A Review by Wendy ♥ Man Hands by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby

 A Review by Wendy

 4.5 Two Hurts Make It Oh, So Right Stars
* * * * 1/2

 Spoiler Free

Oh, this Book... I have to say at first I wasn't quite sure if this was truly happening... But as I read a couple of more pages, It Was a Full On Delight! Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby joined forces and we are the Lucky Ones...

Well, actually our characters are the ones who really benefit. They have the most wonderful moments of discovery about each other and themselves.

We first meet Brynn and her posse. Brynn is recovering from a recent divorce and is stuck per her loving friends. They are concerned because all she has been doing since she realized her marriage was not what it should be...is cooking, blogging and kind of just hanging out in the new house she is renting.

Brynn had been married for awhile to a man who showed no physical interest in her...He made excuses to not have sex...and just settled into having Brynn supply amazing food for him to consume. It was this treatment which caused Brynn to doubt herself. Here she was an accomplished English professor and capable of so much... and everyday she was losing who she was...

Brynn decides enough is enough and tells her ex the divorce is happening...and he hardly acknowledges it. His father, however, lays Brynn off from her position at the University...So now Brynn is unemployed, sending out resumes or plans to... and only feels competent when baking, cooking and blogging.

This is when her fantastic friends step in... Announcing Brynn needs to get LAID... and they have the perfect way to make it happen. The real estate agent who is in competition with Brynn's friend is having a party. It will have the necessary booze, hot guys, moneyed and able to give the thorough shagging Brynn needs. She hesitates but ends up going.

We get a taste right off the bat of the relationship the dueling real estate agents have- Now this is a running thing and they should end up with their own book The women get drinks, settle in and Bam... there in a corner is Brynn's ex... with a woman who is many years younger than Brynn... thinner and OMG, the Ex's hand is caressing her ass....Mr. I'm Not Interested in Sex is doing a PDA!!!!

Well, that is all Brynn needs to realize she can't breathe...To the rescue, she is instructed to collect herself and go and kiss the first Manly Man she sees...

A switch was turned on...Brynn zeros in on the most Manly Man she sees... Tom, out there in the garden, turns towards her after just working on some planting...She takes off as if on fire and before both of them can connect the dots... Brynn has thrown herself into this mans arms... He catches her, his manly hands cupping her ass and lays a kiss on him for all she is worth...

Tom reacts instinctively. Here this womanly woman... not the stick figure his ex girlfriend was... this vision coming at him has curves, breasts that move naturally, rising and falling with each step...
Oh, his body is reacting and wanting this to be a real experience... because it has been a long while since Tom has had a woman's body close...

Tom has been trying to heal himself. He went through a very difficult break up. He was crushed and it has been hard to live it down. His personal posse of one, the real estate broker, made Tom have this party at Tom's home... so he was ripe for this Real Woman crashing into him...And when her mouth lashes onto his... he was taken aback...and then both of them lost their minds...

Yup... Tom holding Brynn, Brynn wrapping her legs and arms around this guy... sucking face like her life depended on it.. Each one full of drinks yet still with working minds... with one thing needing to happen...

She needs to get as close to him as she can... He wants her under him and Nothing is going to stop these two...And Nothing Does....

These two experience life changing sex... Yes, there is such a thing and they are having it...

What happens next and throughout the rest of the book defies my ability to present it properly...
Everything rings just right...all the humor... all of the amazing desire these two have for each other... all of the goofy wonderful talking about food and sex works. There are layers of pathos, too... but not too much -just the right amount.

There are POV's for our two and then there is also the constant conversation Tom's Dick has with him... Yup, no kidding...It So Works.

As you can tell, I am smitten with this book and the partnership of these extremely talented authors.
They have figured out how to do this Rom/Com thing and another book will be coming in January...Yes, I am hoping it is the fighting Real Estate brokers. 

 A gifted copy was provided by author/publisher for an honest review.

 About Sarina Bowen
Sarina Bowen is the USA Today bestselling author of many things, including: the True North series, Him/Us and the WAGs series with Elle Kennedy, The Ivy Years series and the Brooklyn Bruisers. And more!
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