Bridesmaid for Hire

By: Meghan Quinn

Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Jason Clarke

USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn is back with a hilarious new rom-com series.

Sometimes the wedding of the century calls for desperate measures.

And sometimes those desperate measures are to pretend the person you hate most is actually your boyfriend.

After years of working her tail off at her event-planning business, Maggie Mitchell is ready for a vacation. With nothing on her mind but R & R, she’s enjoying the warm weather of Bora Bora when in saunters Brody McFadden, her brother’s best friend and also her sworn enemy. Thanks to years of tension between the two—kicked off by a make-out session at her brother’s wedding that ended horribly—Maggie has sworn to stay away from the man. That is, until she finds out he’s in Bora Bora for his boss’s daughter’s wedding, hoping to use the trip to win a real future at the company.

Maggie promised herself she wouldn’t even think of work on the island, but as word spreads about the “wedding of the century” taking place in the midst of her vacation, she realizes offering her services as a bridesmaid and planner could bring her business to the next level. The only catch? She needs to pose as Brody’s girlfriend to get the job…while letting him stay in her peaceful bungalow.

Tensions rise, irritation flairs, and despite years’ worth of bickering behind closed doors, Maggie can’t quite squash the sparks building between her and her new fake boyfriend, especially when she learns the real reason their first kiss was cut short. But as the wedding day draws closer and everything starts to go wrong, it just might be Brody who sends Maggie’s business crashing down—and her heart along with it.

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Best summer vacation read!

Loved this book!! I enjoyed every minute of this book, even nearly running late for appointments because I couldn’t stop listening. Meghan Quinn’s story is well written, and very funny - I would laugh or say out loud, “Oh, no!” Jason Clarke and Erin Mallon voice Brody and Maggie with humanness and emotions that helped drive the narrative forward. They are two of the most talented narrators of romance audiobooks.

Another fantastic book book by Meghan Quinn! This book should be on everyone’s beach read this summer, especially since it’s set on an island resort.

Outrageous and funny and THE BEST narration

April showers bring May flowers. Or does it bring us to Bora Bora where Meghan Quinn gives us some over the top fun with some great banter with a brother's best friend that is soooo off limits?

Bridesmaid For Hire is a spin off of sorts from the Almond Bay series where we get to meet Brody and Maggie and see how they come together. From the prologue alone, I was curious what could bring the two characters back together after the moment they had that did not go over well. Cue a trip to Bora Bora where Brody is there to wow his boss and Maggie is there to take some time off, relax and meet a guy in a speedo. But when she finds out that someone she wants to work with in the wedding industry is there, she will do anything to prove she is worthy. Even pretend to be the girlfriend of Brody so they can both come out on top.

I absolutely loved Maggie and the way she took hold of each and every situation. She was poised and in control and everyone loved her. She had an easiness about her and was the perfect match to Brody that was anything but calm. He was anxious, nervous and could not catch a break the ENTIRE time on the trip. He just continuously failed and it cracked me up each and every time. I liked that these two had a history and how they each decided to hide how they felt about one another until things came to a head. And when they finally spoke their truths, watch out. Ms Quinn knows how to give us awkward comedy, but she also gives some darn good explicit bedroom scenes and I was here for it! The banter, the chemistry and the hilarious hijinks were all played out well for the storyline.

Now, let's talk about the audiobook because I always say that Meghan Quinn's books are made for audio. And Jason Clarke and Erin Mallon absolutely proved that point times a million. Jason Clarke and his deep gravelly voice was perfect for Brody in every way. From his anxious self, to his bedroom voice, to his screeching because of Mother Nature, he had me in stitches AND hot and bothered. And then there's Erin Mallon that IS comedy. She captured the friendly and off the cuff remarks that Maggie was known for and really brought her character to life. These two made an already great story even better.

I loved the characters in this book and the way everyone came together to find some sort of happiness. Not only for Maggie and Brody, but for some side characters that I'm super excited to see in some future books (crossing fingers for 2 brothers in particular). If you're in the mood for some wedding romcom that has some great standout comedy scenes along with some spice so hot you'll need to fan yourself, definitely give this one a shot And if you're a Meghan Quinn fan, you will love the way she connects this book and its characters to past books.

*For fans of:
Quinn-verse ;)
Brother's best friend
Fake relationship
Age Gap
Forced Proximity
One Bed
I Love Lucy antics

I love these narrators

• 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀
• 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗽
• 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵
• 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘆
• 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿
• 𝗔 𝗠𝗠𝗖 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀
• 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
• 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
• 𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟰 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀

Before I posted my review for 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 I had to make a quick post about 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑯𝒊𝒓𝒆. This book was absolutely hilarious!!! Meghan ability to make me laugh out loud while reading a book is unmatched! I love Brody and Maggie's characters so much!

𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀:

• The hilarious banter between these characters.

• The mutual pinning had me hooked from the very beginning! Because I knew Meghan would DELIVER on those spicy scenes when they finally got together!

“𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘔𝘤𝘍𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰𝘮, 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶?”

“𝘠𝘦𝘴,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵. “𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

• Brody passing out from the snake. (Or not snake) 😆

"𝘔𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯"

"𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩. 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨."

• Brody's rambling!!! 🤣🤣

• Maggie waking up to her face snuggling Brody's 🥰

• One of my favorite parts of Meghan's books is always the text messages between friends. I was cracking up at Hattie and her conversations.

𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒆: 𝘓𝘖𝘓. 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺.
𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒆: 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Review for 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 coming... 🤣

I loved this performance so much! Jason Clarke is one of my favorite male narrators. And he was the perfect Brody!! And Erin's sweet voice brought Maggie's character perfectly to life!

Loved every moment of it!

This was just a cute story. I never got bored and I was feeling the roller coaster of emotions with the characters. Such a great romance/comedy book.

The banter

I like the characters even though some of the incidents were a little too unbelievable. It still was a cute book and a good read!