The Charm Offensive (Unabridged)
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4.5 • 141 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
A 2022 Audie Award Finalist
A MOST ANTICIPATED ROM-COM SELECTED BY * BUZZFEED * LGBTQ READS * BUSTLE * THE NERD DAILY * ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT * FROLIC MEDIA * AND MORE!
A BEST BOOK PICK BY * HARPER’S BAZAAR * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“The Charm Offensive will sweep you off your feet.” —PopSugar
In this witty and heartwarming romantic comedy—reminiscent of Red, White & Royal Blue and One to Watch—an awkward tech wunderkind on a reality dating show goes off-script when sparks fly with his producer.
Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise’s history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.
Charlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. He doesn’t believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. In front of the cameras, he’s a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. Behind the scenes, he’s cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.
As Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they’ll have to reconsider whose love story gets told.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
“Happily ever after” takes an unexpected turn in this delightful rom-com. True romantic Dev Deshpande is a producer on the reality TV show Ever After, coaching contestants to find their own Prince Charmings. His latest project is Charles Winshaw, a disgraced tech wunderkind hoping to mend his broken public image. Coaching Charlie is no easy task, but Dev manages to build a rapport based on humor, honesty—and unexpected attraction. Alison Cochrun’s breezy, comfortable style makes listening to The Charm Offensive a beguiling pleasure, and she explores deeper issues—like Dev’s depression and Charlie’s panic disorder—with thoughtfulness and compassion. Narrators Vikas Adam and Graham Halstead are terrific storytellers, drawing us in with their warmth and earnestness. Fans of books like Red, White & Royal Blue and Boyfriend Material will fall in love with this intensely sweet romance.
Customer Reviews
Love the setting
I am not sure how to sing the praises of this book without spoilers so I will jus stay this…. If you read it, you won’t regret it.
The tension!!!!
I loved it. Like sometimes I had to pause because things were happening & I couldn’t deal with it but that’s just because so many things were happening!!!!! Loved it.