A lot of single-malt.
Shit. I’d better find some aspirin. And I’d better shut off my alarm, which is still trilling in the bedroom.
I grab my glasses from the table and put them on, then stand up slowly. Something clatters to the floor. It’s my phone.
Huh.
I bend carefully to retrieve it, because everything hurts and I want to die. The phone wakes up and glows brightly right in my eyes. Ouch. Everything is ouch.
Lifting my thumb to shutter the phone, I catch a glimpse of the text string on the screen.
They’re all in shouty caps.
Lots of them.
A long tirade authored by me.
To Hannah!
Oh. Shit.
The memory of my intention comes flooding back. And everything that seemed like a good idea late last night has turned out to be a horrible idea in the light of day. I only wanted to warn her. I just wanted to dispense some brotherly advice. But drunk brothers aren’t nearly as smart as they think they are.
Frantically, I scroll up through my rantings.
And it’s bad.
Like, awful advice. Delivered thoughtlessly.
This is . . .
Wow. I lost it last night. I owe Hannah a huge apology.
But when I finally reach the top of my drunken rant, it gets even worse. This is a whole new level of mortification. Because Hannah wasn’t the only one I’d texted. I hit reply to Hannah’s last message—in the group chat where Asher invited me to the engagement party. Kill me now.
I groan so loudly that Blackbeard leaps off the coffee table with a wake-the-dead meow.
“Yeah,” I say, my voice cracking with disuse. “This is so bad.”
He looks up at me and mewls again. But not in sympathy. He only wants his breakfast.
So I stagger toward the kitchen, knowing that Blackbeard will be the only one happy to see me today.
I am officially the worst brother ever. And? The cherry on top of this shit sundae? I still have to go to that party. But I’ll do it. For Hannah.
Even though the last thing in the whole world I want to do is see my sister, her groom, and his superhot best friend tonight.
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THE BEST MEN BY LAUREN BLAKELY AND SARINA BOWEN
Bestselling authors Sarina Bowen and Lauren Blakely team up for the first time in an enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, irresistibly sexy standalone romance between the best man and the other best man!
In my defense, I was left alone with a bottle of single-malt and a life-long penchant for protecting my baby sister. Still, that's no excuse to send ten drunk-texts on why her hasty marriage would be a mistake.
If only I had just texted my sister. But nope. I accidentally sent the message to her, her groom, and his super hot wingman.
I also used the phrase “super hot wingman,” so I’d like to die now.
Instead, I have to plan a wedding with the aforementioned hottie and share a too-small guesthouse in steamy Miami.
Three days in the sun with the cocky, charming former athlete who likes to push my buttons? Fine, two can play at that let’s-infuriate-each-other game.
Until Asher ups the stakes with one wildly sexy suggestion. A no-strings fling, then I go back to my single dad life in New York, and he returns to his star-studded one.
Sign me up.
But the more nights I spend with the other best man, the more I want days too, and that just can't happen. Especially when I find out the real reason why…
Contents Include: First times, a secret to-do list, champion-level flirting, fast cars, #eggplants, and two men who look good in formal wear.
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A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sweet, sexy and witty. She also writes red-hot, sexy romance and USA Today bestselling LGBTQ romance.
With fourteen New York Times bestsellers, her titles have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists more than 100 times, with more than 55 titles on the USA Today Bestsellers list alone. She’s sold more than 4.5 million books. A graduate of Brown University, Lauren likes dogs, cake and show tunes and she is the vegetarian at your dinner party.
ABOUT SARINA BOWEN
Sarina Bowen's contemporary and LGBT romance novels have hit the USA Today bestsellers list twenty times. Formerly a Wall Street derivatives trader, Sarina holds a BA in economics from Yale University. She lives in New Hampshire with her family, nine chickens, and more ink pens than any one person really needs.