Tempting the Best Man

Buried in my TBR list, I finally had a chance to read Tempting the Best Man and it was so worth the wait!

Maddie would rather run head first into a wall, have a root canal, quit her dream job at the Smithsonian, ANYTHING other than be stuck with Chase at her brother’s wedding for the weekend. Having avoided him since “the incident”, she is determined to hold her head high as she faces off with the her brother’s best friend, the man she has been in love with since she was ten years old. The plan is cut short when she blows a tire and Chase comes to her rescue. Thinking the worst is over, she discovers there is a mix-up with the wedding guest cabins and guess who she has to bunk with until the issue is resolved. Wonder why the show more cosmos have nothing better to do than to torture her, Maddie is determined to survive the weekend unscathed…until the past becomes the present, throwing her entire being into a tailspin.

Chase insists nothing is happening between him and Maddie. A brief slip in judgement, he just wants things to return to normal and there is no better place to start than at his best friend’s wedding. With his brothers by his side, he is ready to spend a relaxing weekend surround by friends, family, and bridesmaids…until the first desk clerk reveals his new sleeping arrangements. Briefing debating how comfortable he can get sleeping in a Porsche, Chase is forced to face the truth when the past refuses to stay where it belongs.

The first book in the Gamble Brother’s Series, I found myself laughing out loud more times than I had expected. J. Lynn packed laughs, sizzle, and romantic comedy worthy swoon moments in this quick read. Finishing in one sitting, the story brings you in “at the middle” instead of at the beginning. The reader is given glimpses into their time together as children and while it initially only hints at the friendship changing moment initially, it doesn’t wait long to tell you what happened. Maddie’s sarcasm is one for the ages and her internal monologue kept the giggles coming. The two sides of Chase made you fall in love with him as you got deeper and deeper into the story. Above all else, the build up between the two was electrifying and when they finally connected, I think I dropped the tablet!

Full transparency - this is a fun, predictable, easy to read steamy romance. The back and forth between Maddie and Chase, the cliche reasons for keeping their distance, the inevitable hook up, and the misunderstanding to pull them apart is all there but I will definitely say the ending was unexpected.

As the first book Jennifer Armentrout wrote under her pen name J. Lynn, Tempting the Best Man was a kick off to a series that, from what I have read, only gets better! I can’t wait to see what happens with the other Gamble boys - Chandler and Chad, you’re next! show less

God this book kept me up last night! I loved it. Damm Jennifer Armentrout!!! I am in love with her Covenant and Lux series, and just figured out she writes under another name; J. Lynn. And did I love this book or what! How can I not love something of someone who makes aliens seem hot. This book has it all, love/drama/humor! This book should really turn into a movie; I can just picture the awkward scenes he he. I like that you get to read the store from Chase’s and Maddie’s point of view! I just loved the arguments between Chase and Maddie, it made me really laugh. I don’t know how Jennifer Armentrout does it, but the dialogues are just funny and witty. Really everyone should read this one! There is a lot of drama and it’s really show more great. The fights made the whole tension between the two just that much hotter! I liked that there was a childhood history in the book, it made the story that much better. And then the characters, seriously they are so good! Maddie is just a smart-ass, witty, hilarious and hopelessly in love with Chase. And Chase.. My God.. I love him. Not just because he’s hot, but his over-protectiveness of Maddie made me melt. Sometimes he was a jerk, but mostly just sweet. And then there are the steamy hot love scenes. They have it all, the chemistry; the tension; did I mention hot and steamy? Seriously, just read the book!

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Tempting the Best Man by J. Lynn is a book I didn’t want to end! Synopsis: Madison Daniels has worshipped her brother's best friend since they were kids. Everyone thinks she and Chase Gamble would make the perfect couple, but there are two major flaws in their logic. 1) Chase has sworn off relationships of any kind, and 2) after blurring the line between friends and lovers for one night four years ago, they can't stop bickering.

Forced together for her brother's wedding getaway, Chase and Madison decide to call a truce for the happy couple. Except all bets are off when they're forced to shack up in a tacky 70’s honeymoon suite and survive a multitude of "accidents" as the family tries to prove their "spark" can be used than for more show more than fighting. That is, if they don't strangle each other first…

Review: I loved, loved, loved this book. I found myself skipping dinner and sleep just to get through it. It wasn’t a long read, but it was so worth every moment! The flow of the story was amazing and switching from scene to scene was flawless. Ms. Lynn captured both sides of the story and managed to do it with such class while still maintaining a very sexual chemistry that couldn’t be ignored. Her scenes capture the surroundings and the feelings of each character with such grace that it left me stunned and made me yearn to learn more.

I would whole heartily recommend this book to ANYONE just simply because it is a great read. Five out of five stars! show less

This here would be J. Lynn's debut adult contemporary and what a debut it is. I’ve said it a million times… This girl is talented! What a sweet, funny, romantic read. I sat down and read it until I was finished...Literally. I totally fell in love with every character in the book, maybe not the one bridesmaid, but pretty much everyone that mattered. I loved loved loved Madison and Chase. Madison was so damn funny and Chase was such a beautiful misunderstood man. I enjoyed being a part of their journey. This book had me thinking about My Best Friend’s Wedding and The Wedding Date. The book is nothing like these movies other than the feel good feelings it left me with once I was done reading.One thing I must say is that this author show more bleeds a bit of herself into the heroines she writes. I don’t know her in “real life” but based on the video chats and tweets, I feel like her personality shines through these characters making them likable and relatable. This, coupled with her amazing ability to weave a story, is why she is one of my favorite authors and this is why I will buy anything she writes. Congrats on your first adult contemporary! I can’t wait to read all the trillion books you have coming out this year! show less

Tempting the bestman
So the title and cover may hint us that this involved sexual scene, yes it has. But it isn't sound as erotic as you think of. Since the author of this book is the one and only Jennifer Armentrout. I thought I should hit this in one sitting, and yes I did. And indeed! This one's so light and funny to read. I absolutely enjoyed reading!

This book involves first love since at an early age that turns into massive explosion of butterflies as the year passes by, rejections and self pity for believing we can never be enough to anyone, and also the urge to fight to what we are actually feeling. And it completely has been written here in this book! In this amazing book of Jennifer Armentrout, Tempting the Best Man!! Hehehe I show more always love her writings! show less

Tempting the best man is I think the third book I've read from J. Lynn. It's not my favorite out of the three, but it certainly is a nice read.

The book starts with Maddie having to go to the wedding of her brother. She loves her brother and his bride to be, the real problem with the wedding is the best man. Maddie has been head over heels for Chase since she was a child. I found myself liking Maddie and when Chase is introduced, I really liked him as well.

When they are forced to share a cabin together the sparks fly everywhere and you'll be very interested to find out how things will develop from there. I also liked that for once the female main character wasn't a virgin, because there are just too many new adult books like that these show more days and I think it's a little unrealistic. I liked Chase, though the whole 'bad guy, but really deep down inside good guy' is a tad cliche.

So, all in all it was a very fun, enjoyable read for me. I give it three stars and not higher, because it's a very short story and there's all this build up during the story, but then the ending is completely rushed. A lot of things happened and changed and then changed again in the last 20 pages of the book and I just found myself wishing that the story was longer than it was, so that it didn't feel so rushed.

I'd recommend this book to people who are looking for a rather short, sweet, steamy read. show less

4 stars

This was cute. I found myself enjoying these characters as they fought their feelings. I did wish the author had fleshed out the last part of the story, especially where Chase came to realize his feelings, because it felt rushed and a little slapped together. They deserved more than that because the potential was there to be more.