TITLE: The Manny
AUTHOR: Nina Bloom
PUBLISHED DATE: 3/30/2024
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RATING: ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
BLURB:
Mae needs a nanny. Preferably an aging male with a balding head. Too bad the Jedi Knight of Mannies and ovary-charmer, Remi, shows up instead.
Mae, a single mother navigating a male-dominated corporate world, is trying to keep her company from folding. Days are long and nights are stressful. Add an active toddler into the mix, and life is like trying to extinguish a fiery blaze with a watering can. Seeking balance in her life, Mae hires a male nanny but soon realizes giving up control is harder than she thought. And she really shouldn’t be fantasizing about her child’s way-too-young caregiver.
Remi doesn’t take himself too seriously, except when it comes to caring for his charges. When a dream job lands in his lap, he’s all too eager to take the contract. Only, he didn’t realize he’d risk losing that job so soon. By committing the nannies’ cardinal sin—fall for the parent.
As they grow closer, Remi can no longer keep his feelings to himself, but Mae is adamant about not adding more complications to her already hectic life. Can Remi's belief in their connection convince Mae that giving him a shot is worth it? Or is she right in thinking this reckless affair can only make them lose it all?
Are the risks worth taking?
The Manny is a steamy contemporary romance stand-alone. If you love humor laced with raw emotion and spicy cinnamon roll heroes, you’ll love this new book by Nina Bloom.
POV: 1st Dual
Angst Level: Mid
Humor Level: Mid
Steam Level: High
Happily Ever After: Always
Warning: Not suitable for ages under 18 due to graphic language and adult content. See full content warning inside. Reader discretion is advised.
MY REVIEW:
DISCLAIMER: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I really enjoyed this story! This was my first book that I read from Nina and it won’t be my last!
I loved Remi and Mae. I loved watching their chemistry develop throughout the book . Remi is quite the cinnamon roll and I loved how he lived to make Mae and her daughter Isabel happy, even when he wasn’t working. Remi and Isabel’s relationship is something special and I really enjoyed their scenes in this book!
I absolutely adored Jayden, Mae’s best friend and business partner. Jayden is the first non-binary character that I have read in a romance novel, their pronouns are they/them, and so it took me a little bit to get used to. but they were absolutely adorable! I loved how they were there for Mae and yet wasn’t afraid to give her some tough love when she was being stubborn. The whole time I read this book, whenever Jayden was mentioned, I somehow kept seeing Chris Sullivan in my head. (He played Toby in the show, This is Us.)
Thank you Nina for the advance copy! I can’t wait for more people to read this book!