Why You'll Love This
He already knows she's the one — she's the only one who hasn't figured it out yet.
- Great if you want: a one-sided pining hero who's patient and genuinely charming
- The experience: breezy and fun with just enough slow-burn tension to keep turning pages
- The writing: Kennedy and Bowen trade dual POVs with sharp comedic timing and easy chemistry
- Skip if: you find oblivious heroines more frustrating than endearing
About This Book
What happens when the one person you absolutely cannot fall for is also the one person who won't let you pretend the connection isn't real? Jess Canning is already under enormous pressure hosting her brother's high-profile wedding, and the last thing she needs is the best man—charming, relentless, and infuriatingly hard to dismiss—refusing to play along with her very sensible decision to forget what happened between them. The tension here isn't just romantic; it's about a woman fighting to be taken seriously while her heart keeps staging a rebellion.
Kennedy and Bowen's co-writing partnership produces something genuinely distinct: the banter is sharper and faster than either author tends to deliver solo, and the dual perspective lets readers inhabit both characters' self-deceptions with equal affection. The pacing never drags—every scene earns its place—and the humor lands without undermining the emotional stakes. Jess and Blake feel like people with histories rather than archetypes, and their slow unraveling of defenses is the kind of romance that makes you slow down deliberately, reluctant to reach the end.