A new stand-alone comedy from the USA Today bestselling duo!MacA good cop can always spot trouble. That’s why my senses started pinging the moment I met the hottie next door. The neighborhood may never be the same. First she confuses me for a male stripper and tries to remove my uniform. (The guys on the force will never let me live that down.) And then there’s the breaking and entering.I don’t … there’s the breaking and entering.
I don’t know what to do with her. My libido has a few ideas of its own, though. Bad, bad ideas.
Meg
Hey, I it’s not my fault that Hot Cop’s nightstick gets excited every time we see each other. And I can’t help that someone broke into his apartment.
Fine—that last thing was totally my fault. And I intend to make amends. So when he needs a date for his sister’s wedding, I’m there. This is right up my alley. I’m an actor. By the time it’s over, his entire family will believe we’re a couple.
Even him.
Warning: may cause unrestrained giggling in public. Contains: a bridezilla with a turkey leg, a flash mob, and a growly hero.
Q&A about Man Cuffed!
Q: Is this really a stand-alone?
A: You bet your buns it is!
Q: Who is Meg, anyway? Have we met?
A: Meg is Sadie’s flighty sister. You met her briefly in Boy Toy. She was fresh off a bad relationship with a lying liar who lied.
Q: And Mac?
A: You have not had the pleasure of Mac’s growly company yet. But you will not be able to resist him.more
Man Cuffed great book with lots of laughs. Growly Cop Mac and actress/waitress Meg. Absolutely loved their meet cute and the Breaking and entering between these two.
OK so this is the last in the series and although it wasn’t my favourite I still enjoyed it. I think it may have been partly due to a change in narrators.
This is Meg and Mac’s story. She is Sadie’s sister and he’s her new neighbour, but they meet at her work when she mistakes him for a stripper! He’s a cop. In true Sarina and Tanya fashion we are treated to more compromising situations and giggly moments. There are handcuffs, heaving bosoms, a party on a yacht and a shed load of heat.
For me I think I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much because it was missing the strong girl gang the first 3 had.
But a great book nonetheless.
The meet cute was pretty darn funny- Meg, an actress, decides that Mac is obviously the entertainment for the bachelorette party but uh, he wasn’t. Mac, because of his past, is against relationships. Meg wants to focus on her work. She decides to help him with some family engagements and they end up being a fun pair. I have listened to all the different books in this series and I didn’t feel like this book was as funny as the other books in this series and I don’t know why but I didn’t find the characters as compelling. Meg is a little crazy, Mac is a little too stiff when it comes to rules and then a little illogical in all other things. I also felt like some of the banter felt a bit too forced. However, it was a fun way to spend a few hours.
The audiobook was good. Robin Eller and Tor Thom were good. Tor Thom’s voice was a little too smooth and soft, not what I expected from a tough cop. Robin Eller tried too hard, sometimes, to affect a comedic voice but overall, did really well playing the multiple characters. They did a good job bringing the story to life, overall though!
This book has one of the most hilarious first meetings that I’ve ever read!! This duo does funny like no other but also sprinkle in the angst to keep it from being too sugary sweet.
I didn’t really warm to Meg in Boy Toy, but oh my word she is lovable, feisty and so positive! Grumpy officer Mac Maguire….is HAWT! I laughed so hard through this book.
Witty with wonderful characters.
I’ve loved every single book in the Man Hands series and with each book I think I say it’s my favorite. There’s no exception for Man Cuffed….in a word I LOVED it! Bowen and Eby ramp up the humor and deliver what I believe to be the funniest book they’ve co-written together. Numerous times throughout the book I found myself hysterically laughing out loud to the point that I snorted. Yes, it’s that funny! The characters are flirty and fun and their chemistry is off-the-charts. Meg and Mac are just pure perfection! Their antics are hilarious and I loved watching their relationship blossom. Add this one to your TBR immediately and get ready for laughter and fun!
‘Man Cuffed’ is the latest book in Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby’s romantic comedy series ‘Man Hands’. Just like the previous books in the series, this book is light, funny and romantic.
