Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters #2)
Talia Hibbert
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 315 ratings · 400 pages · Published: 23 Jun 2020

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. But the former sports star has issues of his own, and the walls around his heart are as thick as his... um, thighs.
Suddenly, the easy lay Dani dreamed of is more complex than her thesis. Has her wish backfired? Is her focus being tested? Or is the universe just waiting for her to take a hint?
Tagged as:
- contemporary 30
- multicultural 30
- friends to lovers 27
- south asian/desi 25
- fake relationship 24
- curvy heroine 24
- funny 23
- sweet/gentle hero 23
- bisexuality 21
- sports 20
- working class hero 20
- workplace/office 19
- independent heroine 17
- athlete hero 15
- black mc 15
- competent heroine 14
- muslim 14
- white collar heroine 12
- grumpy & sunshine 10
- take-charge heroine 8
- friends with benefits 8
- m-f romance 8
- caretaking 7
- childfree 7
- grumpy/ice queen 6
- neurodivergent mc 5
- teacher/coach hero 5
- teacher/coach heroine 5
- new adult 3
- angst 3
- hurt/comfort 3
- height difference 3
- disabilities & scars 2
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- sassy heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- mental illness 14
- death / grief 5
- mental trauma 2
- geography
- europe 6
- england 6
- british isles 5
- united kingdom 5
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 11
- third person pov 6
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