If he did, he was so tempting to look at, and so not fooled into thinking that she was ready to hate him solely because he was a man, she would do it. Two of whom happened to be her best friends. “What the hell does that mean?” Because of his affinity for having one lady for years at a time, Jack had never been on a dating app. Green-­eyed Jack was looking at her as though he was starved for her. It was kind of sexy that he wasn’t afraid of her, that he didn’t buy her pains­takingly cultivated bitchy exterior. • He was probably just drunk enough to step outside of his comfort zone to hit on her. Jack Nolan is a gentleman, a journalist, and unlucky in love. If he’d met Maggie on an app, he wouldn’t have been able to figure out that the lotion she wore smelled like lilacs. While some books light paths with their words,other books don’t need words to shine. They’d retreated, but he’d advanced. Coming Soon / Contemporary Fiction. Try to convince her. Then he sweet-­talked Mrs. Jankowski at the flower shop into finding lilacs in Chicago, in September, just because Maggie’s sister had told him that they were Maggie’s favorite flower. ISBN “We’re not going to”—­she lowered her voice and leaned into him—­“you know, do it.”. “Nope.” He bent down close enough that his breath touched her ear when he said, “I just want to spend more time with you. My friends are assholes, but I think those apps make it easy to be.”, “Exactly.” One cheek muscle flexed, and the dimple was back. Jack Nolan is a gentleman, a journalist, and unlucky in love. In her experience, guys like him did not flirt with women like her unless they were drunk or trying to slake their curiosity about dating a biracial girl. He could finally do the kind of shit that he liked—­watch the game with a beer or five, sleep until noon, bring bread into the house without ruining someone’s gluten-­free cleanse. But that didn’t stop her from saying, “Well, then. Not the Girl You Marry (eBook) : Christopher, Andie J. : How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days gets a millennial makeover in this romantic comedy by USA Today-bestselling author, Christopher. After Noah, she’d sworn to herself that she wouldn’t be foolish enough to believe that someone could want her for something other than a few rolls between the sheets, and a Hey, babe, that was fun, but I’m just not looking for a girlfriend right now. The dimples that bisected the stubble had a feral quality that made her want to touch him. For two days, she was subjected to the I’m Trying to Prove I’m Not Racist variety show. He and Lauren had lasted through their senior year at Michigan and a shitty apartment with six roommates in the Bronx while he’d studied for his master’s at Columbia and she’d waited tables at a craptastic Midtown tourist trap and raced to and from off-­off-­Broadway auditions. Hell, he’d even started working for the school paper because Katie was going to be a journalist when she grew up. His gaze stopped right next to Chris and Joey on the ass of a woman in a tiny black dress that didn’t match her gray moccasins. And the warmth melted some of her righteous indignation on behalf of her friends. When he didn’t, she adjusted her over-­the-­shoulder bag and shifted away from him. That British guy hadn’t been a Boy Scout, and he for sure didn’t know all the best sex knots to tie. Due to a combination of good looks and lucky (or unlucky?) “Yeah.” Joey swiped left. 9781984802682 An Indie Next and LibraryReads Pick “Not The Girl You Marry is funny, heartfelt, and super sexy!”—Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author “Sharp, smart, and sexy—a perfectly executed role-swapped How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.We absolutely adored Hannah’s verve and ambition, and Jack’s delicious pursuit of the woman he wanted to deserve.”—Christina Lauren, … She didn’t understand how people ever actually made it to sex with someone they’d never met before. Reviews. No one looked quite as miserable as him, though. He’d never have clocked Lauren’s sassy walk across the stage in the production of Hello, Dolly! Not the Girl You Marry is supposed to be a re-telling of the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. But that would have made them even more uncomfortable. Related Posts. Jack’s editor offers him a political assignment in return for a story on how to lose a girl at the same time that Hannah wants her boss to think she’s in relationship so she’ll be allowed to branch out to planning weddings. Andie J. Christopher’s latest contemporary romance, Not the Girl You Marry, is a gender-swapped, millennial revamp of rom-com classic How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. “Not The Girl You Marry is funny, heartfelt, and super sexy!”—Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author “Sharp, smart, and sexy—a perfectly executed role-swapped How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.We absolutely adored Hannah’s verve and ambition, and Jack’s delicious pursuit of the woman he wanted to deserve.”—Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author After that, Maggie Doonan hadn’t needed any more convincing that he was the perfect half-­formed man for her. Due to a combination of good looks and lucky (or unlucky?) “Then you’ll realize that it’s kill or be killed. And then—­once they realized that she wasn’t entirely domesticated—­they wanted her to disappear. The idea that they would need to stage some sort of intervention with him over the nonexistent state of his love life was freaking preposterous. Never forget that men were the enemy, regardless of how friggin’ sexy his smile was. Not even with a raised middle finger partially obscuring her face. How? After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, she's been slow to reenter the dating scene. The only thing about his relationship with Katie that had stuck past her semester in Paris, and her subsequent new relationship with some French douche named Julian, was his career in journalism and a broken heart. “I’m flattered that you were thinking about getting ­naked with me.”, “I wasn’t.” She shook her head and looked down at her shoes. Not the Girl You Marry (Book) : Christopher, Andie J. : Jack Nolan is a gentleman, a journalist, and a would-be investigative reporter. “Not your business.” She hated how warm his slow perusal of her made her feel, as though he’d already seen her naked. … “I’m not look­ing to get caught up with a girl so ugly I gotta put a bag over her head.”, Yeah, he definitely should have drowned both Chris and Joey twenty years ago. Especially the pretty ones who looked at her like she was their favorite slice of cake. He’d grown up with them; they’d all graduated from Leo together. His boss told him he was “too handsome to break real news,” but more important, he would be laid off if he didn’t shift with the times. Probably sensing that she would leave if he gave her an iota of the space that she ought to crave. Summary: How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days gets a millennial makeover in this romantic comedy by USA Today bestselling author Andie J. Christopher. Good God. Jack Nolan is a journalist at an internet media company who’s trying to get into harder hitting assignments, and Hannah Mayfield is an event planner at a prestigious firm who’s trying to prove she’s got the chops to move into the major leagues—weddings. She was surprised that at least half the panties in the room didn’t incinerate under the force of his grin. Then he still wouldn’t call, and it would be even worse than if he was just some guy she’d talked to in a bar one night. And they always left—­usually because they just didn’t want anything serious right now. His straight white teeth said that his parents had been able to afford braces. Then the stupid asshole smiled at her again. • November 18, 2019 • This month, cozy up to a bunch of pro ballplayers who end up solving their relationship hassles by reading romance, a gender-flipped classic rom-com and an intrepid Victorian lady ghostbuster. For those fed up with the world of dating apps, Christopher’s story … She drained her drink and put the glass on the bar. “That many drinks?” No wonder he was flirting with her. As he stood at the bar of a speakeasy in Wicker Park, after waiting fifteen minutes for an artisanal old-­fashioned made with, like, artisanal cherries and orange peels scraped off with the bar­tender’s artisanal hipster fingernails or some shit, he’d been without a girlfriend for six months. NPR Summary. He would ask for her number so he could try to sweet-­talk her into no-­strings-­attached sex—­if he didn’t come right out and ask her if she wanted to bone that night. That had to be the moment when Legs turned around. She’d winked at him while they’d learned the fight song at some stupid mixer for first-­year students. So, of course, I wanted to read it. She looked down to the mostly melted ice and rye in her glass. As demonstrated by the fact that they were wearing suits for a Saturday night out in the hipster hell that was Wicker Park, so they could stand around a bar that served overpriced, fussy drinks while looking at their phones and not talking to any of the women actually in the room. He was citified masculinity that wasn’t quite civilized. Privacy Policy If he died ignominiously, she wouldn’t have to think about him tomorrow or next week and wonder if he wasn’t a shithead of the same brand as every other man in this city. You’re the best man I know, Jack. He ran his finger under his collar, longing for his worn Michigan football ­T-­shirt instead of a stupid button-­down. “I didn’t think about that at all.”, “I must be losing my touch, then.” He wasn’t. There were parts I really liked and others were I thought: what was the author thinking! Berkley And no wonder Chris had been single since dumping Jack’s sister, Bridget, a year and a half ago. Fiction Romance. • I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. Still, he scanned the dark bar to see whatever other unfortunate souls found themselves ripped from the warm embrace of their college sports or Netflix queues. breaks, he's become the how-to guy for a buzzy, internet