Meg is a struggling actress and after a decade of rejections, she is reconsidering her career choice. While trying to get an acting job, she is working as a waitress in order to support herself. During one of her shifts, she is serving for a bachelorette party and they are waiting for the grand entrance of the strippers. When cops shows up, Meg jumps into the action and try to help one of them to strip. However, the stripper cop is not really a stripper. Whoopsie! Macklin James Maguire, aka Mac, is our not-stripper cop. He is super hot with a stripper body ( 😀 ), protective and loyal. He loves his job and enjoys rescuing people who is in need. His only flaw is his emotional unavailability and commitment phobia. When he runs in to his new neighbor, he knows she is trouble with a capital T, thanks to their first run in. She is the hot waitress, who tried to strip him in the middle of a restaurant. Even though, their chemistry is sizzling hot, he knows acting on it will only cause more of mess. While fighting the attraction, thanks to their thin walls and Mac’s balcony adventures, Meg knows how colorful Mac’s bedroom life is. After a suspicious afternoon, Meg decides to play detective and Meg being Meg finds it smart to break-in to a cop’s apartment. Of course she gets caught red-handed and now needs to bargain for a jail-free card 🙂 So her plea bargain is to be a fake date for Mac’s sister’s wedding. Soon the plea bargain turns into super hot affair. I loved the banter between Meg and Mac and their relationship moved from friendship to a hot, funny relationship. My first impression of Meg, while reading ‘Boy Toy’ wasn’t a good one. I didn’t really like her, she seemed so irresponsible and leaving in a dreamland. But with this story, you get a more details and understanding of her life and struggles and I really liked her in the end 🙂 So sorry for being judgmental. As for Mac he can cuff me anytime he wants LOL!
‘Man Cuffed’ can be read as a standalone. If you are looking for an entertaining, light, quirky and sweet romantic comedy, this book is definitely for you. I am looking forward to more books from the series.
Also, this book comes with a warning…
‘‘Warning: may cause unrestrained giggling in public. Contains: a bridezilla with a turkey leg, a flash mob, and a growly hero.’’
…so if you are reading outside definitely take this into consideration 🙂
Would I recommend this book: Yes
Would I re-read this book: Yes
Would I read future books by these authors: Yes
The Man Hands series by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby is definitely one of my favorites for its quirky characters and laugh out loud humor so when a fourth book was announced to join the series, I was all about it, especially when the early buzz mentioned a cop who was accidentally mistaken as a stripper. Yes, tell me more!
And yet……hmmmm….I’m not sure about this one. I really wanted to like it, no, I really wanted to love it and totally expected to when I finally sat down to read it but that didn’t quite happen.
Let’s say that it started off with a bang. Meg is one awesome chick. From the start I could tell she was this free spirit with a lot of spunk whom I’d totally want on my girl squad. The fact that we first find the aspiring actress working as a bar wench at a Renaissance bar/restaurant is just too freakin’ funny. Then add in that she mistakes Mac, one of the cops called to said bar, as a stripper and actually tries to rip his pants off is just too darn funny. I loved Mac’s reaction and his grumbled sexy talk and I thought – oh yes, I am going to really love this sexy, grumpy copper.
But from there we enter this weird limbo period which I won’t divulge or spoil but it was a really weird choice of a set up to their relationship for me as neighbors sharing a wall.
But despite that, I loved Meg’s insta-attraction to Mac and the fact that she doesn’t hide it. She’s even all about helping the poor man out by pretending to be his fake girlfriend at a family wedding. This angle had great potential but it then began to feel disjointed to me. I don’t know if it’s because I expected more of them together to grow their connection or because his family drama just seemed disjointed to the overall story. Then all of a sudden they were over and then all of a sudden they were back on, then book over. Hmmmmm….
These two authors can write some amazing characters and I see what they had going in Meg and Mac. It was a quirky read but it just lacked a bit of something for me overall.
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I am finding it really hard to try and put my thoughts into order about how I feel about this book. I think I liked it. And I didn’t put it down once I started it.
I liked Meg. She was comfortable in her own skin even though she wasn’t quite sure where her life was heading. She never doubted her own worth or act like a doormat and I really respected that she embraced her faults as much as her strengths.
