In #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken’s scorching series, revenge is a justified pleasure… If only he didn’t make her so hot—and bothered.
Jessie wants payback for a ruined reputation. His plan? Top secret. His hard-to-hide arousal for Isla? Not so much. Especially when they let down their guards and sneak a kiss. Like any juicy scandal, it goes so viral, so fast, that only a good lie can combat the bad press. Mortal enemies in a fling? No way. Um…this is love!
Actually…could it be?
Isla’s not faking it. Jessie can’t. As the game of let’s pretend gets real, Jessie forgets all about revenge. That’s the problem. His plan is already out of his control. Now it could undo everything they’ve been trying to build. Coming clean may be the only thing that can save it.
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Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken a five-star read you won’t want to leave. This is the second book in the Liar’s, Inc series and I do think they could be read as stand-alone but I would recommend you read Dirty Exes as you will want to go back and read it as you will adore all of the characters, but in this one I am betting you will adore Goo-Pah as she is just sublime!! She nearly made me leak laughing about chickens. Jessie Beckett could ruin my life any time he wants. But I will be the first to bow down and let Isla have him, if she wants him as she is his mortal enemy. This book has it all, drama, passion, humour and some of the best scenes ever written. I cant wait for the next book in the series, which ex will we see next?
I seriously think there isn’t a book that Rachel Van Dyken can write that won’t be a 5 star read!
We watched Jessie crumble when Blaire fell in love with his best friend Colin and he was hurt and livid that his ex had leaked things to the press about him. Jessie is detirmened to take down the place it all started and that place just happens to be Dirty Exes.
Isla and Blaire try to prove to Jessie that they had no intentions on destroying him and to prove it Isla comes up with a full proof plan. This book is hillarisy funny and will have you laughing so hard at the meddling Goo-Pooh which is another grandma Nadine to me!
I loved this book it has me in stitches and as I read I could picture everything that was beging described! I can’t wait to see what she comes out with next!
If I could give this more than 5 stars, I absolutely would. I do recommend that you read Dirty Exes first. This story does start in that book.
I have to say. I want a Goo-Poh of my own. I absolutely love that crazy lady. Every scene she was in, she stole it. No one could say no to her, it was awesome.
Isla is such a strong woman. Yes, she is a little broken because of what her ex did to her. But, it caused her to pick herself back up, dust herself off, and do something. That something was meeting Blaire and creating their company.
They are PI’s and investigate cheating claims.
That’s how she was matched up with Jessie.
His wife at the time, now ex wife, Vanessa. She destroyed his life because of this.
Don’t worry, it wasn’t true. She was the cheater, not him.
Blaire and Jessie do have a history. I’m not going into that though. We got all of that in the first book.
Jessie is a really good guy. He may be stupid sometimes. You’ll see what I’m talking about when you read this, don’t worry.
I laughed so hard at some scenes, like the chickens and rooster. Then the final chicken at the end.
My heart also broke for both Isla and Jessie.
I absolutely love all these characters.
Rachel wrote such a fantastic book. But I’ve loved all of hers. I can’t go wrong when I pick up one of her stories. They just suck me right in.
Dangerous Exes written by Rachel Van Dyken
5 Stars
“I thought my life was over that day in that wine shop. And then I met my soon-to-be-best-friend Blaire and realized… It had only just begun.”
You can’t go wrong with a RVD read. This book did not disappoint. It was full of heart, revenge, humor, second chances, friendship, regret, chemistry…did I mention humor. As you turn the pages you fall more in love with the characters.
“I was going to destroy her the same way she destroyed me, from the inside out.”
I laughed, cried, fanned myself, wanted to strangle Jessie one minute and hug him the next. Colin really cracked me up throughout this book. Friendships between girlfriends shine strong throughout this book…girl power you do not mess with!
“I was dead anyway. My soul was crushed.”
You’ll have a hard time putting this book down…so grab a book, beverage, blanket and get comfy.
“…you should be able to imagine your life without the person you love—the difference is, you shouldn’t want to.”
4.5 Stars!
Isla Turner is a gorgeous woman living in LA who owns a PI company with her best friend called Dirty Exes. They are well known in Hollywood for being fixers. Then they make one mistake and it comes back to haunt them in the form of hot ex-NFL quarterback Jessie Beckett.
Jessie blames Dirty Exes for ruining his squeaky clean image, and turning his life upside down. He was finally getting his life on track when they ruined everything, and tarnished his good name. He decides the only way to fix his reputation is to destroy theirs. His main target was Isla. He’d trusted her, but they’d now gone from friends to enemies in the blink of an eye. He was angry, felt betrayed, and was prepared to get revenge and take her down.
