The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
„Dylan hoped the good Dr. Johnson excelled at his work, cuz he sucked at starting motorcycles and picking up the pieces after a failed relationship.“
My favourite romance trope, a pretend-relationship/marriage of convenience/friends-to-lovers set-up. Alec Johnson is invited to an awards ceremony. So is his ex with the new boyfriend. And his motorcycle mechanic Dylan volunters to go along as his pretend boyfriend, because the ex pissed him off. Say hello to a lot of complications of the emotional kind.
I went into this with very low expectations. Based on that it was very entertaining, with a minimal amount of annoying drama. Even the usual romance predicament of sane grown-ups not talking to each other was at a bearable level. Lots of pretty explicit sex—a bit much at times, actually. The usual HFN ending. But all in all I liked this and might even get the next one in this series of loosely related m-m romances. Which seems to involve the ex…
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