Slick's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 4.5 STARS 
 Review copy provided for an honest review 
 As much as I enjoyed the first book in this series, I loved this one better. Marie Harte has the uncanny ability to write series that surround family so while the romance between the couple is always front and center the secondary characters add depth and provide everything from comic relief, to sage advice, to the requisite ass kicking when needed. I loved every minute of How To Handle A Heartbreaker; it was a little bit deeper and more serious than the first book in this series, but it still had enough humor and unabashed sexy times to round it out and make it an entertaining story. 
 Brody Singer is the "blond McCauley," a boy who the family took in when he was a young boy and raised him as one of their own. He's always been thankful for them but he's always worried what they would think of him if they knew everything about his crazy, horrible past. Brody has some big time scars both physically and mentally and because of that he's never allowed anyone to see all of him, he keeps so much of himself bottled up that even his best friend it "twin" Flynn doesn't even know it all. When he meets Abby Dunn for the first time he can't help but notice she's a dead ringer for his oldest brother's late wife whom he harbored a secret crush on but once he gets to know Abby he sees her for the person she is and he knows he must get to know her better no matter how much she protests. 
 Ever since she and her roommates moved in next door to Mike McCauley, Abby has enjoyed listening to their manly talk over their Friday night poker games. A romance writer, Abby uses bits and pieces of their conversations to make her work more authentic or so she thinks. While she likes all of the McCauley's their friend and "other brother" Brody drives her just a wee bit crazy. He's outrageous, a flirt, and a heartbreaker. He goes from woman to woman and never spends more than a few dates with any. She has no intentions on just being another notch on his bedpost but then one night of too much alcohol has Brody seeing Abby in a whole new light and when he discovers what she writes, he offers to help her with any research she'd like to do to make her work more authentic. 
 I really enjoyed the back and forth banter between these two because it is so obvious to everyone around them that they want each other. Oh they deny it and they continue to deny it even after they do finally start having sex because they don't want to cause problems within their group if they stop seeing one another. I'll admit they were very mature about the way they began their relationship but kind of lost that when things got tough. You know those skeletons in Brody's closet? Yep, they come crawling out and he doesn't handle things well, not in his own life and not with Abby. Abby's got some issues of her own, but because of Brody's acceptance of her writing and what she needs from him sexually she begins to understand that she has to be proud of who she is and what she does for a living. Abby has quite the metamorphosis during this story and it was really fascinating to watch. I love that Abby stands up to Brody and calls him on his bad behavior something no one has done to him in the past. The fact that she also calls his "family" on letting him get away with it is also pretty spectacular. The fact that they both realized getting their secrets out in the open helped them to see everything more clearly including each other. 
 How To Handle A Heartbreaker is another amazing book from author Marie Harte; it is emotional, witty, and so very, very sexy! This is a great series and I am so looking forward to what happens next!