Brilliant!
Mason and Daisy are amazing characters!
This was such a lovely story to read.  
The characters were engaging and the writing and storyline amazing!

I loved this one! Review to come closer to release date.

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I lurve this author and this little ditty is a NetGalley Read Now. You can read it right now! Gah!
https://s2.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Even though I have approximately 103 books to read first, I'm diving into this one pronto.

Please see attached link. :)

This book was a fast read- I couldn't wait to finish the story and see where Mason and Daisy ended up.
The writing was just great and it is a real page turner. It flows easy and one can so easily identify with the main characters.

I really enjoyed that Daisy was not the typical "skinny" heroine that is usually used. It's like most people can indetify with her feelings of insecurity.

A great book and I can't wait to ready the other books by this author.

Natasha Anders has never let me down before and I'm happy to say The Wingman was exactly what I was in the mood for!!  The basis of the novel is that Daisy McGregor has always been "the other sister", the McGregor sister no one takes a second look at.  So when Daisy is out for her sister's bachelorette party she spots the gorgeous Mason Carlisle and the two strike up a friendly conversation.  Assuming Mason has no romantic feelings toward her, Daisy asks him if he would be her fake date for her sister's upcoming wedding.  Well, you know what they say about assuming...wowzer!!  I just knew from that point in this novel that I was going to love what Ms. Anders had in planned for these two!

The one thing that every Natasha Anders novels always has is a serious amount of feels!!  There were parts of this book that had me laughing out loud and other parts that literally hurt my heart.  I loved Daisy right off the bat and was keeping my fingers crossed Mason would be the man she truly deserved!!  I really loved the supporting characters and would LOVE if Natasha were to make this into a series so we could get their stories in the future!  The Wingman is a 4.5 star novel that every romance novel lover will completely devour!  Go check out this great novel NOW!!

The Wingman,  Natasha Anders

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre:  romance, 

I’ve enjoyed a few of Natasha’s books now so looked forward to this one. I liked it – a lot, but I didn’t love it. It sounded perfect for me but there were a few things that niggled. 
I hadn’t realised the setting was south Africa BTW, just for info. It fits the story really well, and made a pleasant change from the mainly US settings in romance. It did mean though that I was puzzled by some of the references at first, the free clinic and the dangers it posed etc. 

Daisy, oh how I know how she feels. I can remember as a teen going out with friends ( i haven’t any sisters) and always feeling like the unattractive one, too short, too tubby ( though I wasn’t), too clumsy, the one that would stand back always, let my friends do what they wanted, be the one that was the back-up girl, the one boys would approach in order to get to know the girl they would really want to talk to....
Even so after a while Daisy's constant putting herself down began to grate. There’s only so many times you can say things, deflect a compliment without sounding just plain rude. 
I did feel for her when she learns of Mason’s reasons for chatting to her, that was pretty awful. she really made the most of Mason’s guilt though :-) It played into all her fears about herself.

I loved the two nasties, the b itch girls, I so love those in a story and they were perfect.
I liked the setting, once I’d clicked in was S Africa, loved Daisy’s intelligence, her work as a vet, seeing a few of her patients and their owners. 
I liked her sisters, but could see why Daisy felt so different. Oddly I wanted to be a vet too when I was a kid....I related to the young Daisy too. 

The overall story was fun, some lovely humour, great snark and putdown for the two b itches, they were perfect lines. 
Loved Masons interaction with the groom at golf too, he deserved that and more. 
I was niggled a bit at Daisy, but in general it was a fun read, a light, romantic, fluffy story but not enough drama, sad bits for a re-reader for me.

Stars: hmnn, I'm hovering between a three and a four. Three and a half then. 

ARC supplied for review purposes by Netgalley and Publishers

This was a great ugly duckling story. You felt all the emotions that the characters did from hurt to hot as the story unfolded and took you along for a ride. I would have liked more clarity when the points of view changed in the story.

A sweet, touching, funny novel, so light and frothy that 303 pages felt like a novella. I enjoyed every gorgeous, funny page and would happily have read on and on.

Spencer Carlisle is desperate to talk to the eldest McGregor girl, Daffodil, at her sister Dahlia's hen night at Ralphie's Pub and enlists his younger brother Mason to distract the youngest (short, chubby, glasses wearing) Daisy. After spending an enjoyable evening chatting with Daisy, the ruse is uncovered when Daisy overhears Spencer thanking Mason for keeping her occupied. Almost as a joke, Daisy tells Mason that if he wants to make it up to her he must be her plus one at Dahlia's wedding, and Mason (to his own surprise) agrees. 

