This was a fun read with some angst and a bit of drama. It’s got the love triangle feel to it which I’m not a fan of, thus some of the angst on my part. However, I’ve read other love triangles by this author and they are pretty easy to work through unless you like a really deep, deep love triangle. I actually loved the way this one worked itself out. This has the typical Van Dyken humor which was perfect and characters that I fell in love with and curious to see what’s going to happen next with them.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book provided by NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was a fun book to read overall but the characters were kind of hit and miss. Blaire is still angry over her cheating ex-husband and longing for a guy who she dated for 3 weeks years ago. She has such low self esteem that it took some time for me to start liking her. Jessie was a confused guy who wanted to leave his wife but also didn’t want to hurt her and it was frustrating to see his back and forth with both his wife and Blaire. The best part of this book was Colin. He was charming, flirty and totally went for what he wanted unapologetically. I also loved Isla’s character as the strong willed best friend.
The writing is very easy to get through and I finished this in a single sitting.

I loved this book. I’m not normally a fan of love triangles but Rachel knows how to do them. I’m a huge fan of Blaire’s. She is a strong female character that picks up the pieces and moves on after her husband cheats on her. Jessie is her ex and even though their relationship was short lived it left and impact on Blaire and after her marriage ended that had her questioning herself. Colin is Jessie’s playboy best friend.

Blaire is hired by Jessie’s soon to be exwifeto spy on him to see if he is cheating. Colin decides to help Blaire in her quest anfofcourse antics insue. I don’t want to give anything away so you will have to read to find out what happens next. I will totally read this book again and would have given it 5 stars but the love triangle reminded me of another one of Rachel’s books that I have read recently.

5 Stars

Dirty Exes by Rachel Van Dyken is the first book in the brand new series Liar, Inc. it is a spin-off of the Wingmen INC series but you don’t have to read it to enjoy reading this! ((I highly recommend reading it though because that series was AMAZING!)) Rachel Van Dyken is an exceptional storyteller that brings her A-Game to everything she writes. Dirty Exes was hot, steamy, and OMG did I swoon! I laughed out loud so many times that my cheeks were hurting.

I am going to try to give as little details as possible because I feel you need to go in an experience it for yourself ...With Blaine being hurt in her past, she is determined to save at least some people from what she felt in the past. When her past collides with her present, she is wary because she doesn’t trust easily. When truths and lies are revealed, decisions will need to be made.

I really need to find the words to express how INCREDIBLE Dirty Exes was! The chemistry between the characters and their banter!! I just can’t even wrap my head around how much I loved them and the relationships between all of them. Dirty Exes was well written and I NEED the second book NOW!!!!

Dirty Exes was a great book. It was a funny, sweet love story following Blaire, the sister of Ian Hunter from Matchmakers Playbook. She and her best friend Isla have a business as PI trying to catch cheaters in the act. After one of their clients comes to them to follow her husband, Blaire soon finds out she has a past with him. Blaire, Jessie, Isla and Colin are great characters. I love the banter between Blaire and Colin. Another great book by Rachel Van Dyken and can’t wait to read the next book Dangerous Exes! I recommend this book!

I completely loved dirty Exes by Rachel Van Dyken.
Recently divorced Blaire and her friend Isla have a PI company, exposing cheaters live on Facebook. When a new client approaches Blaire to investigate her cheating husband the man just happens to be a blast from Blaire’s past an ex named Jessie. Never in Blaire’s wildest dreams did she think she would come face to face again with the start football player who broke her heart. It’s While trailing Jessie, Blaire almost blows her cover thank god for the hot tattooed bartender Colin who helps her cover...too bad he’s Jessie’s best friend and a total flirt. Torn between Jessie and Colin who will Blaire choose?
Dirty Exes is a fun and entertaining read, that you will not be able to put down. Lovable characters, and an excellent story line that brings on all the feels. I cannot wait for more from these amazing characters!

This book had me from page one. If you enjoy laughing, hot and steamy men, sexy banter and a strong woman character, then this book is for you!

