Finding Mr. Write by Kelley Armstrong

TL;DR: Funny and adorable. I really enjoyed this and smiled my way through it.
Source: Thank you to the publisher for the eArc via Netgalley!

Plot: Daphne is writing under a pseudonym and needs to hire an actor to be portray that person. The actor she picks is the farthest thing from the man’s man she expected.
Characters: I love a cinnamon roll hero and that’s what we have here. I also love a very capable female lead, this just has the golden pair for me.
Setting: The setting was lovely, a woodsy remote cabin followed by book festivals and signings? Yeah. I enjoyed that a lot.
Romance: I ate this up with a spoon, not going to lie. These two were so cute together.

Thoughts:

Finding Mr. Write by Kelley Armstrong is an almost cozy romance about a writer who hires a man to be her ‘face’ after publishing her book under a male pseudonym. Daphne is fairly desperate to get published and one night after some wine and moping she submits her book, yet again, to a publisher under a male name with a tweaked synopsis. It’s picked up, and not in a little way.

This worked so well for me for a few reasons. This is a ‘He Falls First’ type of story with a cinnamon roll of a hero. Chris is beyond adorable, acting out the role of Zane while also supporting and being Daphne’s rock for most of this novel. I also loved Daphne and her attitude and strength. I’m always, always going to be a fan of physically strong female character who can keep up with her male counterpart. The situation they find themselves in is also engaging.

There is a mix of text and traditional prose in this, but Kelley Armstrong did a great job with it, and I found myself giggling several times at the exchanges between the two characters early on in the book. I really loved this and if you’re a fan of the tropes it carries and the premise you won’t be disappointed in this one.

4 out of 5 homemade brownies