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A sexy, passionate, utterly addictive standalone MM romance from #1 NYT Bestseller\u00a0Lauren Blakely!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Every bartender should follow one simple rule\u2014don\u2019t go home with the customers.<\/p>\n That\u2019s been easy for me to stick to, until the night a cocky, confident, and sinfully charming hockey star walks into my bar. This sexy athlete is too hard to resist, especially when he makes it clear how much he wants the \u201csarcastic, witty, hot AF\u201d guy\u00a0behind the bar\u2014also known as me.<\/p>\n Still, I\u2019m not keen on breaking my own rules since I know where that can lead\u2014no place\u00a0good.<\/p>\n But when that man makes his case with one bone-searing kiss on the streets of London,\u00a0I throw resistance out the window.<\/p>\n What could go wrong with a hot, dirty, no-strings-attached fling before he leaves town in\u00a0five days?<\/p>\n Trouble is, soon our nights together lead to days, to long conversations, to getting to know each other, and to something I never expected\u2014falling ridiculously hard for a man\u00a0who\u2019s getting on a plane to America when I live a world away.<\/p>\n My life is here. His is there. And no amount of falling or feeling will change that one big\u00a0problem.<\/p>\n Warning: contains hot hotel sex, loads of dirty talk, PDA all over London, and two sexy,\u00a0witty, charming alpha heroes\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add to Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI fucking love you. That is all.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n 4.5 dreamy, loved-up stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n Lauren Blakely\u2019s first m\/m romance, and she\u2019s delivered a blisteringly hot and passionate read with great characters, epic chemistry and soooooo much swoon!<\/p>\n This book has loose ties to Blakely\u2019s The Guys That Got Away<\/i><\/a> series, with some minor character crossover, but this one is a standalone and can be read independently of the others.<\/p>\n Dean Collins is living his dream \u2013 running his own bar with his best friend in his home town of London. He\u2019s worked hard to get where he is, and he\u2019s absolutely devoted to making his business a success, and he won\u2019t let anything distract him from his goals\u2026 until a big distraction walks right into his bar.<\/p>\n James \u2018Fitz\u2019 Fitzgerald is an NHL player from America. He\u2019s in London for a few days before he returns to New York and the start of a new hockey season. He\u2019s not looking for love, but he\u2019s totally open for a hook up while he\u2019s in town, and with one glance he sets his sights on the sexy bartender.<\/p>\n The sparks that fly between Dean and Fitz are insane. They flirt, tease and banter, and though Dean is trying his best to keep his focus away from men and on his bar, he can\u2019t resist the draw of the sexy American, and they agree to a short-lived fling while Fitz is in town, where they will explore their wicked chemistry before going their separate ways.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re into books where you get to see every little moment of a romance unfold \u2013 all of the hot glances, flirty banter, fun dialogue, the sweetness, the longing, the steam and everything in between \u2013 then this is the book for you. We get to see every moment of Dean and Fitz\u2019s romance unfold, drawing us into the story with them, and it\u2019s a great combination of fun, flirty, and seriously steamy.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the things he says and the way we are with each other. Oh holy God, this book is hot! There\u2019s plenty of sexy time, and we get it in great detail. So much so that I actually ended up skimming a bit through all of the descriptiveness, but it shows the blistering connection between the two men, which very quickly strengthens as their attraction becomes so much more than either of them ever expected.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s much more here than chemistry. More than the hashtag Best-Sex-Ever effect.\u201d It\u2019s such a gorgeous romance. Dean and Fitz just fit<\/i> together. It\u2019s fun, flirty, open and honest, and so, so easy. They are full of PDA, and they just go with the flow, following their hearts (and their libidos) into a relationship that neither of them were looking for. So much so that when the time comes for Fitz to return home and their fling to come to an end, how will they ever let go?<\/p>\n He is too much of what I want. He is all I want. I really enjoyed this book. The characters are great, and the romance is fun, flirty, super functional and incredibly sexy, with a lot of emotion and it\u2019s so freaking swoony! There are scenes in this book that had my heart almost pounding out of my chest in swoony, excited, romantic bliss, which I loved!<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think the book as a whole needed to be as long as it is, and that ending seems to go on and on and on (and then an epilogue!), and, to me, felt a bit repetitive with the declarations and the HEA. But it provides us with a great finish for Dean and Fitz – and a couple of other characters – and gives us some hints for more of Lauren\u2019s books to come.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a great story, and I loved Dean and Fitz\u2019s romance.<\/p>\n 4.5 stars!<\/p>\n An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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\u2019s sweet, sexy and witty. She also writes red-hot love stories for her Lauren Blakely After Dark line.<\/p>\n She\u2019d love to give you a free book today so check out her\u00a0WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0and grab one today!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, sign up for her\u00a0NEWSLETTER<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WEBSITE<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0<\/b>FACEBOOK<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0<\/b>TWITTER<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From #1 New York Times Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely, comes an all-new sexy and IRRESISTIBLE M\/M stand-alone romance. 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\nHe\u2019s the best time I\u2019ve ever had.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nFitz lets out a breath like I\u2019ve freed him, like I\u2019ve given him everything he needs. \u201cSo much more,\u201d he echoes, his shoulders relaxing, his arms looping around my neck, and his lips zeroing in on mine as he repeats \u201cYou are so much more\u201d against my mouth, kissing me.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nHe is <\/i>it.
\nThe shattering truth of that clobbers me. There is no more falling. The falling is done, and I\u2019m here.
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