaken. Grayson is the founder of the billion dollar dating app, Hooked. But when his playboy life style starts to become bad for business. His team steps in with a plan. They want him to get married to get numbers back up. If he just shows the world that Hooked helped the infamous playboy settle down, more people will sign up for the app.

So of course, he goes to Jovana for help. And I don’t want to spoil too much more! I normally love a bad boy type of romance but I really think that Grayson was a HUGE jerk so it was a little hard to buy in. However, their back and forth banter was very entertaining. And the story was good overall.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Marni Mann for sending me an advanced copy of Mr. Wicked.

I live for the fake dating trope, and I will eat it up every single time!
And this book was no different! I loved Grayson and Jovana so much. I loved seeing them go from fake to real and more than that loved seeing them go from one night to forever!

This book was not for me. The male hero was too much of a jerk and superficial more interested in hooking up that I couldn’t connect or root for him. I could not relate to the heroine either as she fell for him when he hadn’t earned it.