I love Jennifer L. Armentrout and have enjoyed doing a deep dive into her earlier works. This novella is an enjoyable forced-proximity angsty romance. I can see the potential for her future works. I will certainly be reading the rest of this series. ( )

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 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! ( )

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. ( )

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 always love her writings! ( )

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 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. ( )