Genre: Romance
Standalone: Yes
Part of a Series: Book 1 of 2 in the Liars, Inc Series
POV: Blair, Jesse, Colin
Steam Level: Slow burn
4/5

Dirty Exes is the first book I've read by Rachel Van Dyken. I've heard good things about her work and Dirty Exes proved these correct. I thought that Dirty Exes was going to go one way, then another, then another. I wasn't quite sure how it was would play out in any decent way. Turns out Rachel Van Dyken surprised me a very pleasant way. Dirty Exes is definitely not what I expected and it kept on surprising. I definitely will be picking up more of Rachel Van Dyken's books.

I received an advanced copy of this book for free. This is my honest and voluntary review.

I really enjoyed everything about Dirty Exes! I haven’t read many of RVD’s book but I need to change that ASAP!

Blaire and her friend, Isla, are the Dirty Exes who catch cheaters in the act. They were recently hired on to catch a guy cheating on his wife and it just so happens Blaire knows him very well. In fact, he’s the one that got away, Jessie. But while spying on Jessie, she meets Colin, who happens to be Jessie’s best friend. And this is where the story took such a crazy, yet perfect, turn!

Dirty Exes has a little piece of everything all in one..there was romance, friendship, lies, laughs, betrayal, cheaters and love. Blaire, Jessie, Colin and Isla were all excellent characters, even though I felt at the beginning there was one I “shouldn’t” like...he quickly became my favorite. Dirty Exes was a fun yet drama filled story that I enjoyed! I look forward to the next book, Dangerous Exes!

I haven't read a lot of RVD, but what I have read so far, has been super fun and entertaining. After Dirty Exes, I was left feeling like I was holding a mixed bag of emotions. Did I love it, I really liked it but I'm still conflicted. Blair is 1/2 of the PI duo making up Dirty Exes. For reals, this chick has issues that she's never resolved, and her day job seems to make them fester a little. Dirty Exes has been hired to prove her ex, football star Jesse, is a cheater. If that doesn't stir the emotional pot, then let's throw in Jesse's BF Colin, for some comedic relief. I really loved Colin the best, he's quite perfect for Blair, after all.

Dirty Exes isn't your typical boy meets girl, roll into the sunset kinda story. It's fun, smart, a little twisty, and a little gritty. Overall, I had a great time reading this one, and if you're a RVD fan, you won't be disappointed.

What a great book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading “Dirty Exes”. When the book started I was hoping for one outcome, then I was completely torn on what I was hoping was going to happen. By the end I was completely going the opposite way from where I began and hoping everything would turn out just the way it did! I loved the ride. I loved the romance. I completely fell in love with all of them! Second chance romance for all of them – how can you not love that!
I can’t wait for the next book! I hope it’s for who I think it is and that the seed that was planted, grows and blooms to something just as beautiful as what Blaire found.
**I received an early copy of this title compliments of NetGalley and the publisher, and this is my unbiased and honest review**

I have yet to read a Rachel Van Dyken book I didn't enjoy but this one was another hit for me. Blair was a woman who turned being scorned into a successful business. While I didn't always think she made the best choices I still feel like I understood her. Overall, Dirty Exs was sexy and fun with engaging dialogue and a unique story that was a blast to read. Can't wait for more from this new series.

A new series by Rachel Van Dyken means two things for her readers, memorable characters and hello hot sex that will make you want more. At first I wanted Jesse but then we get to learn more of Colin and all bets are off Team Colin all the way. The attraction between him and Blaire is filled with comedy, hate and passion. These two are perfect for each other making Rachel Van Dyken devious making her readers think one thing then a twist. Loved it and cannot wait for Book 2 to see what will happen with Dirty Exes.

"I received an eBook copy from the publisher for the purpose of an honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own."

When your love life is taken over by cheating jerks, what do you do? Start a PI agency to help others get rid of the cheaters in their life and blast them on the internet! You know what they say about women scorned?

