A fresh, fun and incredibly steamy romance! Brinkley is a force to be reckoned with- an associate at the elusive Heartbreak for Hire, she works to bring justice by form of revenge on men who have wronged her clients in the workplace or romantically. Saving up for her own art gallery and spoiling her pet cat, she is determined to stay single and happy with her lifestyle. Until she meets a target that captures her eye and her heart like no one has before. Mark is an anthropology professor...and the latest hire at Heartbreak. Can the two work together with such unresolved passion? I enjoyed the themes of enemies to lover, female friendship, women empowerment and the steamy romance. Full of original characters and witty banter, this book was a delight to read. Several of Brinkley's take down schemes to put egotistical men in their place left me laughing out loud! I was left wanting more though and would have appreciated more of an origin backstory of Heartbreak and more romance between our two main characters. A very fun, very sexy romp!

Heartbreak for Hire is a classic Hate-to-Love romance about a girl who works for a company that specializes in revenge for woman who have been wronged by men in their lives. She meets a guy on one of her assignments and believes he isn't as bad as he was suppose to be. Later, She finds out he will be working with her after her boss hires male heartbreakers. They become close and it doesn't take long for feelings to form.
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For 3/4 of the book, I was prepared to give this book a five stars because it was so funny and romantic. I loved the banter between Mark and Brinkley and I thought their story was interesting. Mark is all about the academia life, while Brinkley dreams to open up an art gallery. Reading about their story was so much fun and the dynamic between the two is amazing!

I started to get annoyed with Brinkley near the end when she got so stubborn to the point I was screaming at the book. When Mark's secret was revealed, I was on board with the idea of Brinkley being a happy single woman at the end. Of course, this is a romance novel and his act at the end was very cute so he did redeem himself!

The reason I gave this book 4 stars was because I enjoyed the humor and the concept of heartbreakers was very cool, but the conflict and ending felt rushed. In my opinion, the real main character here is obviously Winnie. This cat ought to be my favorite character out of the whole book!

Thank you to Gallery Books (and NetGalley) for giving me a chance to read Heartbreak For Hire! I would also like to thank Sonia Hartl for writing this book and I can't wait for it to release! I definitely will be purchasing a physical copy of the book because I enjoyed it so much :)

A special thank you to Net Galley and Gallery Books for the advanced copy!

This is a perfect enemies-turned-lovers-story. Brinkley is a Chicagoan artist who was scorned by a cheating ex-boyfriend, a breakup that pushed her into working for Heartbreak for Hire: a company that specializes in making men pay for their mistakes. The agency helps clients seeking revenge on anything from cheating to backstabbing to workplace sabotage. But when Brinkley meets Mark, a target to be ruined, he helps her damaged heart start to fall back together.
I thought this one was going to be mega corny but it had a nice amount of romance, banter, and drama. It does have an aggressive amount of women versus men narratives which honestly became frustrating, both when navigating Brinkley and Mark’s relationship as well as her relationship with her family. But overall, it was a fun read.

Heartbreak for Hire is an enemies to lovers rom-com that is a quick afternoon read. The book has a unique premise, Brinkley is a professional “heartbreaker” who targets men known as "Egos," men who step over women to advance their careers. Brinkley was recruited by Margo after her own awful breakup with a Narrcistic man. Her experience in her relationship makes her uniquely qualified for her job, but this job is a way for her to save up for her dream of owning an art gallery. Everything is going well until one of her jobs goes awry and she finds herself attracted to one of her targets, Mark, and even worse Margo has decided to bring on male heartbreakers and has hired Mark. The rest of the book is Mark and Brinkley navigating their relationship as well as Brinkley coming to terms with her relationship with her mother.
I really enjoyed this book. It is a delightful rom-com with surprising depth. I laughed out loud multiple times during the book and I loved Brinkley's various adventures to bring down the "Egos" I read this book while I sat by the pool enjoying the sun and honestly it was the ideal situation.

I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher through NetGalley

This is a super fun read. I really enjoyed this one!

