The Boyfriend Comeback By Lauren Blakely
Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM
Tropes: Rivals-to-lovers, second chance, sports, football
Released: September 13, 2022
Publisher: Self-published
Series: The Boyfriend Zone, Book 1
Length: 466 pages / 10 hrs, 53 mins
Cover Design: T.E. Black
Photographer: Michelle Lancaster
Cover Model: Mitchell Wick
A standalone, rivals-to-lovers, second chance MM sports romance full of secrets, first times and forbidden love…
Some men are just off-limits. Like, say, all the other football players in the league….
I have to stop replaying the one night I spent with my rival. Trouble is, that white-hot encounter with the other quarterback answered a lot of questions I’ve had about myself, but it also led me into this mess where he hates me.
I never showed up for our second date. Since, well, life happened, and the worst part is he’ll never know how much that night meant to me.
But when I’m traded to his cross-town rivals, that’s not the time to serve up my secrets to him either. My team’s PR department wants to double down on our rivalry. I need to focus on football, not on my interest in men. Except, the more time I spend doing media appearances and charity events with the sexy, generous, popular guy, the hungrier I am to finish what we started.
It’s a bad idea to knock on his door late one night. I could lose everything. He’s probably not even home.
But when the door swings open and I’m face to face with the man I want desperately, I have a choice to make.
THE BOYFRIEND COMEBACK, book 1 of The Boyfriend Zone series, from #1 NYT Bestselling author Lauren Blakely is coming September 20th!! Make sure to preorder this sexy, rivals-to-lovers, second chance, MM sports romance TODAY!!
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Audiobook Narrated by Teddy Hamilton and J.F. Harding
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
What a great story!
This is another fantastic M/M story from Lauren Blakely. While I have a lot of Lauren Blakely books in my digital library, I’ve only recently started reading her books. I read mostly M/M romance and when she started writing them, I was excited to give them a try. I have NOT been disappointed! In fact, I’ve enjoyed them so much that I purchased the audiobooks of several of them, including The Boyfriend Comeback.
The audiobook of The Boyfriend Comeback actually was released before the ebook so I listened to it instead of reading my ARC of the book. Teddy Hamilton and J.F. Harding knocked this out of the park. Oops, maybe I should have said scored a touchdown since this is a football romance. 😊 These two could probably read the phonebook and it would sound good but Lauren Blakely’s writing is what made this a great listen for me.
I am not a sports fan but I seem to really enjoy reading sports related romance books and this one was really great. The fact that this story also included a forbidden aspect (the two MCs play for rival teams) and a second chance trope meant that it hit a lot of buttons for me.
Jason and Beck meet at a photo shoot for the Furry Friends Weekend charity event. At the media briefing afterward Jason is very comfortable with the press while Beck is not. Beck asks Jason for help so that he can do better in front of the press. This leads to them getting together and eventually hooking up. But later Beck fails to show up for a prearranged date, leaving Jason frustrated and angry so he blocks Beck on his phone. A year later they are playing for rival teams.
Jason and Beck go through a few ups and downs; they must keep their relationship a secret from their teammates and friends because they just know that everyone would be upset if their relationship became public.
This story grabbed me from the beginning and didn’t let go until I finished it in one listening session. I loved that there were deleted scenes included in the audiobook as well as a sample of the next book coming in this series. I was so happy to learn that the next book in this series, Limited Edition Husband, will be a duet narration with James Joseph and Teddy Hamilton; I can hardly wait to listen to it!
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O Factor: Scorcher
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A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s sexy, sweet, and witty. She also writes USA Today bestselling LGBTQ romance.
With fourteen New York Times bestsellers, her titles have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists more than 100 times, with more than 55 titles on the USA Today Bestsellers list alone. She’s sold more than 4.5 million books. A Brown University graduate, Lauren likes dogs, cake and show tunes and is the vegetarian at your dinner party.
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