media company instead of covering hard-hitting politics. He’d moved a little closer since she’d turned around ready to tear his buddies apart. Since her father had evaporated as soon as the pregnancy test came back positive, and her mother had been busy working to pay for her education, she’d been on her own with Joe’s family. "Not the girl you marry is funny, heartfelt, and super sexy! Although that was a harsh statement to lob at an innocent bystander, she couldn’t risk showing any weakness in the face of the enemy. The girl you date thrives on constant attention from you. Which brought her to Jack. He choked on his cocktail, and she barely fought the desire to bump his back until his windpipe cleared. “Why are you so angry?” He seemed genuinely perplexed, and honestly, she didn’t know why she was so angry, either. Pub: November 12, 2019. She looked around; his friends had made themselves scarce as well. She wondered what he’d do if she put her fingertip in it. “I mean, seriously. Way too much for her own good. that he’d been reviewing for the Michigan Daily when he’d first seen her. Andie J. Christopher. He’d been into new experiences in general—­mostly drugs, loose women, and never finishing a paper on time—­but she’d mistaken his curiosity about her for genuine interest. With a little bit of citrus and bourbon on his breath. With the face and the muscles and the nice-­guy veneer, he could have been getting a half-­decent blow job instead of shooting his shot with her. “Yeah, you’ll eat your words when you’re forced to swim in the waters of Tinder, loser.” Chris pointed back at him, finally looking up from his phone. If she left now, she could be home in time and sober enough to pretend he was attached to her favorite vibrator. Directed by William C. McGann. Maybe she should slap him. And, two years of near constant shagging after that, he’d watched her get in her parents’ SUV to leave him for Harvard. In the middle of a crowded bar, with multiple options for egress, she was pinned in place because he’d smiled at her. For the first time in his adult life, he was figuring out what he liked instead of contorting himself into the kind of guy Maggie, Katie, or Lauren needed. She was like a sexy, rabid raccoon. breaks, he's become the how-to guy for a buzzy, internet media company instead of covering hard-hitting politics. 18 July 2019. “Spent all day dealing with a bridezilla?” He took a sip of his drink, and she didn’t roll her eyes at his stupid, sexist comment. He liked that she was a challenge. Her hesitation at this point was pure self-­preservation. “It means he’s not matching with any of the hot girls,” Chris piped in as he swiped right multiple times. There’s a lot of angst in this story about 20-something-year-old professionals, and if Cher had been either of their bosses she would’ve told them to just “snap out of it,” but don’t let the relative immaturity of the main couple turn you away from a promising new voice in romance. It was damn sweaty in this goddamned hole of a bar that didn’t have decent beer or a television. Buy From a Local Bookstore. He hadn’t even seen her face yet, but he knew that she was like whisky in woman form; he felt his judgment cloud and high-­minded ideas about bachelorhood vacate the premises. Find BookPage, About BookPage “You shouldn’t shop for a partner like you shop for groceries.”, Advice wasted on her. So, he was here with his buddies, trolling for ideas for his next bullshit column. State attorney Bridget Nolan is successful in all aspects of her life - except romance. Then she did roll her eyes. Reaching inside her purse, she pulled out a twenty and held it out to him. To prove to her boss that she's not scared of feelings, Hannah Mayfield decides Jack Mayfield is the perfect man to date for a couple of weeks, but, unbeknownst to her, Jack has chosen her for an article called "How to Lose a Girl.". But if they were aware of their surroundings, maybe Chris or Joey would be the guy getting to talk to Legs, and Jack would be left holding his dick. Chris and Joey could be his guinea pigs for whatever he came up with. He enjoyed flirting as much as the next guy, but he was—­in essence—­a commitment-­phile. Jun 10 2019. “What’s your name?” His voice softened, and she broke eye contact. Just her gorgeous legs made his throat itch and burn. “I don’t do that. And even when she’d met a few guys for drinks, she’d felt like she’d been at the worst audition for the worst reality show in the world. Keep yourself busy sucking a bag of dicks while I disembowel your two friends here.”. He stepped even closer, leaving only half a foot of space between them. Publisher. She was about to ­de-­ball all three of these assholes, and he was smiling. His tousled dirty-­blond hair and the muscles straining his shirt’s buttons didn’t make her want to throw a drink in his face any less, and they weren’t about to stop her from curb stomping his buddies. 