Take a Hint, Dani Brown

About the book

One of Oprah Magazine's 22 Romance Novels That Are Set to Be the Best of 2020 Talia Hibbert returns with another charming romantic comedy about a young woman who agrees to fake date her friend after a video of him "rescuing" her from their office building goes viral... Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. Romantic partners, whatever their gender, are a distraction at best and a drain at worst. So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits--someone who knows the score and knows their way around the bedroom. When brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues Dani from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, it's an obvious sign: PhD student Dani and ex-rugby player Zaf are destined to sleep together. But before she can explain that fact, a video of the heroic rescue goes viral. Now half the internet is shipping #DrRugbae--and Zaf is begging Dani to play along. Turns out, his sports charity for kids could really use the publicity. Lying to help children? Who on earth would refuse? Dani's plan is simple: fake a relationship in public, seduce Zaf behind the scenes. The trouble is, grumpy Zaf's secretly a hopeless romantic--and he's determined to corrupt Dani's stone-cold realism. Before long, he's tackling her fears into the dirt.

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.2 across 261 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 63% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.7. That is how 8.0 comes out.

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

• “Talia Hibbert's romances are quite enjoyable and funny. This second installment in the Brown Sisters series is an easy, fun read with a very likable love interest. Even though the main character, Dani, is frustrating as a character, I really liked reading this book. Dani…”

  ★ 3/5anon on Hardcover

• “Not as good as Get a Life, Chloe Brown imo, either because i was in a less forgiving mood or because I thought Dani was less relatable/likeable (she felt more... caricature-y?) character. Zaf was also v bland - nothing wrong with him, he's a great…”

  ★ 3/5esongbirdie on Hardcover

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