Romance

Review: Dirty Harry by Maia Thorne

January 20, 2026

Synopsis:

A fake date. A real attraction. The one man who drives her crazy might be the only one she can trust.

Sophie thought she had moved on from the nightmare of finding her fiancé cheating the night before their wedding. A year later, just as her heart is beginning to heal, her best friend’s wedding threatens to reopen old wounds. The problem? Her ex will be there, and the last thing she wants is to face him alone.

Enter Harry, her best friend’s infuriating older brother. Growing up, Harry’s teasing drove Sophie mad, and their bickering was legendary. But when he offers to be her fake boyfriend for the wedding, Sophie reluctantly agrees. Pretending to be in love with Harry might save her from humiliation, but it also sets off sparks she never expected.

As the winter wedding trip in the beautiful Swiss alps unfolds, the lines between pretend and real begin to blur. Sophie finds herself drawn to the man she once thought she couldn’t stand. Harry, with his mischievous grin and surprising tenderness, starts to reveal a side Sophie has never seen. With each stolen glance and accidental touch, their fake relationship teeters on the edge of something dangerously real.

As sparks fly and old grudges turn into stolen kisses, Sophie has to ask is this just a game, or is she about to fall for the one man she swore she’d never want?

Review:

This is the fourth book from the author in the series (if we can call it that, but they all follow a very similar premise) and I enjoyed this one the least.

We meet our FMC on the day before her wedding and when the finds out that her future husband is cheating on her, she is devastated and runs into Harry (the brother of her friend, who she knows since childhood), offering support.

They meet each other gain month later at a wedding and when her ex shows up, Harry proposed them faking being in a relationship. What was convenience to begin with, becomes more along the way.

For whatever reason, I did not connect with the story. The third act conflict was so unnecessary and could have easily been done differently. Especially with the main event starting the book, it did not make sense to me. With this being a short book, it never got me interested enough to get connected with what was happening. We were simply jumping to month in the future, and it did not do it for me. Out of the four I read; this is the weakest of them. Read the other three and skip this one.

🌙 Recension: Dirty Harry by Maia Thorne
📚 Genre: Romance
📅 Release Date: September 30, 2024
📗 included in Kindle Unlimited
📱 Read as: Kindle
💸 I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
🗣️ Language: English
📆 Pages: 220
⭐️ 2/5