Blog Tour: The Bromance Zone: Lauren Blakely

by - Wednesday, October 27, 2021

THE BROMANCE ZONE by #1 NYT Bestselling author Lauren Blakely is NOW LIVE!! This book comes fully equipped with…


 ❄️ Eight inches!

 

❄️ A dirty game of would you rather!

 

❄️ Deep thoughts about Paul Rudd!

 

❄️ A super awkward dinner party scene!

 

❄️ Hot tub shenanigans!

 

❄️ Two sexy, charming heroes!

 

 The Bromance Zone
Lauren Blakely
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Release Date: October 26, 2021
Two great friends. One road trip. And eight inches…
...of snow that night at the cabin.
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times. Friends don't bang friends.

I want my friends to stay in my life, especially that flirty, clever, outgoing best friend of mine.

It's a damn good thing Owen and I made a pact in college to never ever sleep together, or else I'd be tempted.

Trouble is, eight years later I've been wondering what his kisses taste like. And I've been curious if our chemistry would extend into the bedroom. If he might feel the same risky pull.

But I don't want to lose Owen, and history says there's no way a tryst between friends can end well.

So as long as I avoid the bedroom with him, I won't break that hard-as-steel rule.

Except the snow has other plans…

The Bromance Zone is a deliciously flirty, red-hot sexy, friends-to-lovers MM romance about the charming guy next door who's sworn to never date a friend, the flirty hot nerd who's been secretly crushing on that friend forever, and one night snowed in in a cabin. This book comes fully equipped for your reading pleasure with sexy banter, a super awkward dinner party, and a scene in front of a fireplace that proves just how dangerous the friend zone is.

This is Lauren Blakely at her rom-com finest with all the banter, flirt, tension, longing, and foreplay between two longtime best friends. 

Hop in the car with River and Owen as they take a journey into the storm that shakes up their friendship pact and throws them into romance-landia territory. 

River is outgoing, energetic, has a wicked sense of humor, and cares deeply for those he lets in. He wants to find a partner and be in love, but is scared of being hurt again. Owen is sarcastic, a bit quieter, and longs to find a good guy who will appreciate him. They have been there for each other through everything for nearly a decade, but have kept strictly in the friendship zone. 

They always swore they would never let sex ruin their friendship and agreed that being friends was more important. They have been able to compartmentalize this for years. But Owen's been hiding his feelings more and more lately. And River is in a heightened state of confusion with lust and longing. They are both afraid of losing the other, but this trip seems to be where they have no choice but to start unpacking this box that has been wrapped up tight for years. But both are scared of what might happen if they do. 

As they spend time together in close proximity, the sexual tension is rising, their banter has surpassed the safe flirting zone, and feelings are getting harder to keep on the down-low. Once things start heating up it has the potential to either blow the roof off the cabin or perhaps obliterate their longtime friendship. But it could be ruined anyway if one wants more and the other does not. 

This is a snappy, fun, heartwarming, sizzling hot, M/M rom-com and journey of new discovery. I loved that they are just two really great guys looking for a good guy to partner with, but they have been ignoring what is right in front of them for so long. They are different in some ways,  but complement each other too. They know each other so well, but are also discovering new things and exchanging deeper thoughts, feelings, and desires. But it is all a big, quick change and they are both just trying to figure out what is happening and where they stand and are fearful of losing their important friendship. Their feelings are so big that they sometimes do not express them well. I loved that Owen seemed to know more about what needed to be done even if he procrastinated, but River was just so clueless and surprised at times. I loved their vulnerability, but also their bossiness, banter, and protectiveness. I think they are just totally adorable, sweet, and hot together and I thoroughly enjoyed their little trip. 

After note: Holy moly the cover for this is just spot on! He is my River! 
River has a pact to not get romantically involved with friends. The friends he has mean the world to him, and in his mind beginning a romantic relationship with anyone means eventually the relationship will end leaving him without that person who was so important to him. But even though he and his best friend Owen were in agreement when they made that pact 8 years ago, there are certain temptations in play now that were never a factor before, and for the first time River wonders if some rules aren’t meant to be broken.

When they get snowed into a cabin together on their way to Friendsgiving, the pact is tested as the chemistry runs high.

These two! I loved their friendship in the previous books we have seen them in, but to have them front and center was so much fun! They are determined to keep things platonic, but it is in both of their natures to flirt a little bit (especially River) and as they consider the way they flirt with each other versus the way they flirt with randoms (or how River flirts with customers), it becomes clear that there is something different about the flirtation together. Stuck in a mountain cabin together, the walls come down, but when they finally make it to their destination, there will be a reckoning.

This was a flirty, fun, hot friends to lovers story with a road trip twist. I loved their interactions during the road trip as they dove deeper into the flirtiness between them, questioning movies and possibilities.

I can’t wait for more from this series -- the little bit of teaser for the next book was perfect to cause even more anticipation than I usually have for my Lauren Blakely MM fix!

THE BROMANCE ZONE is a friends-to-lovers romance performed by Audie Winner Vikas Adam and introducing the award-winning Ron Butler narrating as Evan Parker! 


Lauren Blakely

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. She also writes red-hot, sexy romance and 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. She likes dogs, cake and show tunes,  and is the vegetarian at your dinner party.
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