Deal Takers: A Frenemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy

Dealing with Love, Volume 2

By: Laura Lee

Narrated by: Stephanie Murphy

My dick can be a real bastard sometimes. When he takes charge, I’ve been known to do a lot of stupid shit, despite the fact I have a genius IQ. Case in point: How I met the woman of my dreams.

Now, I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I don’t regret that moment of idiocy one bit. It may have been one of the most embarrassing moments of my life, but you know what they say about first impressions, right? Well, I can guarantee that I made quite the impression that evening. (Don't worry; I’ll tell you all the gory details later.)

Most days, she acts like she hates me - probably because I behave like an ass - but we both know the truth: Rainey O’Neil wants me just as much as I want her - she just doesn’t want to admit it.

Good thing I’ve never been one to back down from a challenge.

Deal Takers is the second installment in the Dealing with Love world but can be listened to as a stand-alone.

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I loved this!

Brody has been after Rainey for years. He saw her, and wanted her from the beginning. He keeps going after her... even through an engagement (hers).

Rainey has been cheated on in every relationship she has had. And she expects no better from anyone, so she keeps Brody at arms length even when he tells her how he feels.

This was an excellent story and a great listen! I loved the characters Laura Lee created , and their stories. Stephanie Murphy is a great voice for this!!!

Enjoyed this story!

Loved this story! The characters were great. I think the narration would have been better with a male and female narrator. Stephanie did a great job with the narration but a few times I got lost as to who was saying what.
I requested this free audiobook and am giving an honest review voluntarily!
Worth a listen!

Adorable Fun!

This is my first book by Stephanie Murphy and I really enjoyed it. It was a super fun listen! It had a little of everything, sweet, serious, laughs. Such a good listen I really enjoyed myself.
I want to hear more about this serious now! I feel invested.
Stephanie did an awesome job bringing this story to life!

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Fun!

What a fun romantic comedy! Brody is hilarious- very immature but sweet so I found him endearing rather than annoying. Rainey is much more uptight but then together, they worked because they balanced each other out. This is a (forced) friends to lover romance where they were put together because they have friends in common. Brody keeps coming on to Rainey while Rainey avoids him but finds it hard to keep the attraction at bay. Throughout the relationship, Brody is often so sweet in taking care of Rainey and I love that some of the scenes show a more “realistic” view of a relationship (take the scene after eating contaminated food and how he takes care of her. Aww) Both the characters' internal musings (including when Brody provides "tips" to the listeners about what is realistic in a relationship) provide a lot of chuckles. I really enjoyed this book though Rainey's push pull was a little too drawn out.

This is the second book in the series and there are a lot of characters that will go through the books. I didn’t read the first book in the series before listening to this book and I do think that it would have been better to read in order just because there are so many characters. The supporting characters are pretty lovable too.

I bought the book but received the audiobook upon request. This is a dual POV book so i definitely think it's better to have a male and female narrator rather than just the female narrator. I've never listened to a book with Stephanie Murphy and while she was good, I couldn’t always tell which character was speaking- there wasn’t enough differentiation between the different characters and given how many characters there are in this book, it did make the listening experience a little more difficult. However, overall, it was still an enjoyable listen.

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Good book

This book had me laughing a lot. Comical with romance is my favorite kind of book. This book makes it a more realistic love story.