Trivialized Pursuit
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Trivia (n.) 1) little-known facts. 2) a quiz game that has Roxanne Sloane questioning everything.
Roxanne Sloane’s life runs on checklists. As co-owner of a game store fresh off the brink of closing, she’s focused on spreadsheets, market research, and keeping Love & Games in the public eye. When Rox agrees to a televised interview, she doesn’t expect to learn the store’s crowd-funding account was compromised or that the news station has arranged a complimentary audit. She definitely doesn’t expect comfort from her co-owner’s player brother.
Murphy Sikes is many things—a handsome doctor, an overprotective brother, and a serial dater. Beyond casual hookups, he can’t separate settling from settling down. So, when he visits the store and finds Rox with a smooth-talking auditor, Murph's confused—his inconvenient attraction for his sister’s friend is joined by a not-at-all-brotherly tenderness. It’s definitely not jealousy when he invites her to trivia night...
With each battle of wits, their undeniable chemistry weakens their willpower to remain platonic. But Murph’s unconvinced he’ll check all her boxes, and Rox questions if he’ll ever settle down. Can they overcome their trivial hang-ups and finally win at love?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Heintzelman's utterly charming sequel to Monopolove returns to San Diego game shop Love & Games, this time turning the focus onto co-owner Rox Sloan, a finance whiz and Trivial Pursuit aficionado. Rox has spent a decade crushing on her friend Nadia's brother, Murphy "Murph" Theodore Sikes, a medical doctor, but she's shy about making a move. Meanwhile, Murph is wary of relationships in general after a lifetime observing his parents' seemingly loveless marriage. The pair are brought closer first by an epic bar trivia night, then by Rox's "Dirty-Thirty" birthday party in Las Vegas, leading to a steamy affair. With baggage on both sides, however, will they be able to make it last? Heintzelman makes the duo's communication issues believable, alternating between Rox and Murph's perspectives to show how Rox's insecurities and Murph's fears threaten to derail their romance. The author takes care in fleshing out her protagonists, making it easy to empathize with them both as the snappy plot unfurls. The result is an adorable contemporary romance that will especially please fans of the best friend's brother trope.
