Plays Well with Others

De: Lauren Blakely

Narrado por: Erin Mallon, Teddy Hamilton

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 an 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...

©2023 Lauren Blakely Books (P)2024 Lauren Blakely Books

Became uninteresting...DNF

Couldn't take Erin Mallon's unrealistic narration. Teddy was great. Story was o.k. may finish later.

Such a fabulous love story!

Lauren you hit it out of the park ok this one!! Funny, witty, spicy and damn Teddy and Erin were a dynamic duo as always. Loved every bit of it.

One of my favorites

I've read most of LB's work and this one had me smiling so much from the start. I love the idea of BFFs to lovers to forever. This story felt very believable (aside from him being a pro-football player, of course)...it's a situation that could happen to anyone. And maybe that's why I liked it so much. Also....the SPICE in this one. It's not super strong in the submissive/dominant sex stuff thankfully, but there's a subtle implication of it coupled with lots of hot scenes...a little rough play plus some commands. Honestly, most often when an author includes that variety of sex in the story, it's gross to me. (I honestly really hate how dominant men are portrayed in romance novels.) These two, however, strike a great balance in his commanding and her submission to his directives. It never feels gross. But it's definitely hot.
And don't miss the bonus scene. You have to go to her website and sign up for her newsletter, but you can actually listen to it as read by Teddy Hamilton, so it really feels like one more chapter. Also, it's the ending that felt right, so I'm glad she included it! (and it's a brilliant marketing tactic!)

Loved it!

Carter and Rachel are just so sweet and amazing together! This story is extremely well written! I love how Lauren Blakely has interconnected characters in her stories. However, you could still enjoy the story even if you haven't read other stories in the 'series'. The narrators, Teddy Hamilton & Erin Mallon, did a phenomenal job bringing Carter and Rachel to life!! It's just a phenomenal book!!

Fun, flirty and absolutely wonderful

What an amazing feel good listen! The narrators were awesome and the story was wonderful!! This friends to lovers is one of my favorites!

Go get yourself a Carter

it took the entire book for them to figure it out, so that was kind of frustrating. it was so steamy and 🔥 Their friendship and understanding of each other was really special.

Loved the characters and story!

It was such a sweet story of friends turned to lovers. Loved the narrators! I couldn't stop listening. I totally recommend it!

I really enjoyed this story!

Great performance! This was a fun easy read! Big fan of the MMC! Entertaining, funny and enjoyable!

Meh. Very basic

So I knew this book was going to be a bust for me from the first 4 chapters but not wanting to judge too soon I pushed through.

This book is quite basic in its story line, the narrators are quite hammy and overall is just meh.
The sex scenes are boring in my opinion and go for all the stereotypical tropes.
The book is not bad, it’s just remarkably average.
This book is the equivalent of having a home Reno show on the tv in the background whilst you tidy the house.

Flirty, dirty, and nearly angst free

“B😜😜bs! B😜😜bs! B😜😜bs!”
Fake relationship and friends hiding feelings romances are so silly and unrealistic …
And yes, I am so down for all of it, especially during the holidays.

“It’s a forget-my-t!ts-ficus”
Caught lusting, protesting too much, hiding behind sarcasm and a cheeky tata fixation … gimme more!

“Free the girls!”
Mr. Hamilton’s female voice always sounds like she’s pinching her nose and Ms. Mallon has only one Blue Steel voice for the female lead, but they’ve both got great comedic timing and that worked for this breezy listen, even if things ran a tad long.