But Mac was a whole other issue. And while I could understand that what he went through was a major betrayal 10 years is way too long to let it dictate your whole life. I really liked the first introduction between him and Meg. But from there he just went downhill fast. And I didn’t get nearly enough grovel.
So I guess it’s probably a 4 star read since I enjoyed the story and I liked Meg. And really I should take my own advice and get over my issues with Mac.
I’ve never laughed so hard reading a book like o did reading Maguire and Meg. They had met in a very funny way. Couple months later they are next door neighbors. Cue in all the funny awkward moments. This was a slow burn even though they were attracted to each other but it was hilarious. It’s never a dull moment with these two and their friends. Maguire never did relationships until Meg. Meg changed him completely and it was very cute.
Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby are back with Man Cuffed the latest Man Hands book. This latest romantic comedy gives readers Meg and Mac’s story and can be read as a standalone.
From the beginning, Man Cuffed had me smiling. As I continued reading, the smile remained with definite laugh out loud moments. I really enjoyed Meg and Mac and couldn’t help but want to get to their HEA.
I love knowing that if I want a fun, sexy romance I can pick up Bowen & Eby for a sure thing.
Man Cuffed
Sarina Bowen, Tanya Eby
What a crack up. If you pr looking for easy flow, great characters and laugh out loud funny – hers is your newest resale I’m nit normally a comedy fan in books but sometimes The craziness, The sexiness and the fun banter is perfect, and this had all of it.
Mac Maguire is the straight laced police officer, he doesn’t do relationships ( there a story there), hookups only. He’s sexy, huge, manly and the ultimate alpha police officer. Until. Wench at a restaurant confuses him for a stripper. It’s never gonna end well, especially when said wench is his new neighbour – enter awkward times ahead.
Meg is the aspiring actress, but part time waitress and god aweful singer. She has moved to Michigan for a new start, but the start she gets is the paper thin walls with her sexy neighbour, that same sexy neighbour she tried to undress at a bachelorette party where she works. Now she’s embarrassed, and earned herself the nickname Trouble, and trouble she is.
The chemistry between Mac and Meg is holy hotness off the charts, and it’s not long till life moves from through walls to together. Breaking in, driving him crazy, Mac nit being able to get the crazy woman out if his head, begins a sweet yet funny unconventional relationship. He lays it all on the line, Meg just wants those noises she hears through her walls in her ears. But when you have two souls, with different outlooks on life, the indifferences come to the surface, leaving more questions.
Meg might be everything Mac never knew he wanted or needed, Will his hardline attitude remove all they’ve worked towards. Even to the last page Mac and Meg are larger then life… this was a great fun read, one I’ll no doubt go back to when I want to laugh, or create a new swear word… trust you’ll work it out…
When Sarina and Tanya get together and write a book you know you are getting something great. This book is no exception. You get laughs, drama, flash mobs and of course sexy times. Mac is a 35 year old cop who is getting over his fiancee leaving him for his twin brother. He goes out to Ye Old Tavern one night and is mistaken for a stripper who is supposed to be there for a bachelorette party. Meg thinks that he is moving too slow so she begins to undo his pants. Six months later he realizes he has a new neighbor who is the girl that he has thought about for months who tried to undo his pants in the tavern.
I loved watching these two come together and interact with one another. This story had me laughing and always wanting more. If you are in need of a good laugh and a good time you need to read this book and then read the others in the series. You will not be upset that you did.
Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby are back with the latest standalone in their entertaining Man Hands series. Right off the bat I knew Man Cuffed would be a quirky romantic comedy.
Meg is a struggling actress who works as a serving wench at a Renaissance-themed restaurant. While slinging ale and turkey legs for a bachelorette party, she mistakes Macguire, a real cop, for the party’s police stripper. Strippers at a Renaissance pub?? That’s Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby’s kooky sense of humor for you. I loved it.
Meg, Meg, Meg. She’s the real star of the book, and oh how I adored her cheeky, magnetic personality. Faced with a decade of rejection, Meg is beginning to doubt her career choice. Even so, she remains easy going and positive.
