In Good Company

An Ex's Brother Billionaire Romance (Pembroke Hills, Book 1)

De: Kat Singleton

Narrado por: Connor Crais, Erin Mallon

From the #1 bestselling billionaire romance author of Black Ties & White Lies comes an all new series set at an exclusive country club in the Hamptons. In Good Company is an ex's brother, billionaire, private chef, forced proximity romance.

Callahan Hastings is relentless when it comes to getting what he wants, and what he wants is me–to be his private chef in the Hamptons for the summer.

My dream job served to me on a silver platter by one of the wealthiest members of Pembroke Hills Country Club.

The only catch? He’s my ex-boyfriend’s older brother with a reputation for being as charming as he is cunning.

But Cal doesn’t take no for an answer. He draws you in with flirty smiles and extravagant promises.

I should have seen him coming, but I didn’t. I should have stayed away, but I couldn’t.

His playful touches and burning gaze have ignited a fire in me. The more I resist him, the more irresistible he becomes.

I've always known there's an expiration date on the job–an expiration date on us.

But leaving isn't going to be easy with Cal on his knees, begging me to stay...

©2025 Kat Singleton, LLC (P)2025 Kat Singleton, LLC

Cute Book

It is a really cute book… I gave performance a 4⭐️ because there are a lot of pauses with the female lead.

I love a down bad pathetically in love man!!!!!

Callahan Hastings is the epitome of a pathetically in love man and I love him for that. Every time he said “Lucy Baby” I melted a little bit

HOT HOT HOT

In Good Company by Kat Singleton is the perfect spring or summer read set at a fancy country club and in the Hamptons. It’s a billionaire boss x private chef romance, but with an extra layer of forbidden because it’s ex-boyfriend’s brother!! Cal had me blushing from start to finish! He falls first and harder, insists Lucy eats with him after she cooks for him because he genuinely cares about her, and spoils her every chance he gets. OH, and he’s real generous with the “good girls.” Plus, the age gap? YES PLEASE! And if you’re listening to the audiobook, the duet narration makes it even hotter.

In FANTASTIC Company

dare i say, my favorite kat book to date?!

so first things first:
the setting! there's something about the hamptons/country club setting in this one that just had me giddy. maybe because we're finally getting nice weather - either way i was immersed into it so completely while reading

the characters:
god lucy and cal are just... so good. i love how stubborn lucy is. she was such a good FMC. and cal was down SO BAD FOR HER!! i ate it up. cal truly is baby girl. the way that insta lust hit him so hard really set the tone for this whole book. oh, to be 💖lucy baby💖

the narration:
so admittedly i received an earc for this and my eyeball reading has been SO SLOW lately (life of a FTM with a 6 month old) and only made it halfway.. so i preordered the audiobook and listened to the entire book in one day. this is an instant FAVORITE AUDIO ever. connor and erin worked amazing together in this duet narration. connor moaning the word "fuck" changed my dna. i may or may not have rewound the audio to listen to it about 15 times in a row. i highly recommend doing the audio for this one if you enjoy audiobooks!

all in all - this book just hit right. billionaire romances aren't always my favorite, but the country club setting and characters really brought a freshness and lightness to this story that has me wishing i was in the hamptons right now (and i have never cared about the hamptons before a day in my life)

thank you soo much to kat for my early copy of this, all opinions are my own

Golden retriever billionaire

My second book by this author and still not impressed. I would call this an instant love by the MMC, not a forbidden romance. He fell fast and he fell hard while not knowing anything about her! He didn’t know where she went to school, what her parents did, that she had dead brothers!! Yet, he had not fallen for anyone in his life and he was head over heels for this girl cause she told him no once? And to try to win her love he spent tens of thousands on her without knowing who she is. Just how she looks when she orgasms. Seems strange to me.
However, the narrators were 🔥

Exes Hot Brother!

One Sentence Synopsis
Cal is not only my boss but her is also my exs brother, all I should do is stay away from him but he is making it impossible.

POV
First, Single

Audio Details
Duet, some of my favorite narrators so glad to have gotten around to listen to this one.

Tropes
- Exes Brother
- Age Gap
- Billionaire
- Her Boss
- Forced Proximity

Main Characters
FMC-Lucy
MMC-Cal (Callahan)

Thoughts
I have only ever read the exes brother trope from Kat Singleton and it is one of my favorite things that she writes. I love so many things about this. Cal is down bad for Lucy right out of the gate and oh man it was so good. He was so soft for her and he just wanted to do anything he could do for her, and he had the money to do it. Lucy had so much she was holding on to that Cal really just supported her through. My only complaint is that Cal’s backstory had a little more depth to it. We never really got any of his story and I think that would have added so much to the story. I loved the resolution between Cal and Oliver at the end and I’m glad it didn’t end up being drama for dramas sake. The conclusion of the whole story was *chef kiss* it was so soft and sweet.

The female narrator ruined it.

She sounds like a news reporter. Impersonal and lacking character except during dialogue, which absolutely ruins the story flow. Completely ruined it.

Great Story❤️

So glad to be able to read this book absolutely love it! So glad Probably Smut Picked this book for May BOTM so need to be put on your TBR!!🥰

summer listen again

I was suprised i didnt see that this was duet so I was happy by first chapter Connor Crais and Erin are already talented, but duet is always my cup of tea. I loved the story it was so cute broody billionaire and sunshine private chef in the Hamptons during the summer YES PLEASE! Im excited for other books she is going to do in this interconnected standalones 🥰

Slightly Missed the Mark for Me

I really wanted to love this one—and for the first quarter, I kind of did. The setup had so much potential: flirty banter, tension you could cut with a knife, and a juicy premise. Cal is a charming, spoiled (but mostly sweet) billionaire summering in the Hamptons. Lucy is the ex-girlfriend of Cal’s brother, working as a caterer to pay off her dad’s medical bills before returning to Virginia to run the family business. When Cal sees how poorly her boss treats her, he makes her an offer she can’t refuse—and she accepts, despite the complicated history and her not-so-secret attraction to him.

The chemistry? Undeniable. The spice? Hot—easily a 4/5. But the actual relationship just didn’t work for me. Cal falls into insta-love territory pretty fast, constantly doting on Lucy with heart-eyes and wealth, while Lucy pretends she doesn’t even know him (for reasons I still don’t fully understand). Their dynamic felt off—he’s all in, she’s emotionally shut down—and that imbalance kept me from feeling invested.

There’s a big miscommunication moment that should’ve been a major turning point but is resolved way too quickly to feel earned. And I’ve got to be honest: if I never hear “Lucy baby” again, it’ll be too soon. It was a lot.

Overall, I’d give In Good Company 2.5 stars. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t love it either. The pacing dragged in places (some spicy scenes lasted chapters), and both characters started to grate on me—Cal with his “I always get what I want” energy and Lucy constantly pushing him away without letting him in.

That said, I’ve enjoyed other books by Kat Singleton, so I’m chalking this up as a one-off miss. If you’re here for angst, steam, and a billionaire romance in a beach town setting, you might still enjoy the ride.