Do people say they hate someone’s guts so that they can still fall stupidly, head-over-heels in love with the other parts?
Asking for a friend.
Taming Hollywood’s Baddest Boy, an all-new hilarious enemies to lovers standalone from New York Times bestselling author Max Monroe, is available now!
Okay, fine. I’m not asking for a friend.
I’m asking for me—and I’m begging you to tell me that the practice of falling in love with your should-be-enemy is common.
Please tell me that I’m not the only person to track down a guy—who used to be Hollywood’s baddest bad boy before he left LA for good—at his off-the-grid cabin in Alaska, show up unannounced, and find him gloriously naked.
This probably happens all the time…right?
Tell me I’m not alone in my stupidity—that I’m not the only woman who would fall for gorgeous blue eyes and a sexy devilish smirk, even if they belong to a broody, mysterious jerk.
Please. Please. Please. Tell me I’m not alone in this.
For the love of everything, I need all the supportive girl power I can get if I’m going to convince Luca Weaver to come back to Hollywood—otherwise known as the place he hates so much that he ghosted Oscar-level success and escaped to no-man’s-land for the last eight years just to avoid it.
Yeah, don’t worry—that smoke you’re smelling isn’t your house catching fire as you read this…it’s just my career and what was previously known as my heart going up in flames.
Gah. Is it just me, or am I totally, completely, and utterly screwed?
Review:
3.5 stars
***
This was a pretty good book, but not my favorite by Max Monroe. Taming Hollywood's Baddest Boy is a light romp through the Alaskan wilderness and from there to Hollywood. This is Billie and Luca's story. Billie is a production assistant to a big Hollywood producer. Luca is a former child star turned Hollywood actor bad boy, who blazed bright and burned out with a bad reputation. He left Hollywood years ago and moved the wilderness of Alaska. Billie wants to move up in her job and be mentored by her boss, over a brown noser that is her office competition. So she promises that she can get Luca to star in their upcoming film. But she doesn't know Luca at all. She only knows the name of the nearest small town in Alaska that is closest to his remote cabin. She must trek through the wilderness and kayak across a lake, but her hardest task will be convincing Luca to come back to Hollywood. Falling in love was not part of the plan and neither of their lives will be the same.
This was a fun story. I really liked the first half that was set in Alaska the most. There is an enemies to lovers vibe. Luca was gruff and not at all welcoming of Billie barging into his solitary life. Billie was plucky and determined to make the most of her time in Alaska to convince him to return to movie making. Luca wasn't really a bad boy in my eyes and his background wasn't described in enough detail to explain why he had that reputation. He actually seemed like a nice guy, even if he was grouchy at first towards Billie. But Luca has a planned week long hike and camping trip, which Billie, who is definitely a city girl and not an outdoorsman, invites herself on to get more time with him and convince him to read the movie screenplay. They definitely don't like each other for a while, but as they spend more time together and get to know each other, they begin to fall for each other.
I am not a big fan of the enemies to lovers trope, but I ended up liking Luca and Billie together a good bit. Especially their time together in Alaska. But then there is a month long separation and once they got back to Hollywood and the real world things get rocky. The two were not great a communicating. Billie was hurt and prickly towards Luca. The book goes from enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers again. I felt like that threw off the pacing and relationship momentum, which made it hard for me to feel the connection between the couple by the end of the book. I liked Luca and Billie as couple more in Alaska, but their separation and poor communication afterwards lost me a little bit. I also felt like the second half was a bit too light and fluffy, when I wished for more depth and emotion. The complications of real life, and Luca's return to a world that he struggled with before, were glossed over. Still, I did like the book in general. It's entertaining with some funny and cute moments. Luca's dog is a fun side character too. I really liked the Alaskan setting and the time the couple spent getting to know each other there. The story was interesting and kept my attention, too.
Overall, Taming Hollywood's Baddest Boy was an enjoyable read. I was happy that Billie and Luca got their HEA. They were a cute couple. I look forward to more from Max Monroe in the future!
This was a fun story. I really liked the first half that was set in Alaska the most. There is an enemies to lovers vibe. Luca was gruff and not at all welcoming of Billie barging into his solitary life. Billie was plucky and determined to make the most of her time in Alaska to convince him to return to movie making. Luca wasn't really a bad boy in my eyes and his background wasn't described in enough detail to explain why he had that reputation. He actually seemed like a nice guy, even if he was grouchy at first towards Billie. But Luca has a planned week long hike and camping trip, which Billie, who is definitely a city girl and not an outdoorsman, invites herself on to get more time with him and convince him to read the movie screenplay. They definitely don't like each other for a while, but as they spend more time together and get to know each other, they begin to fall for each other.
I am not a big fan of the enemies to lovers trope, but I ended up liking Luca and Billie together a good bit. Especially their time together in Alaska. But then there is a month long separation and once they got back to Hollywood and the real world things get rocky. The two were not great a communicating. Billie was hurt and prickly towards Luca. The book goes from enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers again. I felt like that threw off the pacing and relationship momentum, which made it hard for me to feel the connection between the couple by the end of the book. I liked Luca and Billie as couple more in Alaska, but their separation and poor communication afterwards lost me a little bit. I also felt like the second half was a bit too light and fluffy, when I wished for more depth and emotion. The complications of real life, and Luca's return to a world that he struggled with before, were glossed over. Still, I did like the book in general. It's entertaining with some funny and cute moments. Luca's dog is a fun side character too. I really liked the Alaskan setting and the time the couple spent getting to know each other there. The story was interesting and kept my attention, too.
Overall, Taming Hollywood's Baddest Boy was an enjoyable read. I was happy that Billie and Luca got their HEA. They were a cute couple. I look forward to more from Max Monroe in the future!
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A duo of romance authors team up under the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling pseudonym Max Monroe to bring you sexy, laugh-out-loud reads.
Max Monroe is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of more than ten contemporary romance titles. Favorite writing partners and long time friends, Max and Monroe strive to live and write all the fun, sexy swoon so often missing from their Facebook newsfeed. Sarcastic by nature, their two writing souls feel like they’ve found their other half. This is their most favorite adventure thus far.
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