It's a meeting of opposites. Mason is a former bad boy, former soldier, former male model, millionaire. All tall, smouldering good looks, fast cars and menace. Daisy is the 'other' sister, the good girl, the clever one. The ones her aunties remind her who will look after her parents in their old age whereas Dahia and Daffodil are tall and beautiful. Mason has travelled the world while Daisy has stayed at home and works with her father. No-one will believe it if they just turn up together at the wedding so Mason suggests they go on a few dates to get to know one another.

If this synopsis reads like the book blurb it is because for once the blurb matches the reality. I've lost count of the number of times I have bought a book (or TBH requested it from NetGalley) based on the blurb and found the reality was a pale imitation of what the blurb suggested/implied. Not here. This was exactly what I was hoping for when I read the blurb.

I can't recall reading a romance set in South Africa before. Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Canada but not South Africa. I don't know whether that contributed to the enticing whiff of difference about this novel or not. All I know is that, in my opinion, Natasha Anders didn't strike a single bum note. Mason was both endearing and a bit of a sexist pig. At first he thinks that Daisy is fat and badly dressed and looks terrible, He sees her as the sort of good girl who needs a 'relationship' and wants to 'make love', he's not looking for that and he thinks about asking his brother where to go to pick up the other sort of woman, the ones who aren't looking for anything more than sex for the night. Even his sexual attraction to Daisy comes as a surprise and an inconvenience. But at the same time he is Daisy's most fervent supporter. He alone builds her self-confidence - and for that I love him.

Anyway, read the blurb, if that sounds EXACTLY what you want to read then you won't be disappointed. Oh, and there's dogs.

Recommended for anyone who enjoys books about the underdog, fake relationships and feeling the odd one out in your family.

I most definitely will be looking for the next book, hopefully it's about Spencer although Chris would be good too.

a sweet read.  good couple.

I loved this book. I loved the chemistry between Daisy and Mason. They are perfect together❤️. Mason was so sweet to Daisey and he broke through all of her walls and made her see that she was beautiful. Great story.

This is the first book i have read by this author but it wont be the last i really liked this book,it was a really sweet read and i  just loved Daisy and Mason together it was great to have that slow build up instead of inst love.Its a super book and i would recommend it.

This is the first time I've ever read this author and was thoroughly charmed by her.  The characters were very well developed, without bogging down the reader with minutia.  The pace of the story was perfect.  

It's a basic story that I've read a dozen times, yet it felt unique and heartfelt in this book.  I read it in one sitting and couldn't wait to get to the end, but was so disappointed when I did because I just didn't want the story to be over!!!!!

she's conned him into being a one night distraction, but he sees more. 
Daisy thinks it's hard for anyone to find her attractive since her sisters are so beautiful... she's the odd woman out. until Mason.
interesting family, great characters. loved the story line.

It hurts me to give this book such a low rating, because I loved everything Natasha Anders have written ever since i stumbled across the unwanted wife and have been an eager follower of her since.
So when i heard that wingman was coming out, i couldn't wait. When i discovered it on netgallery i was over the moon. But then i read it and felt...disappointed.

I couldn't connect with the characters they were both too whiney to the point where i found them both slightly annoying, I was waiting for the drama to kick in but it never did.
All of natasha's other books are an emotional rollercoaster, where as this one just wasn't and i couldn't help but find it lacking.

Yay, we've got a winner! What a sweet and fun little romance (and is it just me or does the cover guy look like Patrick Wilson?).

To be honest, I'm usually not a fan of the „ugly duckling“ trope. They typically go like this:
Shy and visually unappealing wallflower heroine experiences something humiliating and decides she has to get her shit together and make something out of herself. Hero, who has never acknowledged heroine as an actual girl before, finally sees her now that she's pretty, and falls head over heels in love with her. Because, you know, she's so much more lovable when she's hot and popular.
And as entertaining as those reads may be, they tend to leave that ugly taste in my mouth that something's just terribly wrong with that...

So I'm immensily relieved and happy that is not the path Natasha Anders took with The Wingman.
Sure, Daisy is what you would expect from an „ungly duckling“ heroine – she's shy, insecure and touchy, a typical people-pleaser. For as long as she can remember, she's been the „other McGregor sister“, the odd one out while all the guys lusted after her sisters. She's never had a relationship, always keeping a low profile, not wanting to attract any attention for the fear of being hurt.
BUT: Even though she's kind of resigned herself to that fate, she has developed a thick skin and a snarky, dry kind of humor that I loved. And even though she sometimes lets herself be dragged into self-pity parties, she never wallows in them for too long, coming out quickly with her head held high.
So when she finds out that Mason's sudden attention was nothing more than a scheme to distract her so his brother, Spencer, can hit on her older sister, instead of going all woe-is-me, she grabs the opportunity and uses Mason guilt to coerce him into posing as her date at her sister's wedding.

