By Denise Williams
Star rating: ★★★★☆
Blurb
After butting heads, an event planner and a wedding officiant begin an enemies with benefits arrangement as wedding bells chime around them in the newest rom-com from acclaimed author Denise Williams.
Divorce attorney RJ would never describe herself as romantic. But when she ends up officiating an unplanned wedding for a newly engaged couple in a park, her life is turned upside down. The video of the ceremony goes viral, and she finds herself in the unlikely position of being a sought-after local wedding officiant. Spending her free time overseeing "I dos" isn't her most strategic career move, but she enjoys it, except for the type A dude-bro wedding planner she's forced to work with.
Former pro-football event manager Lear is a people person, but after his longtime girlfriend betrayed him, he isn't looking for love. He knows how to execute events and likes being in control, so working with an opinionated and inflexible officiant who can't stand him is not high on his list. He's never had trouble winning people over, but RJ seems immune to his charms.
Surrounded by love at every turn, their physical attraction pulls them together despite their best efforts to stay an arm's length apart. Lear refuses to get hurt again. RJ refuses to let herself be vulnerable to anyone. But when it comes to happily ever after, their clients might not be the only ones saying "I do."
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Read if you Like:
💍 Enemies to lovers
💍 Workplace romance
💍 Wedding industry setting
💍 Friends with benefits
💍 Sworn off relationships
My Thoughts:
Do You Take This Man is a funny and emotional romcom about two people who have been hurt before falling in love and having to accept their feelings.
RJ and Lear have the opposite of a meet-cute, the meet and don't like each other. I liked that when RJ told Lear that he had annoyed her he listened (after his sister told him he was being annoying). I enjoy stories where both people are lonely and fill that void for each other.
I recommend this one for anyone who likes a romcom with a wedding setting and likes enemies to friends with benefits to lovers!
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