Womanizer (Manwhore, #4)

by Katy Evans

You've seen the headlines: Womanizing billionaire player! Watch out! Stay away!

We were just two strangers. Facing a forbidden attraction, a chemical connection. Neither of us expected or wanted it to amount to more.

But I had never been drawn to a guy the way I was drawn to this one: my brother's best friend, and CEO of the company where I interned. Even knowing I should stay away, I proved to be too human, after all.

The chemistry was amazing.

The laughs were incredible.

I opened up to him in more ways than I'd opened up to anyone before.

But sex was as far as I'd go.

Just sex because he was too irresistible.

Just sex because I wouldn't be falling for him.

Just sex because I'd leave in three months, and I'd like for my brother not to kill me, and for nobody to find out he was my wicked little secret.

He wasn't the One.

He was just a womanizer.

But for a time, he would be mine.

• ISBN10: 1536958751
• ISBN13: 9781536958751
• Publish Date: 14 November 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 274
• Language: English

Reviews

[starbell]

I was originally going to give this two stars, but the second half of the book was better than the first I think. I almost stopped reading it at one point just because it's so ridiculous to me. I don't understand how they didn't figure out who each other were at some point prior to when they did. Does Callan just not have any clue who he hires to work at his company? The only reason I stuck with it as long as I did was because I wanted to see what would happen with Tahoe.

It also seemed to have a much younger focus as Tahoe's sister is right out of college and is 22 whereas the others in the series have been more mid 20's so I didn't like that either. I just found the story overall hard to believe. No one told her, her brother just kind of vanished from her life for a while. I felt like I was reading a slow motion car crash through the whole book.

I also cannot believe he kept pursuing her after he found out she was his BEST FRIEND's little sister. I don't think that type of guy would be the type to end up marrying her at the end. I just felt like he had very little respect for his friends and I can't believe his best friends were Tahoe and Malcolm, two of my favorite men in romance novels ever. He's so different.

I am glad I finished the book even though I found it very unrealistic, especially since Olivia just says she's going to give up on her dreams for him after 3 months. I didn't have much respect for Olivia/Callan in this book at all.

[whisperingchapters]

3.5 stars

[Cocktails and Books]

This review was originally posted on Cocktails and Books

Callan wasn't the stand out best friend to Malcolm Saint that Tahoe was, so I sure what to expect. Him becoming Hot Smoking Guy made me love this guy and want for him to so badly prove to Tahoe's little sister that he had indeed found "The One."

Callan, like Malcolm and Tahoe, was a professed bachelor. He didn't believe he could love someone they way they should when they make that level of commitment to one another. Instead, he tells women what to expect and expects them to remember that. Everything went according to plan until he agrees to have Tahoe's little sister, Olivia, intern at his company.

I loved how these two met. Olivia wondering up to the top floor balcony of the corporate building and running into this stunningly beautiful man who was smoking and whom she convinces to let her bum a cigarette. They begin a flirtation and sorta friendship while sharing a smoke, all while not knowing who the other one is. They share secrets and dreams in the safety of anonymity. But once their identities become known, Callan and Olivia have to figure out if everything they felt was worth changing their plans.

I truly enjoyed everything about Callan and Olivia's romance. I always love when an alpha male who's determined to remain single finds himself knocked on his arse by a woman. Callan finds himself in that exact situation, but it was how he was willing to change his rules and go after his "game changer" that truly had me swooning. No, it wasn't Callan that had the cold feet in this one and that makes him to resist.

My only issue with the family aspect. First, Callan and Tahoe are best friends. I would think at some point, either Olivia and Tahoe would have met, even if it was briefly. Or would have seen a picture of one another. That seemed a little odd. Then there was the missing Carmichael family. It sounded as though Callan had a good relationship with his family...so where were they? This might have bugged me a little bit, but I let it go because what really mattered was Callan and Olivia.
A great addition to the Manwhore series. The best friends are all matched up, so I'm wondering what comes next. I can't wait to find out.

[Eve1972]

A new job. A new city. A three-month internship that will start Olivia Roth on the path to her dreams. Olivia has her life plan all mapped out, that is until she meets the most intriguing man having a cigarette.

Soon Olivia is looking forward to those daily chats, and when a night out turns into a night of hot sex, Olivia is hooked. But when morning comes, and they both realize the truth, things get complicated.

Can Olivia let go of her life plan and open her heart to a known womanizer? Or will she head back to Texas with a broken heart?



I'll be honest and say the first half of this book had me struggling. The ad nauseam OW hanging on the hero, or the continuous mentions of his "OW" distracted me A LOT. The title alone told me he was a WOMANIZER, I didn't need it shoved in my face over and over again. That said, after the 60% point we finally got off the OW train, and the book picked up for me.

I adored both of these characters. Olivia was just a sweetheart. Funny and honest. You really won't be able to help but fall in love with her. Callan was sexy and surprisingly sweet. I expected more resistance from him than I got. Really the relationship in this book was pretty smooth sailing. No angst at all aside from a little from Olivia's brother. These two were just really perfect for each other in every way. The sex scenes were hot. Thier conversations and banter cute. Easy peasy...as they say.

So even though I struggled a bit at the beginning to get into this one, I did end up really enjoying it by the end. So two thumbs up from yours truly.