Business or Pleasure

                     

Title: Business or Pleasure

Author: Rachel Lynn Colomon

Published: Berkley, July 4, 2023

Pages: 384

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in "ghostwriter" until she attends a signing for a book she wrote—and the author doesn’t even recognize her. The evening turns more promising when she meets a charming man at the bar and immediately connects with him. But when all their sexual tension culminates in a spectacularly awkward hookup, she decides this is one night better off forgotten.

Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. Her next project is ghostwriting a memoir for Finn Walsh, a C-list actor best known for playing a lovable nerd on a cult classic werewolf show who now makes a living appearing at fan conventions across the country. But Chandler knows him better from their one-night stand of hilarious mishaps.

Chandler’s determined to keep their partnership as professional as possible, but when she admits to Finn their night together wasn’t as mind-blowing as he thought it was, he’s distraught. He intrigues her enough that they strike a deal: when they’re not working on his book, Chandler will school Finn in the art of satisfaction. As they grow closer both in and out of the bedroom, they must figure out which is more important, business or pleasure—or if there's a way for them to have both.

Have you ever met someone and felt the scorching chemistry, then when you finally got them in bed things fell a little flat? Chandler Cohen has. With Drew....or maybe Finn? Sure, she also finds out that he gave her the wrong name when she meets him at a business lunch...the morning after she snuck out of his hotel room...

This was great. Funny and poignant and overall, a good time. Chandler's character arc was rough at times. Like I know that we need to go through it to grow through it or whatever, but this girl did some SERIOUS self-sabotaging all over the place. She got there eventually, but some of the mile markers were harder to rationalize than others.

Finn was cute. His reaction to Chandler telling him that their first night together was less than stellar was way better than what you might expect. Certainly way better than what Chandler expected. I like that he was open to the criticism because he genuinely wanted to improve. Ethan would never have been that cool about it, for sure! 

Ratings

Stars: 4/5

Spice: 2/5