Blog Tour: Here Comes My Man: Lauren Blakely
(Hopelessly Bromantic duet #2)
Lauren Blakely
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Release Date June 28, 2022
This review may contain spoilers for book one Hopelessly Bromantic!
While they have had some career success, they are now both facing some issues in their personal and professional lives. They are struggling with their new normal not to mention that they both still have deep scars from their shared past.
But during the process jealousy will rear its ugly head, answers will be demanded, truths will be spilled, emotions will boil to the surface, and passion will eventually explode. Oh my, the raw emotion and intensity with these two are off-the-freakin-charts!
This is the swoony, sexy, emotional, witty, heartfelt conclusion to TJ and Jude's epic third-chance love story! I completely and utterly adore both of them and think they are such a great matchup. The banter, snark, chemistry, deep feelings, and bond. They truly are soul mates that just had to get their timing right and heads on straight. They love hard and deeply but where TJ is an overthinker sometimes Jude is more impulsive. And they are both stubborn and sometimes keep secrets. But they seem to be more willing to learn from their mistakes and put in the work to be better and try to make this third time a charm. But they will have to find a way to meet in the middle and leave all their cards on the table.
These guys put my heart through a gamut of ups and downs, but I loved seeing their growth and positive changes. I am so happy I took the journey with them, but it is very hard to say goodbye.
This is the finale of TJ and Jude’s story and was exactly what I needed for these two.
Jude and TJ are each in need of some help which their teams believe a fake relationship will fix. With the help of their managers and PR team, they find themselves in the spotlight on setup dates, orchestrating fake kisses, and acting their way through the public eye. Even though they weren’t able to make it work together the last time they tried, they should be able to pretend long enough to make their teams happy, repair Jude’s public image, and jumpstart TJ’s writing.
I love a good fake relationship, especially when there are real feelings behind the facade. These two are each reluctantly agreeable to playing pretend when they don’t know who their fake boyfriend will be, but reality crashes down when they learn who their pretend partner will be. There are some big reasons their relationship didn’t work when they were younger that still need to be addressed, and the hurts of the past could be enough to wreck even the possibility of pretend. But at their core, they both still love each other and it doesn’t take long until they are trying to keep the fake and real pieces of their lives separate.
This was a great finale for these two men. They had a lot of issues to clean up from their previous attempts at being together to avoid another failed attempt. I loved watching as they worked through their insecurities and their past hurts.
Once again, Laurent Blakely has pulled me into her world, made me fall in love with her men, and left me anticipating the return to yet another couple. I can’t wait to see what is next from her!
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Hopelessly Bromantic
(Hopelessly Bromantic duet #1)
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Our 4.5 to 5.5 star reviews
Lauren Blakely
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Release Date June 28, 2022
A red-hot, enemies-to-lovers, fake boyfriend, second chance romance, and the conclusion to the Hopelessly Bromantic Duet!
Let me just say this -- fake dating the cocky movie star was not my idea. Especially since he’s my former roomie and, gulp, my secret ex.
But my agent tells me I have no choice since I’m ridiculously overdue with turning in the next big blockbuster love story to my publisher.
Not to mention, ahem, writing it.
Falling for the smooth-talking English hottie once upon a time -- fine, twice -- were huge mistakes that I shouldn’t repeat, but pretending to like the guy who broke my heart is my only chance at saving my job.
That is, as long as no one finds out that every date we go on, every smile we flash each other for the cameras, and every hot, desperate kiss on the streets of Manhattan is absolutely fake.
Except…it’s not. At least for me.
And he can never know…
Contents Include: Snarky banter, sexy dates, hate s-e-x, seduction by a wordsmith, and two strong, stubborn, clever men determined to resist each other at all costs.
This review may contain spoilers for book one Hopelessly Bromantic!
Oh TJ and Jude. My heart broke along with theirs as things imploded, and their lives after the fact have had their share of good and bad.
While they have had some career success, they are now both facing some issues in their personal and professional lives. They are struggling with their new normal not to mention that they both still have deep scars from their shared past.
Their agents are brilliant and creative so they think they have the answer to their problems...but it is not the answer that TJ or Jude ever expected.
How hard could it be for them to fake a romance for the cameras to get good press and fluff up their reputations as good boyfriends? Well...TJ and Jude can make anything complicated.
