Hudson Carlyle, second son of the Harbor City Carlyles, who build most of Harbor City, is known as a irresistible, charming rogue. However, he couldn't take his eyes off of her the moment he saw her at the Harbor City Museum of Natural History's Ant Lab . Felicia Hartigan, with her long dark hair pulled back in a ponytail wearing a black boxy shapeless dress is not his usual type. She is an entomologist, specializing in myrmecology, specifically the honeypot ant. As the fixer of the family, he is charged by his mother to repair the rift between his older brother Sawyer and his former best friend Tyler Jacobson. Meanwhile, Felicia has had a crush on Tyler since she was a girl and Tyler was the boy next door and friend of her older brothers. Unknown to all but his gallery owner, he is a well known and demanded painter. So Hudson strikes a bargain with Felicia. He will be her Henry Higgins and help her capture Tyler's attention, if she will let him paint her afterwards. and so begins this comedy of errors, where no one knows what they really want. I received an ARC for an honest review and I found this an extremely charming read. Recommend to all who enjoy ROMCOMs.

I loved this novel!  This is the best kind of novel to read.  It grabs you in the first chapter and will not let go until the very last page.  I started reading this early in the evening and honestly could not put it down, I stayed up most of the night reading not because I wanted to but because I had to.  Loved it.  I loved the characters and I love a novel that can make me laugh out loud.  Loved it!  I loved Hudson and Felicia.  I loved the dialogue and the banter.  I can't wait to see what this author has coming next.

After reading The Negotiator, I was looking forward to reading the follow up book. Hudson and Felicia's story in The Charmer was entertaining, but fell a little short of expectations. 
I struggled a bit in connecting with both Hudson and Felicia. They were good characters with interesting back stories, but for some reason they just didn't click with me. 
The Charmer is a bit of a My Fair Lady story and openly embraces that. The spin was part of what I liked about the book, but some of the execution is what I didn't like. Felicia's character is at times presented as the innocent "Eliza Doolittle" type character then that gets flipped around and her personality morphed when she and Hudson were intimate. It left me a little unsure as to who she really was. 
There also seemed to be a lot of focus on Tyler, who I am assuming will be the star of the next Harbor City book. Some of it was necessary as he is the foil in the Felicia/Hudson situation, but some of the focus seemed to be more on setting up his story. 
This was a good book, but just not what I had hoped for going in.

This was a good read. Really enjoyed the characters and the storyline flowed nicely. Pages just flew by. Would recommend. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book.

This book was a really fun and wonderful story. I absolutely loved everyone in the story. It stars Hudson, a rich, bored socialite, I guess we can call him. At least that is what he shows the world as his personality as the charmer. The reaity is he is a famous painter  but its a big NO in his family. 

One night at a fundraiser he spots scientist, Felicia and he finds her fascinating. He finds out she has a major crush on his brothers best friend, Tyler. Tyler and his brother are having some issues so he devises a ridiculous plan to get Felicia, Tyler and reunite his brother and Tyler.

What he doesn't account for is that Felicia is like no one he has met before and he plays a little Pygmalion with her, he falls for her...but what about her dreams about Tyler.

This was well written and extremely fun. I highly recommend the story for a fun read.

Such a cute book. I loved Felicia and her sense of humor along with her love for Honeypot ants. :) Hudson is a cocky man who knows his charm can get him whatever he wants. Except for the acceptance of his art career from his family. At least thats what he thinks. Loved this book, can’t wait to read more by Avery Flynn.

I feel like this book has been done before.... many times. And the thins is, I don't get it. I don't get when people help other people land the person of their dreams, when it happens to be another person. I don't get why people need sex lessons with other people. when everyone one is different.

what a amazing story I just love these kind of story's thank you so much

I give this book 5 stars. The storyline between Ant Reseacher Felicia Hartigan and Wealthy Hudson Carlyle was well written and starts with them meeting at a fundraiser. He is taken by her but is confused because she is a nerdy women not the usually women he dates. She is in love with her brothers friend Tyler and Hudson calls her on it. She tries to say she does but he know she is not telling the truth. He tells her he will help her won Tyler's attention in exchange for painting her portrait. She declines but he shows up at her lab the next day. I whole heartedly recommend this book. I voluntarily reviewed this Advanced Reader Copy of this book.

This book was the first book I have read of Ms Flynn's. I think that it says that this book could be a stand alone, but having not read book one of this series I felt like I maybe was missing just a few key points of information (like the thing that came between Sawyer and Tyler). But over all this was an Ok story. I liked Felecia a lot. She maybe small but she was pretty mighty. She was pretty shy but had a fiesty side to her. She meets Hudson, he's a rich businessman who has a secret side to him that he hides from his family. The two of them when they finally get together were pretty hot. I think some of what I thought was kinda boring was the triangle of Felecia liking Tyler, who was just a friend of Hudson's brother Sawyer, who didn't like her, to Hudson liking her but not telling her. It was a lot to keep track of. Over all cute story with a hea.

