maggieandteddy's Reviews > Take a Number

I was looking forward to Dean's book. It's weird to say that, but I didn't like him too much in the previous books. This was his chance to redeem himself. Dean and Norah are business partners in Norah's expanding bakery business. Norah and Dean are also good friends.

This is set in Boulder, CO. I really love sweet, smart and ambitious Norah & her tasty cronuts. How do I know they're tasty? How can they not be? Norah's cronuts are tremendously popular.
Dean is an investment whiz kid who works out regularly but can't resist Norah's coffee and cronuts. On a regular basis! Plus he's a major (silent) partner.
They each have a reason for staging a fake romantic relationship. Norah's match making mom will not take no for an answer. Dean needs a date for his friend's wedding (His friends are matchmaking too).

Norah has been too busy to date & Dean has been seeing different women and is relationship phobic.
I love their chemistry. They think they can stay friends while faking out their friends and family.
Dean is friends with Kate and Lynsey (the heroines from the two previous books). They crack me up when they call out Dean's bachelor ways. He's a sharp dresser and NO regular girlfriend.
This can be a standalone. Don't worry about prior books. If you like this one, I know that you'll like the others.
I did see Dean's reasons for not ever wanting a wife and kids. (His mom is hard to explain).
I just wish he would have worked through that now that he's an adult and on his own. Plus he and Norah are really great together.

I didn't like a part near the end but I think that Dean redeemed himself. Norah was great all the way through. She stuck to her dreams and ambition.
Great ending and epilogue. PS. Max next in this series? Rachael.?