A swoony, slow-burn rom-com, Melonie Johnson's Too Wrong to Be Right features a true romantic on a mission to find her happily ever after.
After her latest jerk of a boyfriend dumps her (and ditches her with his pet hedgehog), florist Kat Kowalski is done chasing after Mr. Wrong. With her two best friends moving on to more serious relationships, she’s ready to stop repeating the same mistakes that are leaving her stuck in the single lane. Armed with a list of qualities for her perfect Mr. Right, Kat swears off dating until she finds him.
Then in a meet-disaster involving a corpse and a salty cockatoo, she stumbles across Mick O’Sullivan at his family's funeral home. Their immediate chemistry warns Kat to keep things platonic; after all, following her heart never worked out in the past, and this time she’s determined to listen to her head. But can Kat and Mick be just friends? As she gets to know him better, the lines blur, and Kat starts to wonder if she’s gotten it wrong and Mick is exactly who she’s been looking for...
Romance
Publication Date: 28 Feb 2023
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Advance Praise for Too Wrong To Be RIght
"Smartly deploying her flair for comic timing and considerable gift for witty banter, Johnson once again dazzles and delight readers with a perfectly executed rom-com featuring a delightfully quirky cast of characters that includes a hot-cinnamon-roll hero and a heroine with a totally relatable, messy personal life as well as a cockatoo with a sailor’s vocabulary and an adorable hedgehog." - Booklist, starred review
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"Johnson packs this will-they-won’t-they romance between a florist and the owner of a funeral home with her signature wit and sexy banter....This slow-burning rom-com is a treat." - Publishers Weekly
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"The protagonists in this friends-to-lovers romantic comedy are very well-developed and three-dimensional...Delightful secondary characters and hilarious situations round out the story." - Library Journal
My Review:
Book: Too Wrong To Be Right
Rating: 4/5
Author: Melonie Johnson
Genre: Romance
🗏 Pages: 356
Tropes: Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn,
Readability: 4/5 italic font is used
First Line: "Why is there a crocheted penis laying on the floor?"
Things to expect:
Strangers to Friends to Lovers
Duel POV
Funeral Home & Florist
Banter
After being dumped by her jerk boyfriend and left with his hedgehog, Florist kat is done chasing after men who are just Mr. Wrong and swears off dating until she finds Mr. Right. After a meet disaster over a corpse, Kat meets Mick at his family's funeral home. Flesh burns hot, but of course, Kat wants to be just friends, but can they? The lines bur in this outstanding rom-com by the wonderful Melonie Johnson.
Melonie had me hooked after that meet disaster; meeting over a dead body was cute but disturbing. Like, oh, look at this super hot guy, but also, here is a dead body. Add in the adorable animals like Jojo, sexy banter, humor, and slow burn; you will finish this book in a day like myself. Melonie has a way of getting you engaged in unique ways. This book started off with a bang, with our heroine being dumped and left with the hedgehog. The book keeps pulling you in with a great stranger to friends to lovers story. I enjoy Melonie's writing style and how she always develops her characters. I was laughing out loud during this one, and I would suggest this as a solid beach read if you like your romcom with a side of caskets.
Thank you to St. Martin Press for the advanced reader copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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USA Today bestselling author Melonie Johnson―aka #thewritinglush―enjoys sipping cocktails that start with the letter m. She lives in Chicagoland with her husband and their two redhead daughters. A former high school English and Theatre teacher, Melonie now spends her days in her Star Wars office, dreaming up meet cutes. Declared a “writer to watch” by Kirkus and a “fizzy, engrossing new voice” by Entertainment Weekly, her smart funny contemporary romances include TOO GOOD TO BE REAL, a Buzzfeed and Goodreads pick for best romances of the summer, and her award-winning Sometimes in Love debut series: Getting Hot with the Scot, Smitten by the Brit, and Once Upon a Bad Boy. Her next rom-com, TOO WRONG TO BE RIGHT arrives in Feb 2023.
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St. Martin’s Press has a long and respected history of publishing a solid and varied list. We are dedicated to publishing emerging new authors, and offering a fresh perspective on classic genres, while maintaining a diverse and interesting range of books. Our strength is derived from a dedication to solid publishing of many books, while consistently producing the occasional blockbuster. The vast majority of our hardcovers are published in paperback through our internal paperback lines.
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A swoony, slow-burn rom-com, Melonie Johnson's Too Wrong to Be Right features a true romantic on a mission to find her happily ever after.
