{"id":71103,"date":"2023-07-12T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=71103"},"modified":"2023-07-16T23:22:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T03:22:58","slug":"new-release-plays-well-with-others-how-to-date-2-by-lauren-blakely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=71103","title":{"rendered":"New Release & ARC Review: Plays Well With Others (How to Date, #2) by Lauren Blakely"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plays Well With Others (How to Date, #2)<\/strong>
\nby Lauren Blakely<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Released – 12 July 2023<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Available Now!
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Am I fake dating my best friend? Hear me out…<\/b>
\nSo I’m throwing myself a breakup party, a glittery fete where I envision I’ll lift a glass and celebrate being free and single again.
\nWhat I actually do: Drink too much champagne and blurt out to my best guy friend that I’d really like to get back on the horse.
\nBut what I truly don’t expect is Carter’s answer – he volunteers as tribute.
\nWith his sinful brown eyes and too-good-to-be-true body it’d be no hardship for me to say yes, though I certainly don’t want him to feel obligated to, um, service me, just because my failed, loveless marriage was a s-e-x desert.
\nBut since the charming and confident pro football star owes five public dates to his dating app sponsor, we make a deal to help each other out.
\nPretty soon, our public how to date lessons turn into, ahem, very private ones. And I’m a star student, graduating quickly from flirty banter and lingering looks to toe-curling, sheet-grabbing, mind-blowing hours of physical education.
\nThe problem? Turns out learning to date again feels a lot like the real thing. Can our friendship withstand all these late-night bedroom sessions?
\nEspecially since I’m suddenly longing for my best friend and there’s nothing fake about my feelings…<\/p>\n

Find\u00a0Plays Well With Others\u00a0<\/em>on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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4.5 stars!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plays Well With Others <\/i> combines friends-to-lovers, sports romance, and fake dating, and delivers and entertaining, swoony, sweet and spicy read. I devoured it.<\/p>\n

Carter and Rachel have been best friends for ages and they are finally back in the same city. Rachael\u2019s divorce is final and she is trying to move on but still carries around the scares left by her ex. Carter hasn\u2019t had much luck in love and still has to do a dating series he\u2019s committed to so he asks Rachel to help him out and what follows is a smoking hot, hilariously fun, sweet romance between besties.<\/p>\n

Carter and Rachel are great friends but one accidental flashing puts new ideas in their heads. Ideas that belong in the bedroom. As they go through the dates these ideas grow and they decide that while he shows her how she should be treated on a date he could also show her what she deserves in the bedroom. These two light the pages on fire while also showing us how fun they can be. Carter is so sweet and I love that he wants to help Rachel heal from her awful ex and give her everything. And Rachel understands Carter in ways that we\u2019re missing in his previous relationships.<\/p>\n

Though they try to ignore their feelings so they don’t jeopardize they friendship, there is no denying these two should be together. They just fit and I love that there isn\u2019t any drama for the sake of drama.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re no longer <\/i>just friends.
\nBut the thing is\u2014we <\/i>are still friends.
\nW<\/i>e\u2019re best friends.
\nWe\u2019re just more now.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the secondary characters are great additions to the story. We get characters from the previous book, My So Called Sex Life,<\/em><\/a> and new friends to love. I can wait for more of this group as the series goes on!<\/p>\n

*ARC generously provided\u00a0by the author*<\/em><\/p>\n

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How to Date<\/h4>\n

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My So Called Love Life <\/strong>(#1)<\/strong> – (Hazel & Axel)
\n(previously published as My So Called Sex Life)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy: Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Plays Well with Others (#2) <\/strong>– (Rachel & Carter)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy: Amazon<\/a>
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The Almost Romantic (#3) <\/strong>– (Elodie & Gage)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Accidental Dating Experiment (#4)\u00a0<\/strong>– (Juliet & Monroe)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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Check out our LAUERN BLAKELY AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT<\/a> for more amazing reads!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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