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Mr. Wrong Number
Mr. Wrong Number · Book 1 · 2022
Audiobook available · 8 hr 27 min
Olivia moves in with her brother and his irritating friend Colin after a string of disasters. A stranger texting the wrong number gives her a welcome outlet for flirting. Her anonymous partner is Colin, who works out the connection before she does.
From the publisher’s blurb
“Bad luck has always followed Olivia.”Read the full description at Penguin description
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What makes it funny?
A sexual text from a stranger gets an unexpected answer: Olivia supplies an absurd picture of family underwear. The sender keeps the exchange going before they acknowledge the wrong number. Olivia meets an apparent proposition by seeing how ridiculous she can make the conversation.
The comedy at work
Anonymity gives Olivia and Colin permission to enjoy the repartee they struggle to sustain face to face. Her self-deprecating account of her disasters adds another perspective on the gap between the person typing and the person sharing the apartment.
Try this if…
The appeal includes opposites sharing a home: Olivia’s messiness meets Colin’s neatness. Readers who enjoy people getting along better in writing than in person can follow two versions of the same developing relationship.
Good to know
The story includes perspectives from each lead. The opening has swearing, drinking and sexual innuendo, and this is an adult romance with sexual heat.
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More in Mr. Wrong Number
The series continues with one more book on our shelf.
Book 2The Love Wager
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A few distinguishing details
- Wrong-number flirting with a man in the same apartment
- An anonymous partner who learns the truth first
- Ridiculous replies to a stranger’s sexual text
More funny contemporary romance
Sources & further reading
- Mr. Wrong Number (Unabridged) by Lynn Painter on Apple Books
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