I loved this book! Hudson... have mercy. Another book I did not put down. It's just that good. When the story starts to take the first few twists and turns, I couldn't help myself, just had to keep reading.

Hudson is the charming of the two brothers, and frankly he is just that. Looking at him and workaholic, driven Sawyer just give me Hudson. He wants no part of the family business, shows up at events only when beckoned by his mother Helene. Here we see him invited to the museum for an exhibition when a young woman wearing what he describes as a sack catches his eye, and his desire to paint her kicks in. Hudson has a secret life. He's a highly successful artist whose paintings are prized. He hides it from his family, after being chastised in college by his father who pressed him into business or else. After the fall out from book one, Sawyer and Tyler still aren't talking to each other because they're both jackhats and Helene sets about an idea that Hudson needs to fix this. Because Hudson is a fixer. During the evening he meets Felicia.

Felicia is his object d'art and desire. Felicia has a PhD in I'll be brief here, insects, namely a specific species of ant. Felicia is form across the river in Waterbury, comes from a loud, large Irish family and is no bigger than a minute. They called her pocket sized. When Tyler's family moved into the neighborhood she finally met someone she could talk to, but he was her older brothers best friend and Tyler got a scholarship to the prep school back across the river. The town that the Carlyle's basically built. Felicia has had a major crush on Tyler forever (although it totally eludes me why). Hudson doesn't get it either, but makes a deal with Felicia that she'll help him get the two guys back on speaking terms meanwhile he'll coach her on dating and in return she agrees to let him paint her.

Hudson jumps in with both feet to his newly assigned duty with her and I loved it. I loved them both.
Hudson was so slick without being slimy- he was -yes, charming. His nickname for her was Matches and Matches was a little slow out of the gate, but she caught up. Started getting confused about her feelings and had to remind herself that Tyler was the end goal. There were a couple of things Tyler did in this book that peeved me about his friendship with Matches and I didn't like it or him for doing it. Selfish, he is. 

So Avery, fantastic storyteller that she is weaves us a story that really entwines Hudson and Matches, let me not forget her one eyed cat who is one step away from feral, but of course loves Hudson.
Meanwhile he takes her to his grandfathers cabin, which is his secret working place and she sees all these sketches of her. She then realizes who her favorite painter is as well and is sworn to secrecy.
Hudson has a big showing coming up at Everly's gallery. 

When the bottom drops out of things, Felicia is wounded and holes up in her tiny apartment. Hudson is a train wreck and someone has to intervene. Yes it comes too. Small army because Hudson needs that. Yes, I'm obviously being sketchy, you're lucky you got this much... this is a must read book.
I love Avery's books but this tops my list. It's got everything wrapped up into a nice tidy package, ok not tidy, the one eyed cat thing... but it is perfect. I loved this book and for me tops book one.

Avery you have outdone yourself with this one. It's a must read and a keeper. 


**arc from NetGalley and Entangled in exchange for a fair review**

The Charmer (A Hot Romantic Comedy) (Harbor City) by Avery Flynn
This is Hudson Carlyle and Felicia Hartigan's story.

Wow!  Another winner by Avery Flynn. The author delivered an entertaining, funny, and hot read!

Felicia is nerdy and brilliant.  She loves planning and being organized. Hudson appears to be the rich pampered boy.  There is more to Hudson than he lets everyone see.  Hudson and Felicia are opposites but they are perfect for one another but will they take a chance on love? I really loved the characters.  Hudson is such a "charmer".  I enjoyed Hudson and Felicia's story. This was a fantastic book.

This is book number two in the Harbor City series.  This book can be read as a standalone.  But if you haven't read book number one, The Negotiator, you will want to.  It was really great too. FYI, contains mature and graphic content.  I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

I loved this book!  There is somthing about Felicia that Hudson can't put his finger on from the moment he sees her.  He wants to paint her she on the other hand wants one thing a date with a guy she has loved her whole life.  Hudson makes her his project and along the way they find out they may be more then just a fling.