Everywhere Isla turns there’s Jessie Beckett. He’s practically stalking her, and seems to get joy out of irritating her. This sexy jerk is driving her insane. He’s become a thorn in her side as they continue trying to one up each other. It’s war until one unexpected kiss changes everything and they then have to play nice for the press. Jessie doesn’t like her, but can’t help noticing how beautiful she is. Fighting his attraction was almost as hard as hating her. Isla was fascinated by him one moment, and wanted to kill him the next, but soon he becomes impossible to resist. As they spend time together, to their surprise they grow closer. He found he could be himself with her, and she made him feel vulnerable. As Isla begins falling she wonders whats real, and what’s pretending? Is everything a game, or can she trust Jessie with her heart?
Dangerous Exes, book 2 in the Liars, Inc. series is a sexy, hilarious enemies to lovers romance. Both Jessie and Isla have major trust issues to overcome as they start opening up their hearts to one another. I’ve really enjoyed this series. Both books were fantastic! It’s romantic comedy at it’s best. I adored Goo-Poh. I laughed so hard, but then there were also many serious moments. This was such a beautiful story about love that just sort of sneaks up on you when you least expect it. I can’t wait to read more by this fabulous author!
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Goo-Poh!!! LOL!!!!! One of the best characters of this book LOL!!!! When you read the book, you will understand. But off to my review……Isla and Jessie are both in tight spots and in order to fix said tight spots they agree to be in a fake relationship with each other. Through twists and turns, this couple have a very interesting time of it and we also see Blair and Colin from book 1, Dirty Exes. I was laughing so hard I cried. This rom-com has all the laughs and feels needed if you want or need to get out of your head for a while. I highly recommend Ms. Van Dyken and her books. I will most definitely be reading more of her.
“It’s just in his nature to be hotter than ninety percent of the male population, don’t hold it against him.”
I met both Jessie & Isla in Dirty Exes and I’ve been anxious and excited to read their story. They are both very colorful characters and are especially entertaining when hanging out with their best friends, Colin and Blaire. Their witty banter is hilarious. But, that was nothing compared to the hilarity of meeting Isla’s aunt. She stole the show and kept me laughing till the end.
The reason that besties Blair & Isla started their business, Liars, Inc. is sad, but I’ve been cheering in the background as they work to help others who have suffered the same heartbreak and betrayal. They are highly motivated to help others who are being duped and their business is growing faster than they can keep up. They are at the point they need to hire more staff to handle the clients that want to hire them.
That doesn’t sound like a bad problem to have, right? Unfortunately, that’s not their only problem.
One of the exes of a former client is seeking revenge. He feels like they ruined his life and he’s determined to return the favor. He’s trying to ruin their business and Isla can’t let that happen. It’s everything to her.
Seeing him around every corner as he stalks her is upsetting. Having him parked across the street from their business is unsettling. Unable to deny his sexiness and her attraction to him is disturbing. “Why is he so hot? Why?”
The dynamic duo is used to doing the investigating in their PI business, imagine how they feel being on the receiving end as everything they’ve worked for is threatened. Well, as you’ve probably guessed, they have a plan that includes charts and highlighters. What Isla isn’t prepared for is when the plan backfires. Prepare to be amused and entertained. Dangerous Exes is nonstop fun. It’s full of sass and wit, tea time and sexy time, secrets and suspicions.
Dangerous Exes is Isla and Jessie’s story and it definitely doesn’t disappoint! This is a hilarious enemies to lovers story with some touching moments mixed in. I dare you to keep a straight face when Isla’s Goo-Poh comes into a scene…
Isla likes her life. It’s calm and in order. She has two Erin Condren planners for goodness sakes. Jessie is out for revenge after Isla and her company embarrassed him. Okay, well maybe it was his ex-wife, but he feels better taking it out on Isla. He’s out to make chaos of her ordered life and take her company down in the process. But then they have to pretend to be together to fix his reputation. It is pretend, right?
Such a fun story, but at the same time hit me in the feels! Such is a Rachel Van Dyken story it seems. Isla is feisty and fierce, but it’s all a facade because she’s fighting back to keep her heart safe. Jessie is angry. He’s also broken and anxious and feels the need to look perfect to everyone, but his world imploded with his ex-wife (man I wanted to hurt her!). Jessie blames Isla for it all. He wants revenge. But there is one small problem- they both have a mad attraction. These two may have gotten thrown together, but they gave each other what was needed to feel loved and valued and accepted. I totally loved it!!
Rachel Van Dyken certainly knows how to write a gripping romcom that you will not be able to put down. She always manages to deliver a great blend of addictive characters, amusing banter, and some seriously hot chemistry with the push/pull that is going on between Jessie and Isla.
This is a riveting enemies-to-lovers story. Jessie is out for revenge and wanting to ruin Isla as he mistakenly blames her for ‘ruining’ his life and reputation. The banter ad antics between these two did have me in fits of amusement. Especially with Isla’s insane Goo-Pooh. This woman literally had me crying tears of laughter with her antics. Poor Jessie and Isla never stood a chance.