Mason, being the genuinely good guy that he is, is actually happy to help and sees a chance to redeem himself. He even goes so far as to suggest they pretend to be dating in order to shut up her well-meaning but misguided family and all the other naggers once and for all.
Cue drama, lots of hot-and-cold behavior, misunderstandings and bitchy bridesmaids.

Mason was absolutely yummy - easy-going, charismatic, a little damanged and very alpha. A little too bossy for my liking from time to time, but he was being so charming about it I couldn't stay mad with him for long for being such a freaking caveman. I loved how he had Daisy's back from the second the met, how he helped her overcome her insecurities and wouldn't take crap from her when she got all self-conscious and defensive on him.
Most of all, though, I loved how he saw how beautiful she was, inside and out, from the start, and didn't require a huge makeover on her side to fall for her.


A light and cute read that tackled the rather serious underlying subject of bullying with a charming sort of nonchalance, and that made do without any sap and grand gestures of love, and thus seemed all the more relatable and realistic. There were even two adorable dogs. Nobody can resist the charm of adorable dogs.
Well done!

Just one thing that bugged the hell out of me, though: Daffodil, Dahlia and Daisy? Seriously? Who does that?!

Unfortunately, I found this book rather boring and was unable to finish it.

This was just an okay read for me. The ugly duckling yet intelligent heroine and the good looking, successful hero from the wrong side of the tracks was interesting at the beginning. However, the story became old when Daisy’s attractiveness (or lack thereof) in comparison to her sisters was mentioned one too many times.

It pains me to be the one with the unpopular review for an ARC. 
It must be a case of a "its not you, its me" type situation.......

Honestly it pains me a lot because The Unwanted Wife is one of my favorite books written. Its a constant re-read of mine when I want to feel deeply reading a book. 

I could sing the praises of The Unwanted Wife for days.. for days... and then this..................

The writing felt very amateurish. There was no connection btwn the 2 MCs and I wondered why someone was primed as fat when really she's not? And it took 2 supermodels to see her worth? It was all very eye roll inducing for me. 
I truly didn't even know where the setting of the book was until about 40% through. 

Mare~Slitsread

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the interaction between the characters and enjoyed watching them fall in love with each other.

"Well, how do you ever really know if what you're feeling is true love?"  
That is the question the characters of The Wingman by Natasha Anders struggle to answer throughout this charming and romantic novel. Mason Carlisle's thwarted attempt to act as his brother's wingman, throws Mason into an intense case of "like" with Daisy McGregor. This development is as much a surprise for Mason, who has a bit of a chip on his shoulder about the McGregor sisters, as it is for Daisy, who is used to being ignored at best and ridiculed at worst. These two intelligent and witty characters join forces to fool a town into believing they are a couple, but the lines between truth and fiction are never clear. 
Anders creates fallible characters that come with all kinds of baggage. Their saving grace is that they are honest about their own shortcomings, as well as, blunt about each other's faults. This honesty is very refreshing in a novel, since "game playing" is a well hackneyed trope that has lost its luster. However, this does not mean that the course of true love runs smoothly. Daisy and Mason have a slow burn growing in  their relationship, though neither really wants to admit it, and the couple find themselves in new territory as far as feelings are concerned. I enjoyed watching as things progressed between the two and appreciated that the author took her time with the relationship. 
Daisy's snark and Mason's brattiness make this a truly fun story, but it has surprising depth. Dialogue, my catnip, was very well done in this novel, both because of the humorous banter and because of the vulnerabilities uncovered. If one has ever done a stint as an ugly duckling or invisible child, then one can relate to Daisy, and if one has ever had to fight through tough odds and terrible tragedies, then it is easy to see why Mason struggles with his own feelings. Throw in a couple of mean girls, misguided family members and a s.o.b. brother in law, and the story zips along with something always happening. I always found that while I did not always like decisions that were made, I always wanted to find out if they come out alright in the end. This is one of those books that I read straight through, ignoring family and obligations to finish. The author is new to me, but this will not be the last story I read by her. I look forward to finding out how Daffodil's story ends.