The Playboy Bachelor
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4.5 • 58 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Godparent Trap comes a laugh-out-loud modern fairy tale with a twist!
She's no Sleeping Beauty. And he's definitely no prince . . .
Margot McCleery could have lived her whole life without seeing Bentley Wellington again-her ex-best friend and the poster boy for Hot, Rich Man-Whores everywhere. But Margot's whiskey-augmented grandmother "buys" Bentley at a charity bachelor auction, and now suddenly he's at her door. Impossibly charming. Impossibly sexy. And still a complete and utter jackass.
Bentley's just been coerced by his grandfather to spend the next thirty days charming and romancing the reclusive red-haired beauty who hates him. The woman he abandoned when she needed him the most. Bentley knows just as much about romance as he knows about love-nothing. But the more time he spends with Margot, the more he realizes that "just friends" will never be enough. Now all he has to do is convince her to trust him with her heart . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's hard to make a hero out of a shallow guy who let his best friend down when she needed him the most, but Van Dyken manages it in her satisfying second Bachelors of Arizona contemporary (after The Bachelor Auction). Margot McCleery is still scarred by the accident that killed her parents. Even years later, she can't understand why her best friend, Bentley Wellington, never showed up to support her during that difficult time. Margot, who now has a thriving career as a romance author, has become a recluse. Her grandmother "buys" Bentley at the bachelor auction, hoping he'll pull Margot out of her shell. Bentley isn't exactly thrilled by the prospect, knowing Margot will never forgive him for abandoning her. The two angrily dance around each other until the emotional walls come down and they admit their true feelings. Readers will cheer for Margot, who has lost so much, and even Bentley, who has more depth than is initially apparent. Van Dyken succeeds with this well-characterized, tightly plotted tale.
Customer Reviews
Loved 💚
Margot is a shy book worm movie geek who has a crush on Bentley who is hot, wealthy, funny and one of her only friends. After some horrible events happen they both lose more then just each other. Two meddling grandparents think they're exactly what each of them need to snap out of their unhealthy lifestyles.
Book 2 in The Bachelors of Arizona series is just as good as the first. I enjoyed all of it. It's funny, has a heart breaking back story and amusing drama unfolding all at once. I can't wait for the next.
Great read
Another great read by Rachel. I love that this book is not what I was thinking it would be.