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Review / Release Blitz: Plays Well With Others (How to Date #2) by Lauren Blakely

PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS BY LAUREN BLAKELY

Release Date: July 12th

Genre/Tropes:
Fake dating
Best friends to lovers
He falls first
Cinnamon roll hero turns alpha in the bedroom
Equal opportunity accidental nudity
Horny baking
Extra spicy!!

📚 Get ready for a hilarious and steamy ride with Plays Well With Others by #1 NYT bestselling author Lauren Blakely.

Join the fun as two best friends embark on a fake dating adventure that turns into something more. Will their friendship survive the sizzling chemistry and real emotions that ignite between them? Find out in this irresistible romance!

Grab your copy now and prepare for a wild, flirty, and heartwarming read.

Amazon ➜ https://shorturl.at/qX148
Audible ➜ https://shorturl.at/mqG14
(Narrated by Erin Mallon & Teddy Hamilton



Blurb

Am I fake dating my best friend? Hear me out...
So 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.
What 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.
But what I truly don't expect is Carter's answer - he volunteers as tribute.
With 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.
But 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.
Pretty 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.
The problem? Turns out learning to date again feels a lot like the real thing. Can our friendship withstand all these late-night bedroom sessions?
Especially since I'm suddenly longing for my best friend and there's nothing fake about my feelings…


MY REVIEW


Who better to ask to go on fake dates with Carter than his best friend, Rachel? They've been best friends since high school, have a solid base of friendship based communication, and neither is looking for a relationship, so for her to go on these outings with him so he can fulfill this sponsor obligation, would mean the world to him. But what's a pro wide receiver to do when a sighting of his best friend suddenly has him thinking of her in decidedly more than friendly way? Is it possible these dates could mean their friendship evolves into MORE?


Rachel's moved to San Francisco for a fresh start after a bad divorce to a cheating jerk of an ex. Her best friend is here, her other close girlfriends, and the start of a new expansion of her business. Things should be great. But in the area of love and relationships, she needs someone to treat her the way a swoony boyfriend would do. So when her best friend needs her to go on some dates to make good on his sponsorship, she can't say no. She had no idea that Carter would end up being such an attentive fake boyfriend, or that he'd make her view him in all kinds of deliciously more than friendly ways.


Football players are hot (hellllo Jimmy G!). When they're sweet, swoony, and deliciously dirty talking in the bedroom and a cinnamon roll outside of the bedroom, they're even hotter. Carter is probably one of my favorite of all Lauren's heroes - he's all these things and more, flawed but loving and loyal. The way Lauren presented his ADHD is so well done that it only made me love him even more. And then there's Rachel - she is adorable - sweet, quirky, and relatable. These friends to lovers with their snarky, witty banter, combined with their insanely hot chemistry add up to one of Lauren's best couples and best stories to date.


About Lauren Blakely
You can find Lauren on TikTok at @laurenblakelybooks! 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 sexy, feel-good, and witty. Lauren likes dogs, cake, and show tunes and she is the vegetarian at your dinner party.

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