Years ago, Blaire had a thing for Jessie that she never really got over. Jessie chose the NFL and Blaire moved onto a man who cheated on her with her best friend. Fast forward years later, and suddenly Jessie pops back into her life - and then his partner hires Blaire and her partner to investigate him for cheating. Oh, the world is a small, ironic place in an RVD book!

As Blaire is trying to get the goods on Jessie, she meets his best friend, Colin. Let's just say that Colin had me wanting to hang out in bars a lot more often. Colin is funny, sexy and just what the doctor ordered. But now we have the dilemma - does Blaire choose Colin or Jessie?

I LOVED this book and it kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end. It was hilarious, steamy and full of enough angst (from the male and female perspective) to keep me up late finishing the last page. I loved how it turned out - and as with any RVD book, I was left wanting more!

I enjoyed this book so much! Rachel is one of my favourite authors because she never disappoints in the meet cute department and extremely relatable and fun stories.
Now about this story in particular.

Blaire felt like she was broken, she didn't let people see it or accepted it herself, but you could tell that whatever happened to her broke a piece inside and now she was just drifting by in life, trying to punish cheaters and helping broken people like her.

Meeting Isla was a life saver, together they filled some of the missing pieces they had both lost and their friendship was stronger because of all the pain and love shared between them.

Running into Jessie was the last thing she ever thought could happen, and him being one of her targets was worst case scenario on steroids. She was definitely not over him and now she had to seduce him and frame him, things were about to get really interesting super fast.

The one thing she could have never expected was Colin, he was everything she had always been warned about, cocky, full of himself, and a player. But there was something about him that just made her happy. She found herself thinking about him in the strangest ways and times.

Could this new thing be good for her or would perusing this ruin her chances with the guy she once thought was the love of her life?

The reality, is people change and Blaire might not be the same person she was when she felt for Jessie. Her needs had changed and so had she. The boy she once knew was maybe no longer her happily ever after guy after all.

And now she faced something even scarier, opening herself up to someone knew and unknown, risking her battered heart one more time.

Dirty Exes
By: Rachel Van Dyken

📚💕⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💕📚

Well let me start by saying I have become a huge fan of this author. She writes with so much intensity and emotion pulled from each book it’s felt page after page. Some of quick witted story lines are so perfect and lets you believe you have a front row seat. So being able to read this love story didn’t disappoint. The authors ability to have two separate individuals struggling in their everyday life and try to navigate someone else’s thoughts, needs and desires was intense and gives all the fills.

Authors Blurb: Blaire has never quite gotten over Jessie Beckett, the ex–NFL star whose kisses were hot enough to ignite the entire Eastern Seaboard. When he chose work over her, Blaire was left brokenhearted. Why else would she have married a skeezy two-timer, just to divorce him less than a year later?
Now Blaire is getting even by becoming one half of Dirty Exes, a PI firm fully committed to humiliating cheating jerks. If only the new jerk she’s been hired to uncover wasn’t Jessie Beckett himself.
Exposing Jessie isn’t going to be easy, especially when she still daydreams about his sexy smile. Further complicating matters is Colin, Jessie’s best friend. He’s gorgeous, a little bit cunning, and willing to help Blaire get the inside scoop on Jessie—for a price.
Now caught between two men—one totally right and the other totally wrong—Blaire will need to decide just how much she’s willing to risk…and whom she’s willing to risk it for.

I really enjoyed this book and it kept me engrossed throughout. I really loved the characters and the way they interacted with each other. This is a fun, hot, romantic must read book and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

This book has everything I love in a book. Then you add that it's beautifully written and believable. It is easily a five star read. Written in dual POV my personal favorite this story flows so incredibly well that the next thing you know your 80% into the book and loving every second of it. The believable way the characters interact is perfect. Run, Hop, Jump or use your (1 click) finger to do whatever you have to do and get this amazing book. It'll break your heart, you'll want to scream with frustration and it'll let you discover that love just might conquer all. The chemistry is steamy and sweet and oh so romantic.