Rachel Van Dyken is most definitely one of my instant 1-click authors with her brilliantly flawless writing.
Always did love fake engagements!
Seriously, one day, Rachel Van Dyken will write a book I don’t love, but today, is not that day. Dangerous Exes is one of favorite tropes as a revenge plot and add that to unbelievable dialogue and BOOM … insta-fav.
I absolutely love Rachel Van Dyken’s writing! Add in some enemies to lovers angst and the fantastic humor, and I’m sold. Definitely recommend!
Isla made one teeny little mistake. Now she and her PI company, Dirty Exes, are being targeted by one seriously angry and furiously sexy ex-quarterback…..
A brilliant romantic comedy! My favorite trope: Enemies to Lovers!
I have been waiting to read this since I finished Dirty Exes. We are once again in Blaire & Isla’s world, except this time it’s all about Isla’s happily ever after. Due to ‘circumstances’, she is forced into a fake engagement with the man they wronged, Jessie. Neither she nor he can resist the fireworks between them. She is colorful, organized chaos and Jessie begins to realize maybe color isn’t so bad after all! We have the original suspects from book one; Blaire, Colin, Abby, and Jessie’s poisonous ex; but we also meet Isla’s hilarious character of an Aunt, Goo-Poh. Sizzling, sassy, sexy, steamy, hilarious, tender. All the feels and tasty deliciousness Rachel is so good at delivering! I received an advanced copy. I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
I swear every review I write, I start off by saying that the trope is my favorite kind. And it is every time I read a new romance. But book gods give me enemies to lovers romances because the TENSION, the DRAMA, it gives me LIFE! I need the first in this series to truly garner the level of animosity that started between our hero and heroine but trust me you can read this as a standalone.
Isla is on point when it comes to her business, Dirty Exes.Revealing cheaters and saving women;s lives is her forte. But one mistake, that any PI could’ve made, is risking her whole career. A disgruntled ex-husband, and ex-NFL player (which means hottie!), is on her back and determined to prove that she’s somehow a fraud. But the whirled wind that is Jessie’s ex-wife puts them in a paparazzi circumstance they can’t escape. And now the plan takes a crazy turn; they have a fake marriage to arrange….to one another! But they’re more than mortal enemies, they used to be friends and now they’re in a forced proximity and only have one another to trust when all their secrets are revealed.
Jessie hasn’t had control of his life in years. After and ex-wife that never truly loved him and dragged his name through the dirt, he’s determined to live life the way he’s always wanted. And right now that includes taking down the other woman who ruin his good name. Isla may be sexy and sassy but Jessie believes there’s a snake beneath that beautiful cover. Now stuck in a sham marriage to keep up for appearance sake, Jessie finds himself in one hell of a predicament. He’s attracted to Isla, and not just her body, her mind, and the fact that her world is full of COLOR. She bursts through his barriers faster than anyone he’s ever met and he’s got one final secret that could ruin everything they’ve built.
This romance is hot as can be!! The explosive chemistry between Isla and Jessie just jumps off the page. There are moments of slow burn and once it combusts, readers will feel so triumphant that they finally succumb to their desires. I loved Jessie’s black and white world seeping in to color as Isla burrows beneath his skin and breaks all his misconceptions about her. Fighting to find their happy ever after in a world of chaos this new romance is my latest 5 star read!
I loved Ilsa in Dirty Exes, but I loved her even more in this book! Her quick wit and sarcastic humor is spot on! She’s the perfect firecracker!!
And Jessie, oh Jessie. I felt for him in book one, glad to see him paired with something who truly appreciate him and brings out color in his otherwise black & white world. And Ilsa is full of color. Red – Bold, bright and stunning just like her.
These two had me cracking up and swooning the entire time! I might actually love this book better than the first! I know, shocker. Sometimes the next book doesn’t work as well as the first, not the case here folks. RVD rocks it! A definite must read!!
t’s Rachel Van Dyken, so it’s probably no surprise that Dangerous Exes is an unputdownable, swoon-worthy romance. Jessie has a grudge against Isla, and she’s not his biggest fan. He’s trying to extract a little payback when he has to begrudgingly pause his plans, call a truce and work closely with her. Neither like each other, but they realize they may have gotten their initial assessments wrong as they spend more time together and begin to unravel some misunderstandings that had affected their opinions. They banter and bicker it out while the sexual tension escalates and their emotional connection deepens. Their lighthearted enemies-to-lovers dynamic is so much fun to read. Dangerous Exes is an entertaining, sexy and thoroughly romantic must-read.
Recommendation appeared @ USA Today’s Happy Ever After on October 30, 2018