Meg is biracial, and I really appreciated that the book touches on how difficult it is for minorities to get a break in the entertainment industry, but the story doesn’t dwell heavily on it. Meg’s race isn’t even a factor in her relationship with Mac, who is Caucasian. I love seeing more biracial romances that mirror real life.
If you’re looking for the whole package, Macguire is your guy. He’s gainfully employed, a magician in the sack, and he enjoys rescuing damsels in distress. However, he is emotionally unavailable and is not willing to commit to a romantic relationship – especially a potentially messy one with his next door neighbor. Mac refuses to act on their mutual attraction, and I enjoyed both the flirtatious build up to their affair and the payoff. It’s fun watching Meg draw Mac from his shell.
There’s some family drama that didn’t quite ring true for me, but it’s a small part of the story. I had a massive perma smile on my face while reading Man Cuffed. From the meet cute at the beginning to the hilarious epilogue, this screwball rom-com is a delight. I received an early copy to voluntarily read.
Man Cuffed was a cute, light, silly read. It was my favorite in this series. This book was funny and had a few laugh out loud moments due to the ridiculous and ironic scenarios Meg found herself in. Meg was a lot of fun and didn’t take life too seriously. This made her a good match for Mac who needed someone easy going to balance out his guarded heart.
Mac and Meg had serious chemistry right from the start before they really even knew each other all that well. I liked the scene when they met up in the elevator and then how Meg kept doing things that could’ve gotten her arrested. She made Mac laugh and he needed that to heal.
This quote sums up the book pretty well:
“Can I borrow a cup of sugar?” Her smile grows mischievous. “Is that a euphemism? Please say yes.”
Man Cuffed is the hilarious story of one out of work actress and one not-a-stripper cop. Meg and Mac are pretty funny and the story is pretty light throughout, and frankly, I needed that.
Meg was instantly likable! She is struggling with an early midlife crisis-she has returned home after failed attempts at acting and relationships. I really thought she was endearing. There is plenty of sparks between Meg and Mac, despite his amorous activities on the balcony with another girl (before he and Meg hook up). I was a little put off by that, but Meg wasn’t. In fact, she was kind of impressed by her neighbor!
Man Cuffed gives us the fake relationship trope and I am always here for that! Mac needs a date to his sister’s wedding and Meg is willing to oblige! I mean, she is an actress!
In true Rom-Com fashion, there isn’t a LOT of angst in Man Cuffed, but there is a tad. Mac can be a bit of a commit-aphob which was a little annoying at times. Meg was kind of the leader in the relationship; Mac was super hot in bed, but out of it, there were times he was a little skittish. She is the one really bringing her a game in the flirting. However, its nothing that wrecks the story! There are plenty of swoon worthy moments to make up for Mac’s dumb ones!!
One sentence summary: Meg mistakes a hot cop for a stripper and to make matters worse, it turns out she just moved in next door!
First thought: Tanya Eby and Sarina Bowen are a rom-com match made in heaven. I’m so glad I found these two. And Meg and Mac were excellent together.
Why I read it: Honestly, I’m gonna read everything these two write.
POV: First Person, Alternating M|F, Present Tense
Tropes: Fake Relationship, Neighbors, Officer
Our Heroine: Meg was an adorable character who knew what she wanted and wasn’t afraid to go after it. I love reading heroines like that. It makes the romantic pursuit a bit more fun for me. As a bartender and aspiring actress, I found her career progression a bit New Adult, but I think we call that listless now! So not only did we get to watch her fall in love, but we also watched Meg find a new life passion. Double score!
Our Hero: Maguire. One, loved his name and loved his job. I’m pretty sure Mac was the first ever officer hero romance I’ve ever read. Sign me up for more though. I thought his reasons for being closed off were realistic and extreme enough to warrant (see what I did there?) his closed-off-ness.
Overall thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. Tanya and Sarina always make me laugh out loud. After reading Man Cuffed I wanted more, so I picked up my favorite in the series, Man Card for a nice reread.
The sexy scenes: These two are on fire and it’s obvious in their hilarious meet cute.
