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The Dating Proposal
Lauren Blakely
Lauren Blakely
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May 6th-Live Release in Kindle Unlimited
This is a fun, unique, quirky read. It is a complete revamp of her book Trophy Husband with male point of view added and completely rewritten so that only the characters and a few things are the same(85% new material).
I love Lauren Blakely's lively sense of humor. Her heroines are always smart, determined, successful and looking for true love. Her men are magnetic, sexy, and swoon-worthy. McKenna and Chris are no exception.
McKenna is a successful fashion video blogger who has been suffering from the worst kind of broken heart as a jilted almost-bride, and her most significant current relationships are with her dog and her girl crew. But after a year of wallowing, she is done. It is time to start putting her foot into the dating pool and asks her friends for set ups and will video document pertinent progress.
In the midst of all this, she unexpectedly meets Chris. He is a more mature, hot geek and show host, and they immediately hit it off, have chemistry and share similar interests. She is actively trying out her new adventures in dating, but Chris just keeps coming to her mind. And they continue seeing each other as they do a joint project.
I liked McKenna. She was sassy, feisty, intelligent, and sweet. She has a great sense of humor and big personality. She has good friends who both support her and tease her, but her ex has really done a number on her. I totally loved Chris! He was sexy, charismatic, funny, successful, and just perfectly swoony. He was down to Earth and real. Together they were fun, had great rapport and chemistry. But they both had trust issues and fear of relationships. In fact he has a rule about not dating with anyone he works with. And they both are scared about saying what they really want, and think they want something that they can't have. They keep getting bogged down in all the reasons why they should just be friends...even if their bodies, minds, and even hearts keep begging for more.
This was a delightful read that drew me in and just left me feeling happy. It was charming, sexy, romantic, emotional and just plain fun. I thoroughly enjoyed their flirty and witty banter. The main characters were likable and down to Earth. I loved the getting both the male and female points of view. Having Chris' voice really added to the story. The side characters added depth and fun, and some will be familiar to Lauren Blakely fans.
It illustrates the importance of opening your heart, letting go of the past, and embracing trust and love with the right person. But this one really shines with the quirkiness, humor, and banter of the leads.
I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Trophy Husband was the very first Lauren Blakely book I read and I loved it, so I was a little nervous starting The Dating Proposal. Would I love Chris and McKenna as much in their new story as I did in their original? The answer to that was yes, I did love them this second time around. Almost entirely re-written, these character have new life in The Dating Proposal and a story that gives them the chance to shine all over again.
McKenna didn’t plan to date again, but when her fiance left her nearly on the altar, she has to reassess her plans. Now that she is ready to try dating again, she has a lot of advice to give.
Chris is looking for ways to expand the audience for his TV show, and his producer thinks adding a woman is just what the show needs. Running into McKenna is a stroke of good luck for him - she’s attractive, funny, and comfortable in front of a camera. His proposal is the perfect match for both of them, as long as they can keep it fun.
I loved watching these two characters develop. I was happy to recognize the Chris and McKenna I had fallen in love with all those years ago underneath their updated platforms and images.
This book fits more squarely with the writing style that Lauren has developed and that readers have come to expect. Dual points of view (new!) and fun, witty banter with little added drama for the characters to sort out kept the story flowing. It was fun to see these two with fresh eyes and a fresh story too.
I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
McKenna didn’t plan to date again, but when her fiance left her nearly on the altar, she has to reassess her plans. Now that she is ready to try dating again, she has a lot of advice to give.
Chris is looking for ways to expand the audience for his TV show, and his producer thinks adding a woman is just what the show needs. Running into McKenna is a stroke of good luck for him - she’s attractive, funny, and comfortable in front of a camera. His proposal is the perfect match for both of them, as long as they can keep it fun.
I loved watching these two characters develop. I was happy to recognize the Chris and McKenna I had fallen in love with all those years ago underneath their updated platforms and images.
This book fits more squarely with the writing style that Lauren has developed and that readers have come to expect. Dual points of view (new!) and fun, witty banter with little added drama for the characters to sort out kept the story flowing. It was fun to see these two with fresh eyes and a fresh story too.
I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Audio
✦ THE DATING PROPOSAL is narrated by Andi Arndt and Sebastian York!
Lose yourself in this fantastic story, and then, treat yourself to the bonus novella, DELAYED SATISFACTION! Get your copy today! ✦
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Lose yourself in this fantastic story, and then, treat yourself to the bonus novella, DELAYED SATISFACTION! Get your copy today! ✦
✦ Audio ➜ https://blkly.pub/DatingAudible
I’m not checking out her body.
I’m not staring at her face. I’m focused on the task at hand. Thank God I have one, because otherwise, I’d be staring at those eyes. They’re blue with gold flecks, making them look almost hazel at times. She has all sorts of colors working in her irises, and the net effect is totally captivating.
So is her lush mouth.
She’s running it while I carefully screw the case back together. It’s painstaking work since it’s tiny and the screwdrivers are the size of nails.