Thanks Netgally for letting me read and review.📚💕

Blaire has had two relationships in a row leave her with less than ideal self confidence and trust in men. As half of Dirty Exes, Inc, her goal is to catch cheaters red handed, helping her clients gain the evidence needed for their own needs.

When she learns her latest target is none other than ex-NFL star and her ex-boyfriend, Jessie, she is torn between the feelings she still holds for him, and the desire to get even with him for leaving her behind. And then there’s his best friend, Colin, to add confusion to her emotions. Colin becomes her side kick of sorts as she gathers evidence on Jessie, quickly making her decide what is important in this investigation.

I liked both Colin and Jessie, almost from the beginning. Colin was always quick to have fun, and his reputation fits that bill to a T. I loved his willingness to play along and his divided loyalty added an interesting aspect to the story. I felt bad for Jessie at first, and then found myself questioning him right along side Blaire.

I struggled with parts of this storyline, but I know a lot of my struggle is personal. I have a harder time, in general, with both love triangles and suspicions of cheating in plots. This book has both, which made it difficult for me to fall in love quickly. I also had a hard time finding things about each of the characters that I liked. Blaire is holding on to past hurts in a way that makes her come off as whiny and bitter, while Jessie and Colin are both a little on the flat side.

I am glad that I continued through the aspects that challenged me though, because I enjoyed the end of the book immensely. All the questions and secrets that are teased throughout the book are answered with a resolution that is satisfying for all characters.

This is an angsty, secret-filled, and entertaining. This is also the first of a new series, and a spin-off of Matchmakers Playbook. Blaire is Matchmaker’s Ian’s sister and I liked the little name drops throughout. I am looking forward to more from this fun, quirky series in Ilsa’s book.

I recieved a Netgalley arc in exchange for an honest review.

I loved it! Great characters, lots of humor and emotional. A nice comeuppance for those that deserved it. :) I can't wait to see what's in store for Jessie and Isla.

★★★★☆
I really enjoyed this book! If you’ve read the Matchmakers series then you will have met Blaire briefly, as she’s Ian’s sister, I was so intrigued by her story that I always hoped Rachel would write a book about her and now I have my wish! I read somewhere that it was written like a screenplay and I actually really kind of loved that, it gave it a unique hook but it still had that addictive writing style that I’ve come to know and love from Rachel.

I genuinely 110% loved Blaire and Isla, I thought their friendship is brilliant and I really loved their banter, I couldn’t help but think that I would really love to work alongside them because they just seem really awesome, plus their crusade is something I could easily get behind. I was really iffy about Colin... I’m not going to lie he kind of rubbed me the wrong way for a while, and I can’t really put my finger on the reason why, but for whatever reason it was just the way I felt... He grew on me though and by the end of the book I really loved him! I really felt for Jessie, poor guy was stuck in a really rubbish situation, I mean I actually get why he chose his career given that him and Blaire were only dating for a few weeks... But having said that, you can tell how much they meant to each other in that short amount of time and that he was most definitely Blaire’s “What if?” guy and vice versa for him.

Dirty Exes is told from multiple POVs which is honestly my favourite way to read... I love jumping into each characters mind and seeing things from their POV, and I think it was crucial to have the different POVs with this book, it helped build suspense and I was left reeling plenty of times! The story is full of twists and turns that kept me guessing right until that inevitable car crash moment.

Another fantastic book from a truly fantastic author, I can’t wait for the second one!!!

"Be my adventure."

I loathe love triangles, and RVD is only one of a few authors who I will break my "No Tri" rule for. Despite my preconceived angst, I adored this book immensely. It's one of my favorites from this author in recent memory. It was helpful that it seemed obvious right away who would end up as a couple.

There is a lot of humor and a small splash of emotion to make this a perfect summer read. I look forward to the next installment of the series. Don't let the premise keep you away; this is a feel good romance.

Thank you to the author for my advanced review copy.