When Franchesa imagined helping her best friend, Pru get ready for her wedding, she thought she’d just be dealing with the obnoxious, rich, high society people that were the majority of the wedding party, and deal with Mr. Serious a.k.a. Rude man known as, Aiden Kilbourn, but… turns out not everything goes according to plan… especially when the groom get kidnapped the night before the wedding!!!

When I first read the synopsis of, “The Worst Best Man”, and it mentioned the groom getting kidnapped, my mind instantly imagined some type of crazy shenanigans created by the groomsmen, but turns out I was wrong. Right away, this story was adventurous, hilarious, and had a little bit of the mystery element in trying to figure out why Chip was taken, what did Aiden have to do with it, and how were Frankie and Aiden going to get Chip back?! 

Lucy did a wonderful job setting the stage for this story, and immediately I loved Frankie! She was a total spit fire, and she never backed down, especially against the likes of Aiden Kilbourn. Aiden and Frankie got off on the wrong foot, due to Aiden saying things about Frankie in an unflattering way. Regardless of their bumpy start, Aiden slowly but surely (more like denying the truth) that he became intrigued by Frankie. I would say, Aiden fell into the, “guy falls for girl first” trope such as, Aiden making an excuse to pickup Frankie from the airport, wanting to spend alone time with her, and not to mention wanting to get his hands all over her! OMG! 

This story was fun and had me following along on Frankie and Aiden’s wild goose chase. At moments, I forgot I was at home reading and felt transported to Barbados, and running around the island with Frankie and Aiden. Even after the craziness that ensued in Barbados, Frankie and Aiden’s story went deeper and they both had to work on themselves in order to be together. I loved seeing the individual growth in Frankie and Aiden because, after reflecting on their choices and themselves, they made active moves in order to better themselves. The character growth was great.

Despite Frankie trying to resist Aiden’s lust filled gaze and wandering hands, Frankie and Aiden were slowly building an attraction to each other that they couldn’t help. Among the budding romance and spicy encounters, I loved how Frankie was straight forward, “take charge” kind of woman, and basically laid down the law. One of my favorite quote was when Frankie said, “I’m not a ‘submit to the alpha’ kind of girl. I’m a ‘kick him in the *Bleep bad word* and take what I want’ woman.” Frankie knew what she was dealing with when it came to Aiden and she showed him exactly just how much control she had over him. Going back to the whole, “him falling for her first”, Aiden was determined to be with Frankie, albeit in the beginning he didn’t believe in long term relationship, but over time (fairly quickly in my opinion) spending time with Frankie had him reconsidering. Not to mention, Aiden being a rich man, used it and his connections in order to please our darling Frankie such as, buying her a brand new coat over seeing the one she had was old, oh and did I forget to mention it was a designer brand coat?! Aiden had no shame in using his money. When it came to Frankie, Aiden was not only all over her, but wanted to give her everything.

Aiden and Frankie brought out the best in each other and I loved how they didn’t hold back, especially Aiden being so blunt about how he wanted Frankie, ended up telling her sweet things he couldn’t help, but blurt out haha. This story started off in a way I wasn’t expecting, but it enjoyable and seeing how Aiden and Frankie come together was just as fun and exciting to read. As the story progressed, the romance, spice, and emotional connection between Frankie and Aiden grew stronger, and I LOVED IT! Also the epilogue was pretty romantic and very in tune with how Aiden and Frankie are as a couple. I’m so happy having read another wonderful book by Lucy Score!