Mad About the Man

August 10, 2015
It’s unfortunate that this shallow third book in Warren’s Graysons contemporary series (after The Man Plan) comes too late for summer vacation, since it would be an ideal beach read. Handsome billionaire Maddox Monroe is the kind of guy who calls a woman a “creamy little cheese” in front of professional colleagues. Brie Grayson is the kind of woman who willingly accepts that treatment in exchange for making partner at her high-powered New York law firm. It’s hard to get too emotionally involved with these players, especially once Warren’s fans realize how much their scenario mirrors the setup of her 2015 Regency romance, The Bedding Proposal. Maddox, armed with all the social and financial power in their situation, tells Brie he’s going to have sex with her. She mocks his arrogance. Soon thereafter, she capitulates to his relentless advances, overwhelmed by lust. The plot is a slight thing, and it occurs mostly in the last few pages. But the intervening encounters are high-octane erotic, and the details of Maddox’s one-percenter lifestyle are luscious. Agent: Helen Breitwieser, Cornerstone Literary Agency.

September 15, 2015
Brie Grayson is a workaholic lawyer hoping to make partner at a prestigious New York firm. A tennis match in the Hamptons is supposed to land billionaire hotel magnate MJ Monroe as a client. Monroe turns out, however, to be the obnoxious boy who tormented Brie in the seventh grade, and after he makes a comment which brings all that misery back, she serves the ball right at his face, breaking his nose. Expecting to be fired, Brie is shocked to find that he has signed with her firm on the condition that she be made partner and his attorney. Despite their combative history, an intense sexual relationship develops, and just when it looks like they might have a chance at genuine happiness, their pasts catch up to them and threaten to tear them apart. Hot sex, glamorous lifestyles, and close family relationships all play an essential role in Warren's (The Last Man on Earth, 2014) third Graysons romance.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)