The best part of the book: The lol moments and Meg’s inner dialogue. I really enjoyed the chapters with her POV.
What wasn’t working for me: I felt like the book was a bit quick- but that might be just because I’m coming off Sarina’s Moonlighter. Which is probably one of her longest books. I think the whole Man Hands series is a bit shorter though. So it’s not really a bad thing, I just wanted moooore.
TLDR: Adorably quick read with some great lol moments.
Release Date: November 19th 2019
Spoken In: Dual POV
Rating: 5 Stars
Man Cuffed is the fourth novel in Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby’s Man Hands series. It can be read as a complete standalone but I would definitely recommend reading the previous books beforehand to get the full experience of this world.
I loved Meg and Mac together so much. What starts off as neighbours to friends then escalates to fake dating and benefits becomes so much more and I had so much fun watching their relationship build they had such intense chemistry and the witty banter between these two was incredible.
This book was extremely hot, sweet and just hilarious I was definitely laughing a whole lot through it. Its low on angst and has many amazing side characters.
I loved everything about it and I hope we get more from the characters we met in this book!
ARC was kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.
I was very excited to read this book, and unfortunately, I was disappointed. Now, I will say that I was in a grumpy place romantically when I read this book, so I wasn’t really in the right mood for it, so that may color my review a bit.
It was very funny, as all the Man Hands books are, but not as funny as the others in the series. It was an interesting concept: Hot Cop who doesn’t date convinces Hot Neighbor, who is an actress, to be his date for his sister’s wedding. It seemed like it would be a Fake Relationship story, which I would have LOVED, but it didn’t really end up being that at all. There wasn’t a lot of sexual tension, either, because they were like NOPE, not going to have sex; let’s banter about how much we want to have sex; oh, okay, never mind, that rule isn’t that important, let’s have lots of sex. I did really like the banter, because they weren’t hiding how much they would have wanted to have sex if Mac didn’t have his Thou Shalt Not Sleep with Thy Neighbor rule.
There was some interesting family drama, which was unlike I’d ever read before, which caused a few enjoyable surprises.
All in all, I did not like this book as much as I wanted to like it. It was funny and well-written, and worth a read. It just didn’t live up to my expectations. That, however, will not stop me from reading any and all Sarina Bowen & Tanya Eby books in the future because I’ve pretty much loved everything I’ve ever read from these talented ladies.
I’ve only read one other book in the Man Hands series by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby, and I am so happy I was able to pick up Man Cuffed because it’s hands-down the funniest romance I’ve read this year.
Man Cuffed opened with Meg working at Ye Olde Tavern, serving a bridezilla and her rowdy group of friends. They were getting antsy waiting for the strippers to arrive, and Meg just about had it when three men dressed as police officers finally show up. Hoping to get the show on the road and to contain the restless group, she takes it upon herself to help out one of the “strippers” when they all just seemed to stand there. Turns out the man she’s trying to help strip his pants off is Officer Mac Maguire, an actual cop who came in to warn the restaurant about a serious problem. After that meet cute, Meg and Mac do not run into each other again until several months later, when Meg ended up renting an apartment next door to Mac. Through a series of [hilarious] circumstances, Meg, an actress who just can’t seem to catch a break, ended up agreeing to play Mac’s date to his sister’s wedding and the story takes off from there…
Now, I have to say the humor in Man Cuffed won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. Some might take an issue with the characters’ over-the-top ridiculousness, especially Meg, but I personally enjoyed it. You kind of have to suspend your disbelief and when you do, you’ll have a grand old time with Meg and Mac! I really like Meg’s quirkiness and Mac’s growliness–I’m a sucker for the opposites attract trope and these two were super cute together. I was laughing and snorting at some of the antics they get into. It’s a good time! You don’t need to read the previous book in the series to enjoy Man Cuffed, although if you did some of the characters do make a cameo or is mentioned.
I highly recommend reading it between dark romances or emotional ones as like a palate cleanser (which is what I did) and I appreciated this book for its humor all the more. If you’re in the mood for a fun romance that’s a little over-the-top and a little silly, pick up Man Cuffed.