Many thanks to the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

This was a funny book! A little quirky story that has characters that charm you. Just when I was wondering about the ethical questions that her job raised, she raised them too. It made me want to read more to find out if her point of view changed or not. I really did like the characters and long to be in the book cheering them on!

This was fun - workplace enemies-to-lovers romcom, revenge, spiciness, and a well developed protagonist in Brinkley. It's a super fast-paced book which is just what I like in my romances. However, the sex scenes are explicit and the book makes revenge into a business, so depending on the type of reader you are you may not like those aspects of it. I however, am a morally grey reader (and person) so therefore - I was here for it - but tread carefully if these things make you uncomfortable.

This is a really interesting premise for a book. I liked it but didn’t feel like the characters were as developed as they could have been and I would have liked to know everyone a bit more. I would have preferred to not have the drama with the parents and the business aspect seemed rushed towards the end. It was a great airplane read for me and I enjoyed it!

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!

Ok wow - I enjoyed this book.

I was hooked from literally the first chapter. I read the entire book today. It's 4pm. It was that good. The characters are dynmatic. The plot is full of humor, yet somehow also very serious. The romance was steamy, but the smut didn't overtake the plot. The banter in this book was top notch. I can't think of a single flaw in the writing.

I wish it had been longer. There were times when I would finish a chapter and wish that it had been two or three pages longer. I wish that there had been more stories about the men that our female protagonist screwed over. I thought that the scenes that were included were incredibly well done and I just wanted more.

I would totally recommend. Know that there is a fair amount of steam, so make sure you're comfortable with that. Incredibly good book.

DNF.

This book isn't for me. I thought I would love it. The premise felt very promising, but at the end of the day, I just can't continue on with characters I just don't like. I'm not against morally gray characters, actually I tend to love them...but they are usually endearing or have a beautiful back story that gives them a certain amount of purpose. But in the end, the idea of revenge in the form of taking money from people to hurt other people (or for that matter RUIN them)...well, it's just not endearing. There's a lot of predator vibes in this one that I just don't jive with. And I don't like the characters, their actions, or what they are doing.

Maybe this becomes more of a rom or a com later in the book, but from what I've read this more of a story of predators and victims.

Thank you netgalley for the advance copy.

From the first paragraph, I knew this book would be a good one. I immersed myself into the book from the first chapter and I cannot say enough good things about this book! Honestly amazing! The writing is incredible and the plot is just one to die for. I am absolutely obsessed with this book. My favorite part would have to be the character development throughout the book. Character development is something I look forward to and this book did not disappoint.

I really enjoyed this! mark and Brinkley’s relationship was really fun to see evolve through the book, it had me swooning and laughing. Loved it.

Brinkley is a talented young artist who is still struggling with a bad breakup and the disappointment of her mother after she leaves her graduate school program. She is working on rebuilding herself through her unorthodox employment at H4H, a revenge service.

Mark is a "mark" turned co-worker turned partner in crime when Brinkley's boss decides to expand the operation to include male heartbreakers.

What could possibly go wrong??

There were parts of this book I really enjoyed --- I even laughed out loud during some of the jobs Brinkley + Mark had to complete. I loved Brinkley's character arc and how she started to take steps in advancing her life and art career, even though she didn't feel "ready." I loved the slow realization that the best revenge is a life well-lived. But the relationship between her and Mark didn't have the steam I hoped it would! I feel like they would have made better friends than a couple.

Overall, this book was a light beach read that I would recommend picking up when you need something fun!

After a terrible breakup, Brinkley Saunders is recruited to work for Heartbreak For Hire - a company where women pay for other women, known as heartbreakers, to exact their revenge against a man who has wronged them. She works in the Ego department, taking jerks, usually coworkers. down a peg by orchestrating situations to expose them publicly. Brinkley uses this as a form of therapy after being crushed by an "ego" in her own life. In these setups, she's always the one in control. After she breaks the cardinal rule of not getting involved with one of these egotistical men, Brinkley's whole world starts to unravel. But he might not be the ego she pegged him for.