12. Because she married the prick director after the very brief run of the show. Mistake. Too bad she would really enjoy busting his balls. Her eyes were so narrowly squinted that he couldn’t tell what color they were. Once he’d tasted a little bit of a girl’s magic, Jack didn’t like to date around. Name needed work. The offices of a great newspaper syndicate are presided over by John B. Radway, obviously a nut, and his sister Ollie Radway, obviously the brains in the family. “Both of you are nothing to look at yourselves so you get what you get.”. But she was sure that he thought that way about women. Not The Girl You Marry. His viral success has pigeon-holed him as the how-to guy for a buzzy, internet media company instead … Because if she didn’t leave right now, she was going to give him her number. The woman you marry mirrors your affection and thrives on providing you with the love, support, and respect you need.. 13. His boss is of the opinion that political reporters are a dime a dozen, so he encourages Jack to write a How-To article on how to get a girl—by showing readers the things that would make you lose her. Individual 11/12/2019. It didn’t. And he would have seen Legs’s face first. She was off-­the-­wall funny and could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch. It was creepy, and she ought to have called him out. Fed up with his fluffy articles and the app-based dating scene as well, he strikes a deal with his boss to write a final piece de resistance: How to Lose a Girl. She waited a beat for him to respond. • He motioned to the bartender for another round without leaving her side. You’d do well.”, Although she’d hoped she’d kept her voice neutral enough that he wouldn’t take her genuine desire to know why he wasn’t on Tinder as a compliment, he totally did. “I’m pissed because they”—­she pointed at Sasha and Kelly—­“forced me to come to this hipster nightmare for drinks after I’d been working all damned day.” She’d only been guilted into it because Kelly, a management consultant, was in town for the first time in months. Sadly, I don't think it met my expectations. It was like a lethal dose of bro, but it appealed to her despite her struggle to maintain her antipathy along with her dignity. Due to a combination of good looks and lucky (or unlucky?) Andie J. Christopher. It was the longest he’d ever gone, and that was why his buddies had thought it was a good idea for him to leave his couch—­and the Michigan–­Notre Dame game—­to sit around and talk to them in public. It was kind of adorable on him—­this totally gorgeous, seemingly self-­contained man not used to the burn of bourbon in his throat. Thank you Netgalley and Berkley for the chance to read an advanced copy. His viral success has pigeon-holed him as the how-to guy for a buzzy, internet media company instead of covering hard-hitting politics. Note: Book excerpts are provided by the publisher and may contain language some find offensive. Not the Girl You Marry is set to release on. Lauren hadn’t even dumped him when he’d moved home to Chicago for a shiny new job. Buy you a taco and see if you’ll give me your number.”, For November, Men Reading Romance — And More. Let him drown in his old-­fashioned. Digital With Mary Boland, Frank McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Carol Hughes. I enjoyed the portrayal of the struggles Hannah faces as a biracial woman, and many readers will see themselves in Christopher’s heroine. She didn’t respond but made eye contact again. If he lost his not-­real job, not only would he have to hold his tongue around dear old Dad, he would have to wear a sandwich board on the corner. Drinking bourbon with his shirtsleeves rolled up. She's a no-nonsense, successful event planner whose dating history has soured her on finding true love. True, she wanted to plan weddings because that was where the money was, but she did so much more. “But I was definitely thinking that I’d be lucky to get naked time with someone like you.”. One smile and he’d melted part of her shell. Just the other day, he’d been thinking about getting a dog. Andie J. Christopher’s latest contemporary romance, Not the Girl You Marry, is a gender-swapped, millennial revamp of rom-com classic How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. “Hannah.” She looked at his chest when she told him. Stupid-­Sexy Green Eyes answered even though she’d turned her glare on his two bozo friends. His tongue swept over his lower lip, and he must have taken her silence for assent. Considering the sister dumping, maybe Jack should have drowned Chris in the kiddie pool when they were five. Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher available in Trade Paperback on Powells.com, also read synopsis and reviews. She’d given it the college try, but every petty humiliation suffered on those apps felt like a stab to the gut. She had to remind herself of this, make it her mantra whenever this man was near. The book is the first in a new series that takes classic rom-com trops and flips them for fresh appeal. Maybe he really was just apologizing. breaks, he's become the how-to guy for a buzzy, internet media company instead of covering hard-hitting politics. I’ll never have another boyfriend like you. But the broken heart had lasted only a few months—­until he’d met Lauren James, his favorite ex-­girlfriend. How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days gets a millennial makeover in this romantic comedy by USA Today bestselling author Andie J. Christopher. She’d wonder if she’d been too harsh and why he didn’t call. He swigged back the rest of his drink and winced. Unlike him, they were knuckleheads about women. But the problem is, Jack genuinely likes Hannah. Forty or so inches of skin had him choking on lust. Due to a combination of good looks and lucky (or unlucky?) Read Book Summary. “Not The Girl You Marry is funny, heartfelt, and super sexy!”—Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author “Sharp, smart, and sexy—a perfectly executed role-swapped How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.We absolutely adored Hannah’s verve and ambition, and Jack’s delicious pursuit of the woman he wanted to deserve.”—Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author Some dipshit with twinkling green eyes wasn’t going to stop Hannah Mayfield from raining holy hell on the bros swiping left on the girls standing right next to them. He took her arm again, and she was sorely tempted to shake him off and maybe stomp on his foot. In a recent pivot to video, he’d become the online magazine’s how-­to guy. While his father could deal with his working a job outside of the family construction business, he wouldn’t be underwriting Jack’s lifestyle if he got fired. Or worse, work with his dad. “I’m sorry.”, “For what?” His hand cupped her upper arm, good humor back on his face. She was just about to, she swore, when he said, “There’s a taco truck outside, and my stomach will hate me tomorrow if I don’t eat something.”. “The shoes.” Green Eyes’s gaze dipped to her feet. A few dozen orgasms might have made the shocked look on his mother’s face when he’d introduced them over parents’ weekend a little bit worth it. Submission Guidelines, © 1996-2021 BookPage and ProMotion, inc. | 2143 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212. Thank freaking Christ the bartender showed up again with his drink. Berkley. His v… They didn’t pay attention. He needed to see if her face would captivate him as much as her rocking body did. Two years later, he and Maggie had sullied the back seat of the baby-­shit-­colored Lincoln Town Car in unspeakable ways. That didn’t hurt anymore. That was a very good name. The women on here are either bots or butt ugly.”. An Indie Next and LibraryReads Pick “Not The Girl You Marry is funny, heartfelt, and super sexy!”—Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author “Sharp, smart, and sexy—a perfectly executed role-swapped How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.We absolutely adored Hannah’s verve and ambition, and Jack’s delicious pursuit of the woman he wanted to deserve.”—Christina Lauren, … And all men were the enemy. So while he was smart enough not to seem like an asshole whose interest in her would be limited to a one-­night stand or a string of booty calls, there was no way that he saw someone who would bust his balls every day at the end of his dating tunnel. He doubted it. He loved his father—­looked up to him—­but they would kill each other if they had to work together. Maybe he and Legs could get a dog. At multiple points, she’d wanted to stop Mr. and Mrs. Osborne from talking about all their black friends and tell them she believed them. Pre-Order “No.” His face hardened, and he took a drink. Too bad that curiosity had never extended to whether she’d enjoyed their hookups. He blackmailed his older brother, Michael, into dressing up as a chauffeur and driving them in their father’s baby-­shit-­colored Lincoln Town Car. No wonder they were constantly swiping and never actually meeting any of the bots populating most dating apps face-­to-­face. “That’s a dumb, sexist thing to say when I’m already pissed.” As if the only thing that event planners did was plan weddings. There it was. But in this modern era of enlightened and equitable partners, the lovers’ tactics of sabotage  stem from heavy personal baggage. When you know you’re not the one they’re going to marry, it may not be because you got into a fight and broke up and you’ll never see each other again. Date. But he’d been the only guy in his high school friend group to leave for college with valuable sexual experience not involving his right hand. Like freshly showered man draped in freshly laundered shirt. That wink had hooked straight into Jack’s dick and driven him to be the best college boyfriend ever—­midnight burritos, romantic two a.m. walks to and from the library, and oral sex at least three times a week—­six times during finals. But it’s not easy being bad, even when you’ve written step-by-step guidelines on how to do it correctly. Bookstore Considering their son’s lack of sexual prowess and the fact that he was probably going to flunk out once Hannah stopped pressing send on his papers, she spared them and broke up with Joe as they were driving away. 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