Book Review: "The Best Men" by Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely

It was the late-night scotch. That’s what Mark can blame for his drunk texting. With his younger sister getting engaged pretty quickly, he wanted to be sure she really had thought things through. But he sent a group text by mistake, which included his sister’s fiancé and Asher, his best man, whom Mark referred to as a “super hot wingman.”

Oops.

And now Mark, as his sister’s best man, is stuck having to handle a lot of the wedding logistics with Asher, who is a sexy and cocky former soccer player. Asher knows how to push every one of Mark’s buttons, which both frustrates him and turns him on. But it’s been a very long time since Mark has been with a guy, as he married his college girlfriend when she got pregnant. For Asher, Mark's nerdiness and love of spreadsheets is a definite turn-on, too.

Mark and Asher take a trip to Miami to tie down all of the last-minute details, and their attraction boils over, especially when they stay in a guesthouse together. So Asher suggests a no-strings-attached fling for the days leading up to the wedding. But the more time they spend together, the more each thinks about wanting it to be more than a fling. Could Mark make a relationship work along with co-parenting his young daughter? Would Asher want to settle down?

I have been a fan of Sarina Bowen’s books for a long while, and this pairing with Lauren Blakely really worked for me. It had romance, banter, serious steam, and emotional depth, with two great characters to root for.