Parker’s Profile by L.D.
Blakeley
Available:
April 4, 2016
Erotic Romance, MM, Romantic Comedy
Available: April 4, 2016
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-77233-795-2
BLURB
Parker
Knowles needs a date. No, really. If he can't find one by Valentine's Day, he's
agreed to let his sister fix him up. And quite frankly, he'd rather chew off
his own arm than go out with someone of his sister's choosing.
Internet
phenom, Lane Steadman, has offered to show Parker the art of the perfect
selfie. After all, an outstanding dating profile is useless without a topnotch
photo, right?
Can
love really be found on the Internet? Or is a real-world connection closer to
Parker than he thinks?
EXCERPT
“What we need to do
is get you wet.”
“Pardon?” Parker
squawked.
“Yeah. Aside from
that video Seth posted, my most popular pics are the ones at the beach or in a
pool,” Lane explained.
There’s a shocker,
Parker thought.
“I smelled chlorine
in the lobby. I’m assuming there’s a pool in your building?” the other man
continued.
“Yeah, there is,
but…”
“Perfect.” Lane
hopped up and slid his phone into his back pocket, giving Parker both the means
and opportunity to ogle. And ogle, he did.
Until he realized
Lane meant to take pictures of him in a bathing suit, and all ogling ground to
a screeching halt. Oh, hell no
“I’m not sure if
it’s such a good idea,” was what he actually said.
“What’s not a good
idea?” With perfect timing, Seth strolled into the living room and handed them both
a beer.
“Me posing in a
pool.” Parker searched for a reason that wasn’t I don’t want to pop a
boner near Lane that I can’t hide in a bathing suit.
“Maybe being in the
pool will relax you,” Lane added. “Because I don’t think the beer is doing the trick.”
Parker knew the
gorgeous man was trying to be helpful. Reluctantly, he nodded. “Fine. Can I
grab my trunks first?”
“Unless you’d
prefer to be naked.” Lane winked and Parker felt his kneecaps liquefy.
He knew Lane hadn’t
intended to come across as flirtatious. Unfortunately, his brain was having a
tough time comprehending that. Pull yourself together, you drooling
idiot. This guy is doing you a favor. The least you can do is behave like a
sane, rational adult.
Too bad
his id was projecting horny, teenage boy.
Pushing aside his
inappropriate and misplaced lust, Parker headed into his bedroom and quickly
changed his clothes, swapping out boxer briefs for swim trunks. He could do
this.
As he headed back
into the living room, he grabbed the security swipe card off the key rack by
the door. “Okay, let’s get it over with.”
Lane and Seth
followed behind Parker and kept up a constant chatter as the three of them rode
the elevator to the lobby. Parker waved a quick hello to a neighbor as they
exited and made their way toward the pool. When he heard voices coming from the
direction of their final destination, however, he started to have second (and
possibly third and fourth) thoughts.
“There’s people in
there.” He faltered outside the glass doors that led to the pool. “Maybe this
isn’t such a good—”
“Nope.” Seth
grabbed the swipe card from Parker. “You’re not bailing on this.”
“M’not bailing.
Just … can we do it when there’s nobody around?” He was prepared to start
begging when the two older gentlemen who had been swimming laps, climbed out of
the pool and started gathering up their belongings.
Seth had already
unlocked the door and was holding it open for Parker and Lane to join him on
the deck of the now-empty pool. “C’mon, stud. Let’s take some pictures.”
“Oh God.” Parker
cringed at Seth’s choice of words. As they made their way around the perimeter
of the pool, he looked to Lane, who had his phone out and looked keen to get
started.
“Should I just…”
“Strip, baby.”
Lane’s eyes crinkled in mirth as his mouth curved into a wicked grin.
“I hate you both,”
Parker muttered as he fumbled with the buttons on his shirt.
REVIEWS
One word comes to mind when I think of Lane...Lumbersexual. I'd say enough said, but it's not.
This story is sweet and romantic and totally hot.
Not too much drama, well not enough to put you through a ringer. Though it's on the shorter side, there is absolutely nothing missing from the story. The characters were well developed, the story line was original and contemporary, and the writing was good, and guess what? NO INSTA-LOVE!!
I think you'll fall in love with Lane and Parker
And totally be skeeved out by Martin. Even Seth, the best friend, is a fun character, in that dude-bro kind of way ;)
This story is sweet and romantic and totally hot.
Not too much drama, well not enough to put you through a ringer. Though it's on the shorter side, there is absolutely nothing missing from the story. The characters were well developed, the story line was original and contemporary, and the writing was good, and guess what? NO INSTA-LOVE!!
I think you'll fall in love with Lane and Parker
And totally be skeeved out by Martin. Even Seth, the best friend, is a fun character, in that dude-bro kind of way ;)
4 Selfie Stars
This was a really quick, sweet, funny and hot read. Parker is in need of updating his online dating profile, and his best friend Seth has just the person in mind to help him do that. Little did Parker know it was gonna be his hot, King of the Manbun, cousin Lane. They got just the pics they needed to spruce up Parker's NetflixandChill.com (I freaking love that name) profile. Little did Parker know he was getting so much more than just a few great pics. I am not a fan of the whole insta-love thing and I am happy to say there was none of that here. All in all this was a great introduction into L.D. Blakely's writing for me and I can't wait to read more from her.
****4 NetflixandChill right swipes****
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ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
L.D. Blakeley is a pragmatist with a romantic soul
& a dirty mind. She loves horror movies, hot sex, and happily ever afters. She’s
easily distracted by shiny things, and is a slightly neurotic, highly ambitious
dreamer who enjoys dabbling in photography & pretending she can carry a
tune.
In another life, L.D. was a newspaper
reporter, an entertainment & music writer, travel writer, website content
editor, and a marketing shill. Now she prefers to spend her time writing hot,
steamy fiction (with a healthy dose of romance) about intriguing, sexy
men. Although she dreams of living some place isolated with an
endless supply of wine and an infinite number of titles on her eReader, she
currently lives in downtown Toronto with her husband and their rock star cat.
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Thank you for the lovely review! :-)
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