

Hibbert knows how to deepen and complicate her characters, meticulously peeling back layer upon layer as the story goes on. What seems like a win-win scenario quickly becomes messier in romance, fake dating rarely stays fake for long. Dani can get her friends with benefits scenario with hunky Zaf, and Zaf can get closer to his crush, Dani, while using the exposure to help his sports nonprofit for children, Tackle It. Friends with benefits? Surely, but nothing that requires careful cultivation and patience navigating emotional bombshells.Īfter a fire drill goes haywire, Zaf’s gallant rescuing of Dani becomes a viral sensation and both realize they can use the situation to their mutual benefit. She certainly doesn’t have time for romance. student who can barely stop working long enough to eat a decent meal. Zaf is a former rugby player turned security guard whose weakness is reading romance and who has a passion for destigmatizing mental illness. Zafir Ansari and Dani Brown couldn’t be more different. Her return to the adventures of the Brown siblings with Take A Hint, Dani Brown is an easy contender for best book of the year. Talia Hibbert is quickly becoming a contemporary romance powerhouse.
