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The Bromance Club

by Meghan Quinn

The Bromance Club series by Meghan Quinn has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister (2019).

Books
3 books
First published
2019
Status
completed
Last checked

Start here: The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister (2019) — then read straight through in publication order.

Cover of The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister, the first book in The Bromance Club

Reading order

The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister

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  2. Diary of a Bad Boy

    Novel

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  3. Boss Man Bridegroom

    Novel

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About The Bromance Club

The Bromance Club follows a tight friend group of guys who run a secret group chat, The Bromance Club, dedicated to helping each other survive dating, breakups, and the general chaos of adult relationships. Meghan Quinn flips the usual romcom formula by narrating largely from the men's perspectives, mining comedy from earnest, oversharing best friends who take romantic advice way too seriously and interfere in each other's love lives with the confidence of people who have absolutely no business giving relationship advice.

The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister opens the series with the classic forbidden-romance setup and the group chat as a Greek chorus of bad advice and moral support. Diary of a Bad Boy leans into image-versus-reality comedy as a guy with a rebellious reputation tries to prove he's boyfriend material, and Boss Man Bridegroom closes the trilogy with a workplace, fake-engagement storyline that raises the stakes for the whole friend group one last time.

Quinn's trademark voice, fast, banter-heavy, unapologetically horny, is on full display here, but the throughline of genuine male friendship and the running gag of the group chat itself give the series more warmth and structure than a typical standalone romcom trio. It's an easy pick for readers who want Quinn's comedy engine paired with a recurring cast rather than three fully disconnected books.

How to read this series

Publication order works well and is the intended reading order: The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister, then Diary of a Bad Boy, then Boss Man Bridegroom. Each book is a standalone romance centered on a different member of the friend group, with its own complete happily-ever-after, so you can start with any single title. Reading in order is recommended because the group chat and the recurring friends carry jokes and callbacks across all three books, and Boss Man Bridegroom in particular plays as a series capstone that brings the whole friend group back together. No novellas or spin-offs exist for this trilogy.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in The Bromance Club series?

Three: The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister (2019), Diary of a Bad Boy (2019), and Boss Man Bridegroom (2020). The trilogy is complete.

What order should I read The Bromance Club books in?

Publication order: The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister, Diary of a Bad Boy, then Boss Man Bridegroom. Each follows a different couple, but the same friend group and their group chat run through all three.

Can I read The Bromance Club books as standalones?

Yes, each book has its own complete romance and ending. You'll get more of the running jokes and friend-group dynamic by reading in order, but it isn't required.

What's the hook of The Bromance Club series?

A group of best friends run a secret group chat dedicated to giving each other terrible, well-meaning relationship advice, and the series follows each of them finding love despite (and sometimes because of) their friends' meddling.

Is The Bromance Club series spicy?

Yes — these are open-door, steamy romantic comedies typical of Meghan Quinn's style, with explicit scenes alongside the humor.

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