After her latest jerk of a boyfriend dumps her (and ditches her with his pet hedgehog), florist Kat Kowalski is done chasing after Mr. Wrong. With her two best friends moving on to more serious relationships, she’s ready to stop repeating the same mistakes that are leaving her stuck in the single lane. Armed with a list of qualities for her perfect Mr. Right, Kat swears off dating until she finds him.
Then in a meet-disaster involving a corpse and a salty cockatoo, she stumbles across Mick O’Sullivan at his family's funeral home. Their immediate chemistry warns Kat to keep things platonic; after all, following her heart never worked out in the past, and this time she’s determined to listen to her head. But can Kat and Mick be just friends? As she gets to know him better, the lines blur, and Kat starts to wonder if she’s gotten it wrong and Mick is exactly who she’s been looking for...
Romance
Publication Date: 28 Feb 2023
-
Advance Praise for Too Wrong To Be RIght
"Smartly deploying her flair for comic timing and considerable gift for witty banter, Johnson once again dazzles and delight readers with a perfectly executed rom-com featuring a delightfully quirky cast of characters that includes a hot-cinnamon-roll hero and a heroine with a totally relatable, messy personal life as well as a cockatoo with a sailor’s vocabulary and an adorable hedgehog." - Booklist, starred review
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"Johnson packs this will-they-won’t-they romance between a florist and the owner of a funeral home with her signature wit and sexy banter....This slow-burning rom-com is a treat." - Publishers Weekly
-
"The protagonists in this friends-to-lovers romantic comedy are very well-developed and three-dimensional...Delightful secondary characters and hilarious situations round out the story." - Library Journal
My Review:
Book: Too Wrong To Be Right
Rating: 4/5
Author: Melonie Johnson
Genre: Romance
🗏 Pages: 356
Tropes: Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn,
Readability: 4/5 italic font is used
First Line: "Why is there a crocheted penis laying on the floor?"
Things to expect:
Strangers to Friends to Lovers
Duel POV
Funeral Home & Florist
Banter
After being dumped by her jerk boyfriend and left with his hedgehog, Florist kat is done chasing after men who are just Mr. Wrong and swears off dating until she finds Mr. Right. After a meet disaster over a corpse, Kat meets Mick at his family's funeral home. Flesh burns hot, but of course, Kat wants to be just friends, but can they? The lines bur in this outstanding rom-com by the wonderful Melonie Johnson.
Melonie had me hooked after that meet disaster; meeting over a dead body was cute but disturbing. Like, oh, look at this super hot guy, but also, here is a dead body. Add in the adorable animals like Jojo, sexy banter, humor, and slow burn; you will finish this book in a day like myself. Melonie has a way of getting you engaged in unique ways. This book started off with a bang, with our heroine being dumped and left with the hedgehog. The book keeps pulling you in with a great stranger to friends to lovers story. I enjoy Melonie's writing style and how she always develops her characters. I was laughing out loud during this one, and I would suggest this as a solid beach read if you like your romcom with a side of caskets.
Thank you to St. Martin Press for the advanced reader copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
PRINT LENGTH PAGES
AVERAGE REVIEW RATING
PAPERBACK COST
E-BOOK COST
AUTHOR
USA Today bestselling author Melonie Johnson―aka #thewritinglush―enjoys sipping cocktails that start with the letter m. She lives in Chicagoland with her husband and their two redhead daughters. A former high school English and Theatre teacher, Melonie now spends her days in her Star Wars office, dreaming up meet cutes. Declared a “writer to watch” by Kirkus and a “fizzy, engrossing new voice” by Entertainment Weekly, her smart funny contemporary romances include TOO GOOD TO BE REAL, a Buzzfeed and Goodreads pick for best romances of the summer, and her award-winning Sometimes in Love debut series: Getting Hot with the Scot, Smitten by the Brit, and Once Upon a Bad Boy. Her next rom-com, TOO WRONG TO BE RIGHT arrives in Feb 2023.
PUBLISHER
St. Martin’s Press has a long and respected history of publishing a solid and varied list. We are dedicated to publishing emerging new authors, and offering a fresh perspective on classic genres, while maintaining a diverse and interesting range of books. Our strength is derived from a dedication to solid publishing of many books, while consistently producing the occasional blockbuster. The vast majority of our hardcovers are published in paperback through our internal paperback lines.
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