Man Candy

By: Melanie Harlow

Narrated by: Lee Samuels, Brooke Bloomingdale

Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's Summary

He's back.

Not just back in town, but living in the flat right beneath mine. And he looks good enough to eat, which is just one more reason to stay away from him. But I can't resist.

The sex is incredible (pretty sure we've shaken the house right off its foundation), but he can't fool me - not this time. A degree in marketing and five years in advertising have taught me that "true love" is a fairy tale used to sell lipstick, diamonds, and perfume. It doesn't exist.

He thinks I'm wrong, and he wants to prove it.

I think he's crazy, so I dare him to try.

It might be the biggest mistake of my life.

©2016 Melanie Harlow (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Almost Great

This book was so close to awesome for me. Let me preface this by saying that my issues are entirely due to personal preference and nothing to do with the writing or performance. In face, the narration was great by both parties and the story itself was sexy and fun but there was one thing that just kept getting under my skin enough that it detracted from my experience. The heroine. Again, it's entirely personal preference, but she just got on my nerves. The neurosis and the irrationality just made me want to reach through the headphones and give her a smack. She's the kind of woman who drives me nuts in real life. Who says one thing and tries to push the man away and then gets pissed off when the man doesn't try to pursue her. It's beyond aggravating. The whole saying one thing but expecting the guy to read your mind and know you mean something else. Grrrr...

✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫

This was a very sweet love story with REALLY hot sex scenes! I love the twist from other books like it, usually the men are the ones afraid of commitment in the books I've read but this one has a very confident man who knows what he want! This book left me smiling!

The narration was great, love them both!

Also, Love the reference to Logan O’Toole from Porn Star which I just finished yesterday :)

Sinfully Seductive, Satisfyingly Sweet!

…. And the best part of Man Candy, it's calorie free!

I loved this five star audio! Harlow delivers a steamy, yummy, sexy, funny romance that will satisfy both your naughty and nice fantasies. The witty banter and sexy games Quinn and Jaime play will get your heart racing, make you blush, and have you craving more.

Some spoilers;
When Jamie was a teenager, she confessed her feelings to her brother's best friend Quinn; however, Quinn deflects her admission in part out of respect for the family who's been good to him. He didn't feel it would be right to take advantage of the situation. He's devastatingly handsome and soon lands a modeling job that takes him away for one modeling gig after another.

Years later, Jaime is all grown up and has a successful career but life has taught her true love doesn't exist. She's happy with her life, and close friends, but doesn't believe she needs a man or a relationship to make her happy. Oh, she will date from time to time, have hot sex but with her rules she will never commit or say the "L" word.

Jamie and her brother both own an apartment building that has two apartments attached. She lives in one of the apartments; however, her brother decides to temporarily rent out the other apartment to Quinn who is back in town because he is wants to start working on changing careers. At first, Jamie doesn't want anything to do with Quinn, but he soon convinces her to go out on a date in an attempt to convince her love does exist. Quinn finds Jamie's walls and rules are tough barriers but he works patiently to break through them all.

Man Candy had me smiling, blushing, swooning and laughing, and I devoured, savored and craved every minute. It was well worth the time and credit, and I'm happy to have found another author to follow.

Lee Samuels and Brooke Bloomingdale performance rocked. I loved how they delivered all the sweet, sultry, steamy scenes. I look forward to listening to more audios by either of these narrators.

Meh

I couldn't get into this book. I still have 4 hours left and just can't finish it. Just not the book for me. I wasn't a fan of the heroine in this, at all. I couldn't connect with her, so I don't even care about how this book ends.

Hard time connecting with characters

The main character (Jaime) drove me insane. First she fell for this guy when she was younger, he broke her heart then he falls for her but she refuses to start a relationship because of him and some more happens from there. All in six weeks. The way the story line started between them two was so confusing to me. It all happened all way to fast. This book to me was unreasonable, unreal, disconnected, and fast paced in terms of relationship development. Jaime seemed a bit chaotic, irrational, disturbed. And the freaking talks about social media and GNO's, and hashtags, and the scrolling and the pictures and the stalking. The reactions of the characters in most of the scenarios lost me. I stopped this book several times and said I can't continue on after a few paragraphs of "What on earth?".

In the end I was so excited I got through this book. I wouldn't recommend it though.

Don’t judge a book by its title!

I went into this expecting the every day rom com book that was funny and filled with all the good things. Don’t get me wrong I laughed out loud at parts, and the chemistry and dirty talk were all the things. I promise. But this ended up being way more than I expected. I was expecting the resistance to love and normally they unexpectedly fall in love. But this went beyond that. Her resistance truly went to the point of truly accepting that we sometimes need help. I love that it was not just about some big speech and they get back together. She really had to work on her issues with herself before she could truly move forward. She’s also so realistic to a lot of women these days. It is a much different world for a woman now. Somehow you made Quinn the hero believable as a hot carefree guy with a dirty mouth who is also in love with this girl from the beginning. He is seriously amazing. That is a hard male to master. Plus holy cow I always forget how good Lee Samuels is and Brooke Bloomingdales was amazing. I really loved this book.

PERFECT.. A CALORIE FREE TREAT

Who amongst us can resist a title like this.. well not me - and I'm so glad I delved right into this little treat because it delivered so much more than the obvious Man Candy. There was a 27 yr old woman who'd convinced herself that true love didn't exist and her handsome adolescent crush, who'd been away modelling for 10 years, was now back - and he patiently took the time to show her she was wrong wrong wrong. And he did this in the most amusing, tender, sexy, touching and irresistible way.

The main and secondary characters were great, the conversations flowed nicely, the chemistry sizzled, the plot was unique, entertaining and there were parts that were lol funny, the writing was well paced, the sex was hot and the romance was perfect. Dual POV's and good narration.

Worth a credit? YES.. it ticked all my boxes.

Started really good.

Ended poorly. The idea of the story was great, but middle and ending was boring. Besides I didn't believe her for a second that she didn't want commitment.
Narration was great

HOT and SWEET

Finally, a book that is hot and sweet but doesn't give me that feeling at some point where it is gut-wrenching with emotions. I needed this!

I loved this book

I really liked this book.

It was very well written, and the story has you falling in love with the characters. While I'm not as extreme as Jaimie, I'm one of those woman that are not very emotional. I don't want to be touched constantly, or talk about my feelings... yuck. With that said I do love my husband of 10 years deary, and he's learned to deal with my quirks. ;)
So I can relate to her character and that drew me in to the story even more.

I loved Quinn too, my only complaint would be that he was too sweet. He seemed like the girl in the relationship; I needed him to be more manly, or cocky... or something. He was just missing something.

Excellent

Fantastic story, something different which makes a refreshing change! narration is fantastic. would highly recommend !