There's a whole dynamic of hurt, anger, regret, loss, and fear. But at the same time, they are both beginning to see things somewhat more objectively after some time and have a bit more empathy and understanding. And they are back in each other's universe where the attraction is hard to resist, but their battered hearts and fears keep them wary. They both are currently worried about their reps and careers and they have to work together to sell this media version of their relationship and get their careers back on track. They are walking a fine line between fake and real but are afraid to screw things up.
There's a whole dynamic of hurt, anger, regret, loss, and fear. But at the same time, they are both beginning to see things somewhat more objectively after some time and have a bit more empathy and understanding. And they are back in each other's universe where the attraction is hard to resist, but their battered hearts and fears keep them wary. They both are currently worried about their reps and careers and they have to work together to sell this media version of their relationship and get their careers back on track. They are walking a fine line between fake and real but are afraid to screw things up.
But during the process jealousy will rear its ugly head, answers will be demanded, truths will be spilled, emotions will boil to the surface, and passion will eventually explode. Oh my, the raw emotion and intensity with these two are off-the-freakin-charts!
This is the swoony, sexy, emotional, witty, heartfelt conclusion to TJ and Jude's epic third-chance love story! I completely and utterly adore both of them and think they are such a great matchup. The banter, snark, chemistry, deep feelings, and bond. They truly are soul mates that just had to get their timing right and heads on straight. They love hard and deeply but where TJ is an overthinker sometimes Jude is more impulsive. And they are both stubborn and sometimes keep secrets. But they seem to be more willing to learn from their mistakes and put in the work to be better and try to make this third time a charm. But they will have to find a way to meet in the middle and leave all their cards on the table.
These guys put my heart through a gamut of ups and downs, but I loved seeing their growth and positive changes. I am so happy I took the journey with them, but it is very hard to say goodbye.
The side characters added depth to the story and LB fans will see some familiar faces and meet some new intriguing ones.
Jude and TJ are each in need of some help which their teams believe a fake relationship will fix. With the help of their managers and PR team, they find themselves in the spotlight on setup dates, orchestrating fake kisses, and acting their way through the public eye. Even though they weren’t able to make it work together the last time they tried, they should be able to pretend long enough to make their teams happy, repair Jude’s public image, and jumpstart TJ’s writing.
I love a good fake relationship, especially when there are real feelings behind the facade. These two are each reluctantly agreeable to playing pretend when they don’t know who their fake boyfriend will be, but reality crashes down when they learn who their pretend partner will be. There are some big reasons their relationship didn’t work when they were younger that still need to be addressed, and the hurts of the past could be enough to wreck even the possibility of pretend. But at their core, they both still love each other and it doesn’t take long until they are trying to keep the fake and real pieces of their lives separate.
This was a great finale for these two men. They had a lot of issues to clean up from their previous attempts at being together to avoid another failed attempt. I loved watching as they worked through their insecurities and their past hurts.
Once again, Laurent Blakely has pulled me into her world, made me fall in love with her men, and left me anticipating the return to yet another couple. I can’t wait to see what is next from her!
Free Prequel
✦ Audible ➜ Teddy Hamilton and Shane East narrate in duet this sexy, emotionally-charged, witty forbidden romance! Performed with a full cast!
(Hopelessly Bromantic duet #1)
Add to Goodreads
Buy Here
Our 4.5 to 5.5 star reviews
A sexy, passionate, utterly addictive, roomies-to-lovers MM romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely!
Look, when I met the sexy, witty Brit on the streets of London last night, I had no idea who he was. He was just that hot guy I wanted to have a drink with so I asked him out for my first evening in town.
One thing almost led to another. After a midnight kiss, we made plans for a whole lot more the next day.
But when I unlock the door to my rental in the morning, the English hottie is lounging on the couch like he lives here too. Great. For the next year I’ll be sharing a tiny flat with the sexiest guy I’ve ever known.
Time for a few simple rules -- don’t walk around the flat wearing only a towel, don’t spend our nights together exploring London, and don’t crack open my secrets for him.
Even as I smash all those rules, I try to resist falling for the cocky charmer. But after a taste of his lips, I give all the way in, telling myself one night and we won’t fall in love.
Too bad in the morning I discover that hiding my true feelings is the least of my worries, compared to a twist I never see coming.
Contents Include: One broody American, one charming Brit, and two libidos that can barely fit into the smallest flat in London. Translation – hot, angsty nights in the first novel in a scorching and emotional two-book epic MM romance!
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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