THE GOOD GUY CHALLENGE (The Dating Games 2) by Lauren Blakely-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 8, 2022

Fake real dating the one who got away? Sign me up…

There’s just something about bad boys. Tattoos and leather jackets, am I right?
Trouble is, my last boyfriend was a teensy bit too bad and now he’s in prison. Yikes.
When my friends challenge me to take a dip in the good guy side of the dating pool, I see their dating bet and I raise it, looking up the guy I crushed on growing up.
With a winning grin and heart of gold, Gabe Clements is now the star receiver for a pro football team.
Except, the supposed good guy turns out to be nothing like I imagined. He’s better. He’s growly, possessive, smoldering.
And he’s determined too. At the end of the night, he asks me to be his fake real girlfriend for the rest of the week.
Sounds like my kind of dating challenge since he’s a good guy by day, and a very dirty man after dark.
I’ll cure my bad boy blues in no time.
Well, as long as I don’t fall for Gabe’s big heart too.

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REVIEW:THE GOOD GUY CHALLENGE is the second instalment in Lauren Blakely’s contemporary, adult DATING GAMES erotic,romance series. This is thirty-five year old, NFL player Gabe Clements, and twenty-five year old screenwriter and producer Ellie Snow. THE GOOD GUY CHALLENGE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalment is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ellie and Gabe) THE GOOD GUY CHALLENGE follows the building romance and relationship between GAMES erotic,romance series. This is thirty-five year old, NFL player Gabe Clements, and twenty-five year old screenwriter and producer Ellie Snow. Ten years earlier Gabe Clements babysat his neighbor’s fifteen year old daughter never thinking he would one day come face to face with his future. Fast forward to present day wherein Ellie Snow has returned to California in the wake of a very public break up, in the hopes of starting over with a new show and new friends but Ellie never expected to meet up with her teenage crush in the guise of NFL football player Gabe Clements, a man with similar likes to our story line heroine. Neither one is willing to jump into a rebound romance but both agree to one week together, exploring one another’s sexual desires. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Gabe and Ellie, and the potential fall-out as the heart wants something more than one week together.

Gabe Clements’ last relationship imploded when his girlfriend could not accept his ‘kinky’ side in bed. Believing himself unworthy, Gabe was shocked with Ellie Snow’s return to town, a woman whose ‘kinky’ side is equal to our story line hero but Ellie and Gabe have both agreed to one week together, one week in which they will discover seven days is never enough. Ellie is hoping to break her habit of dating only bad-boys, challenging herself to a good-guy relationship.

The relationship between Gabe and Ellie is one of mutual attraction and sexual desires. A series of role playing games pulls our couple closer together but seven days would end with Gabe walking away with a broken heart. The $ex scenes are intimate and erotic but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter work, used only once, more for shock value than anything else.

The secondary and supporting characters are fun and fascinating, many of whom we have met in the author’s interconnected series.

THE GOOD GUY CHALLENGE is a story of desire and attraction, love and happily ever after. The premise is entertaining and captivating but predictable ; the romance is steamy and hot; the characters are charismatic and fun.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Mister Sexy Pant
The Virgin Next Door

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

A #1 New York Times Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s hot, sweet and sexy. She lives in California with her family and has plotted entire novels while walking her dogs. 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 eighty times, and she’s sold more than 2 million books. In October she’ll release HARD WOOD, a sexy, standalone romantic comedy. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter! laurenblakely.com/newsletter

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