This is another winner by Avery Flynn. This book is one you can't put down, but hate to see end. I loved Hudson. I want one for myself! He did have a jerk moment that made me want to throttle him, but he completely redeemed himself to me. Hudson and Felicia had a ton of chemistry. I just loved those two together. I liked Felicia's nerdy side. I thought her personality combined with hunky Hudson was so intriguing. There is more then meets the eye when it comes to Hudson.  As a cat lover and cat mom I was a fan of Honeypot. Definitely has a personality of a cat. Over all the book delivered on everything I look for humor, heat, and heart. I can't say enough how much you should give this one a read you won't be disappointed.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book
OMG This was an amazing book Hudson Carlyle is Rich, good lucking and so charming
that woman everywhere fall for him. He uses this to do his job that he hates with his
families business. Hudson would much rather be up in his cabin painting
He is the infamous painter Houston. Hudson wont tell anyone who he is all because how
his father acted when he told him that he wanted to be a painter while in college.
Felicia Hartigan is a nerd. She is the runt of her family which is huge. (I loved how she
explained her heritage lol) she has been in love with her big brothers best friend Tyler since
she was in her teens. Felicia works at the Museum and her passion is the Honey Pot ant
Hudson is at the fundraiser for the Museum when he sees Felicia for the first time. and although
she is a black dress which he thinks looks like a square bag on her. he can tell that there is
just something about the gorgeous woman. He notices her making moon eyes at Tyler
When they finally talk to each other (because his mom the match maker wants him to help
his brother and best friend patch things up and also help Tyler and Felicia connect) Hudson
has other plans though He makes a deal with Felicia he will teach her everything she needs to
know to capture Tyler Kinda like in My Fair lady. But things start getting very heated between them
even though Felicia still wants Tyler she cannot help but crave Hudson.
This was a great, funny, sweet, and oh so sexy read! LOVED it!

The Charmer- what a perfect title! Hudson, our hero, was in fact quite charming. And witty, and gorgeous, and talented. I was as mystified as he was when he failed to charm Felicia, who was already enamored with someone else. I enjoyed Hudson's My Fair Lady plan and watching Hudson work his magic on Felicia- in more ways than one. And I always LOVE a nutty sidekick pet, and Honeypot certainly fit the bill. A great follow-up to The Negotiator, although it can definitely be read as a standalone.

This RomCom is a light-hearted, amusing read. The story is well-written and the flow is good, and I did get a few chuckles along the way. The problem, for me, is the heroine in this romance. Supposedly determined to land the elusive Tyler, Felicia's actions are quite contrary to that. I get that she is a bit obsessive about her lists and completing them, but falling into bed with Hudson, over and over, and getting right back on task with catching Tyler before the sheets have even cooled, is not what I would expect from an accomplished woman. I did enjoy Hudson's chase and failure to capture his love interest, as well as his run-in with her crazy feline, and the steam between this pair was fan yourself hot, but Felicia just left me with a sour feeling. 
The author is talented and the writing style is quite good, so I will continue to read her books. This one just missed the mark for me.

Do you like Rom Com's? I do and there are not a lot of authors out there that get them right. Well Avery Flynn got this right! The Charmer is just the right amount of light hearted banter, heated angst, and wacky details that make this story a lot of fun! Our H is Hudson, younger and supposedly charming, fun loving brother of Sawyer from The Negotiator and our h is Felicia an entomologist with Harbor City's museum's ant lab. Hudson is drawn to Felicia like an ant to honey but he keeps trying to tell himself that it's for everyone else except his own desires. Felicia has always been a woman with a plan and her plan was to be dating Tyler Jacobson by the time she turned thirty. Tyler is a friend of both of their families and hopefully will be getting a story of his own in the future. Now it's a month away from Felicia's birthday and Hudson has come up with a plan to help Felicia achieve her goal that she thinks is ridiculous and he feels will work. This is where I stop my review because to give any more details will ruin the story for the reader. I highly recommend this sexy, sweet and funny book by Avery Flynn to any Rom Com lover.

I reviewed this book as an ARC through Netgalley in return for an honest review..

OMG LOVED IT!!   I am a new fan of Avery Flynn.

I really loved this book. This was my first read by Avery Flynn and I was definitely not disappointed. I did go back and read The Negotiator (Book 1) for good measure.

I really loved everything about Hudson and Felicia. Their initial run-ins are quite comical. I really loved the added humor in this story.. There were so many laugh out loud parts. You could really see yourself in some of these situations.

Hudson was such a great character and for sure lives up to the Charmer status! It is fun to see him grow. There is just something about Felicia that has him hooked. It was great to see him so excited for her passion with her Honeypot Ants. I also loved how his hidden secrets open up and to see him deal with them. He is a known fixer, but he could also use some work to stay true to who he really is.

Felicia was also amazing. She could definitely be a best friend in real life. She is witty, funny and true to herself. In her own way she branches out to become the fixer. Her passion is her Honeypot Ants and her research. Could she fall for Hudson? Can she get inside to learn his biggest secret?

This is a must read. Don't let the humor fool you! This book also has some HOT and steamy scenes.

This is a must read.