The book starts really strong, quickly introducing us to Brinkley and her world. The plot is quite fast-paced but to the detriment of character development. There aren't too many characters, but somehow none of them feel developed enough and I certainly felt no great connection between Brinkley and her former mark, Mark beyond the physical. I think if the author had pared certain elements down a bit, she could have focused more on developing that central relationship and it wouldn't have felt so rushed and cluttered.

Beyond the pacing issues, a lot of these characters were pretty horrible. I definitely wanted some comeuppance for the owner of H4H. She was incredibly emotionally abusive but while that was acknowledged, it was never followed up on. I also struggled with Brinkley's mother, who was manipulative at another level. She did a lot of repeated damage to her only child, but after one pathetic apology, their relationship was BOOM fixed. All of these characters need extensive therapy. All of them.

At the end of the day, the story didn't overcome any of these flaws (and more that I didn't call out) enough for me to overlook them and enjoy the greater narrative. Things moved too fast and I found myself not understanding conversations like they had some short form I hadn't learned yet. Good luck to Piper and Mark in the future, 'cause they'll need it!

I really liked this. I loved mark and Brinkley’s relationship. It was kinda predictable but I loved the chemistry so much I didn’t care

Really enjoyed this fun, sexy romance novel! The characters were easy to love and their chemistry was totally believable. Perfect for anyone who loves an enemies to lovers trope!

I really enjoyed this fun, enemies-to-lovers romance! Brinkley Saunders works for Heartbreak for Hire (H4H), where she and her coworkers bring down the men who have wronged H4H's clients. One such "target" is the hero, Markus Cavanaugh. I love their meet-cute! It was unusual from other ones I've read. As it turns out, Mark is the wronged party and is unlike the picture his ex painted when she hired H4H. I can definitely understand why Brinkley falls for him! Circumstances force Brinkley and Mark to work together, and hilarity ensues as Brinkley trains Mark to become a Heartbreaker. Their journey to happily ever after is full of steam and witty banter. This was a charming story with well-written characters and a unique plot. I hope there will be books for the other Heartbreakers!

I was provided a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest and fair review.

I was really interested by the premise behind this novel and was excited to get the chance to read it. It's coming out in a couple months but I am not sure on my availability for posting this July so I figured I'd just read and post it a little early. The plot line on this was was different than the other romances I've read of late and it was a refreshing change of pace. Brinkley's profession is really what made this book so interesting to me. I felt terrible that she got screwed over so much but I loved how she stood up for herself in the end. Her "meet-cute" with Mark was really unusual too and it was just intriguing to me to see such a different plot line. I'd be interested to hear stories about the other H4H ladies falling in love too and their journeys. I'm not sure if Hartl is planning to do a series of sorts but I hope so! Overall this was an interesting and different book and was also a great romantic story. I would recommend it to other readers!

I am really shocked that I did not enjoy this book. The plot sounded really interesting and I wanted to love it, but the direction of the plot did not do it for me. For example, even though I knew that heartbreak for hire was going to hire men based on the book description, I was still really skeptical of the way this decision was explained in the book and the subsequent action of the characters. I was also frustrated by the way aspects of academia were portrayed. I so rarely DNF but something about this book didn’t do it for me and I didn’t want to read it anymore. However, I do encourage others to give it a shot! I can see how a lot of people might enjoy it

There are three rules at H4H:
1. Never trust a target
2. Never break character with a target
3. Never sleep with a target
Those rules go out the window when Brinkley Saunders walks in to find her next target—and immediately feels a connection.
She’s used to being revolted by her targets, so something doesn’t quite add up.
I really liked the idea behind this book. I loved the all-female group who worked tirelessly to bring down men who wronged their colleagues and love interests. I liked the misunderstood Mark who turns out to be the hero. Despite all those things, there seemed to be so much going on that at times it felt rushed. I feel that if there hadn’t been so many things happening at once, we would have had more time with the characters and moments that mattered.