“I tried to fix my shower once,” McKenna says, wrapping her slender hands around a cup of coffee. Yes, even her hands are hot. Lord help me.
“Yeah?” I glance at her hands then back at the hard drive. “How’d it go?”
“Well, if you consider scars a good thing, it went well.”
I look up. “Scars can be cool. I trust it ween exceedingly well?”
She lifts her chin and shows me a thin white scar on the right side of her jaw. “Then I did a fabulous job of ‘fixing’ the shower.” She sketches air quotes.
“Looks like it to me. But how exactly did the shower hit you in the face?”
“When the door fell.” She says it so matter-of-factly.
I blink, trying to process the enormity of everything that could have gone wrong. “I don’t know if I should be impressed you tried to fix a shower door without any fix-it skills, or impressed with your good luck in surviving the incident. Because those things are heavy.”
“Hey! How do you know I don’t have any fix-it skills?”
I grin. “Lucky guess?”
“Fine. You’re right. But what else was I to do?” She shrugs, her tone light and breezy. “It wouldn’t close all the way. And that was getting me down because I like to take really hot showers. We’re talking sauna temperature. You know the type? Imagine you walk into the bathroom, and steam is everywhere, and you can barely even see the other person in the shower. Just the silhouette? Can you picture that?”
Can I picture it? Hell, I can feel that. In my pants. “Yep,” I answer, and it comes out a little dry, a little gravelly. Because painting crazy-hot images is playing below the belt, and I bet she doesn’t even realize it. Hot women shouldn’t use the word “shower” in casual conversation. It’s wholly unnecessary, along with “yoga pants” and “strawberries.”
“So you tried to fix it?” I ask, forcing myself to focus on the project in front of me, rather than on images of steam rising, which lead to other things rising.
“Yup. And then that shower door showed me who was boss.” She holds up her forearm vertically then lets it fall as she makes a kaboom sound.
I can’t help but laugh. “And whacked you on its way down?”
“Completely whacked. It’s kind of a miracle I’m alive, come to think of it.”
“I’m glad you survived the shower whacking. What happened with the door thought?”
“I called my friend Andy. He fixed it for me. It works like a steamy, dreamy charm now.” She takes a sip of her coffee, smiling happily.
I stop and take a drink of espresso.
“Andy? So he’s Handy Andy?” I kind of hate him already. Wait. That’s dumb. I don’t feel a thing for Handy Andy who was in McKenna’s shower, that lucky bastard.
“That’s a good one. Can you rhyme my name?”
“Henna McKenna?” I toss out.
“And you’ll be Chris who brings me bliss by fixing the hard drive,” she says, and I just smile at her.
“You’re a bundle of energy,” I say as I return to my project, moving to the right side of the case.
“And you’re a bundle of skills. What do you do when you’re not rescuing hard drives from evil cats?”
“Admittedly, that does occupy a large portion of my day. But in the few hours I can eke out, I host a show.”
“Like radio show or a podcast?”
I twist the screwdriver a notch. “It’s a TV show. On WebFlix. It’s called Geeking Out.”
She narrows her eyes and points at me, circling her finger. “You’re a geek?”
“You say that like it doesn’t compute, and yet here I am, fixing your tech in a coffee shop. I’d say that makes me a geek.”
“You definitely don’t look like a geek.”
I meet her eyes. They’re sparking with a glint of playfulness. “And what does a geek look like?”
“Not like a surfer. You look like you’re going to go hang ten.”
“I do that too. For fun.”
She pumps a fist. “Nailed it. You totally have that vibe about you. Not that I’m pigeonholing you based on your looks. But with the Nor Cal T-shirt, it wasn’t the hardest round of Jeopardy! to play.” She imitates Alex Trebek. “What is the most likely profession of a guy with floppy hair, a not-from-the-salon tan, and casual charm?”
I quirk up the corner of my lips. “You think I’m charming?”
She blushes, but it disappears quickly. “You charmed my hard drive out of my hands.”
I screw the final piece of the case back together, set down the tiny tool, drag a hand through my hair, and gesture to the repaired device. “Good as new.”
“Wow,” she says appreciatively, picking up the drive and gazing at it in admiration. “Thank you so much. You are Mr. Fix It.”
I puff out my chest playfully. “Why, thank you very much. I’m having T-shirts made with that saying. Want one?”
“I do. I want one to sleep in at night.”
And there she goes again.
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 sweet, sexy and witty. Her heroines are strong and smart and her heroes have hearts of gold and fantastic funny bones. She lives in California with her family, including her smoking hot and hilarious husband and her two brilliant and kind children. She has plotted entire novels while walking her dogs -- she might have four dogs, or maybe five. If she's lucky, she'll soon have six dogs. 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, and she's sold more than 3 million books. In May she'll release THE DATING PROPOSAL, in June SATISFACTION GUARANTEED and in September INSTANT GRATIFICATION. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter! laurenblakely.com/newsletter
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