Sparks fly when the hot-shot divorce lawyer meets the high-powered wedding planner. The only question is, what kind? If you ever get married, remember my name: Max Henderson. In my line of work, you acquire a certain perspective on supposedly everlasting unions. . . . 1. Pre-nups are your friend. 2. The person you married is not the person you’re divorcing. 3. And I hope you didn’t spend much … And I hope you didn’t spend much on the wedding because that was one helluva waste of hard-earned cash, wasn’t it?
But some guys are willing to take a chance. Like my brother, who thinks he’s going to ride off into the sunset with the woman of his dreams in a haze of glitter on unicorns. And the wedding planner—the green-eyed beauty who makes a living convincing suckers to shell out thousands of dollars on centerpieces—is raking it in on this matrimonial monstrosity.
The thing is, Charlie Love is not unlike me. We’re both cogs in the wedding-industrial complex. As the best man, I know her game—and I can play it better than her. But after one scorching, unexpected kiss, I’m thinking I might just want to get played.
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Praise for Down with Love
“Charlie is adamant that it’s just a fling, while Max is surprised to find he’s interested in romance. . . . [Their] repartee, vivid sex scenes, and tongue-in-cheek approach to romance tropes make Max and Charlie’s journey worth following.”—Publishers Weekly
“Fresh and funny, sexy and witty, Down with Love is everything I look for in a can’t-put-it-down read.”—New York Times bestselling author Julie Ann Walker
“I love Kate Meader’s books! Witty banter, sexual chemistry, fun dialogue, and endearing characters—Down with Love has it all!”—USA Today bestselling author Kelly Jamieson
“Hilarious, hot, and heartfelt! I was captivated by this fast-paced, funny, sexy book from the first page. Everything about this book was fantastic, and I’m already panting to get my hands on the next one!”—USA Today bestselling author Christi Barth
“Charlie’s sassy determination met Max’s undeniable sex appeal and charm to create the most spectacular fireworks. Down with Love is the kind of story that gives all the feels and leaves you wanting more.”—Aliza Mann, author of Breaking His Rules
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Down with Love was a fun read. I enjoyed Max and Charlie’s story as they navigated through their love/hate relationship. The secondary characters were interesting as well, and I look forward to reading the stories of Max’s business partners.
I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary ARC from NetGalley.
This is an amazing start to this new series!!!
I love a good enemies to lovers story and this one had all of my favorite things: explosive chemistry, great banter, fun characters. Max and Charlie are at opposite ends of the marriage spectrum: a wedding planner and a divorce attorney. I went into this book thinking there’s absolutely no way these two will ever get on the same page but watching them figure out was so entertaining. This book made me laugh a ton and there isn’t a lot of drama and angst. I loved the balance and all of the characters introduced.
I am really looking forward to the rest of this series!!
*This is my voluntary review of an advanced reader copy*
3.75 stars– DOWN WITH LOVE is the first instalment in Kate Meader’s contemporary, adult LAWS OF ATTRACTION erotic, romance series focusing on three friend and law partners: Max Henderson, Lucas Wright, and Grant Lincoln. This is divorce attorney Max Henderson, and wedding planner Charlie Love’s story line.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Max and Charlie) DOWN WITH LOVE follows the acrimonious relationship between divorce attorney Max Henderson, and wedding planner Charlie Love. Max’s brother James has thrown him for a loop with the announcement of his upcoming wedding to Gina Torres, a woman his brothre has known for only three months. Enter wedding planner Charlie Love, a woman who pushes all of Max’s buttons, buttons he admits come with hard and fast rules about love and marriage. What ensues is the building relationships between Charlie and Max, and the potential fall-out as Charlie and Max are unable to reach a harmonious impasse with regards to love and a happily ever after.
Max is an embittered divorce attorney who has seen it all, and the one time he thought he had found his own happily ever after destroyed his faith in marriage and love. Meeting Charlie Love, the woman currently starring in all of his fantasies and real-life drama finds Max thinking about forever but a forever that is quickly shut down when another impending divorce drops onto the horizon affecting his relationship with our story line heroine.
The relationship between Max and Charlie is one of immediate attraction; a palpable sexual attraction that does not go unnoticed by friends and family but an attraction that is tempered by their opposing views on love, and their inability to meet somewhere in the middle. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
We are introduced to Max’s brother and his fiancé Gina Torres, as well as Max’s very well-to-do parents Susanne and Jack Henderson; Charlie’s foster parents Donna and Frank Sullivan; whiskey sommelier Trinity Jones; as well as Max’s law partners Lucas Wright and Grant Lincoln. Lucas and Trinity’s story line is next in Illegally Yours.
DOWN WITH LOVE is a sexy and spirited story line with flirty characters and a provocative romance. The premise is inviting, realistic and spicy; the characters are flawed and struggle in their opposing views of marriage and life.
**I voluntarily read an early copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review**
Down with Love is the first book in Kate Meader’s new Love Wars series. While I was excited about this book from reading the blurb, I had a really hard time connecting with the characters. For some reason I was just not able to get into their story like I have with Kate’s books in the past.
Charlie Love is a wedding planner and Max Henderson is a divorce lawyer. It’s clear from their first meeting that they can’t stand each other, but there is also a very evident sexual attraction. Max labels himself as a “forever bachelor” and Charlie had rough teenage years and she has a temper that still makes an appearance every now and again.
Because Charlie is planning the wedding of Max’s brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law, the two continue to be in one another’s orbit – even when they think they should be able to avoid the other person! As they spend more time together it becomes evident they aren’t going to be able to outrun the attraction. Once they give in will it truly be one and done or is there a future out there for them that neither one is looking for?
The book was funny and sexy, I just wish I would have been able to connect more with the characters. I have no doubt that most people will be able to though and will thoroughly enjoy this latest offering from Meader.
Max Henderson, a divorce lawyer, and Charlie Love, a wedding planner have two different outlooks on love and marriage. When they are made to work together because of Max’s brother’s wedding, the gloves come off!
This is such a fun, amusing, teasing, hot book! I loved the characters and the plot. I would really recommend this book!
It’s good to see Max has some morals, “foster father, actually, but they’re close. Very close. He walked in on me making out with her. I felt like I was sixteen all over again.” There are times Max’s ego gets hurt, “no woman has ever said no to a follow-up jump in the sack with me. Not one.” Max leaves no room for his woman to have secon thoughts, “are you sure—” I start, but don’t finish because he clamps both hands on my *** and pulls me into his embrace. His mouth on mine is fire…” I liked this book, I fell in love with Max and Charlie