Talia Hibbert, one of contemporary romance’s brightest new stars, delivers a witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who’s tired of being “boring” and recruits her mysterious, sexy neighbor to help her experience new things—perfect for fans of Sally Thorne, Jasmine Guillory, and Helen Hoang.
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamourous family’s mansion. The next items?
Enjoy a drunken night out.
Ride a motorcycle.
Go camping.
Have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex.
Travel the world with nothing but hand luggage.
And... do something bad.
But it’s not easy being bad, even when you’ve written step-by-step guidelines on how to do it correctly. What Chloe needs is a teacher, and she knows just the man for the job.
Redford ‘Red’ Morgan is a handyman with tattoos, a motorcycle, and more sex appeal than ten-thousand Hollywood heartthrobs. He’s also an artist who paints at night and hides his work in the light of day, which Chloe knows because she spies on him occasionally. Just the teeniest, tiniest bit.
But when she enlists Red in her mission to rebel, she learns things about him that no spy session could teach her. Like why he clearly resents Chloe’s wealthy background. And why he never shows his art to anyone. And what really lies beneath his rough exterior…
Christy's Review:
Get a Life, Chloe Brown was my first Talia Hibbert book, and I can’t wait to read more. This was a sweet, fun, and sexy romance, but it was more than that. I love that it featured a disabled/chronically ill heroine and a hero who broke stereotypes in another way. This is representation we don’t see a ton of in the romance world, and I for one was happy to see it.
Chloe Brown is living life on her own for the first time. She’s 31 years old, and after a life altering near death experience, she decides to take life by the horns and live a little. This includes making a list of things she needs to do. A ‘get a life’ list.
This was her Get a Life list. She took it rather seriously.
There are many things on this list. Some are big things, and some are little things. They’re all important to Chloe. Chloe lives in an apartment building where Redford Morgan is the super. Red is a lovable guy and gets along with everyone. Except for Chloe. I love the banter between these two so much. The enemies to lovers romance done right is one of my favorite troupes ever. Even though Chloe and Red don’t get along, there is a lingering attraction between the two of them.
Somehow, Chloe and Red decide to help each other out. Red will take Chloe on his bike (part of the list) and she will help with a website (he’s the opposite of tech savvy). Once Red finds out about this list, he wants to help with even more…
I loved Chloe and Red together so much. Both of them were wonderful characters. Red was the sweetest guy. When he found out that Chloe was ill, he took care of her while letting her be independent. I think that’s so important. Red had a lot of relationship baggage and it was hard for him to let Chloe be there for him, but whit time they worked it out. Chloe was such a strong and feisty character. I admired her and think she will be relatable to a lot of women. She certainly was relatable to me in some ways.
“You are exactly right for me, Chloe,”
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