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Boyfriend Material

Pages
431
Published
2020
Language
English

Synopsis

Wanted: One (fake) boyfriend Practically perfect in every way Luc O'Donnell is tangentially--and reluctantly--famous. His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything. To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship...and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. He's a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and he's never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. In other words: perfect boyfriend material. Unfortunately apart from being gay, single, and really, really in need of a date for a big event, Luc and Oliver have nothing in common. So they strike a deal to be publicity-friendly (fake) boyfriends until the dust has settled. Then they can go their separate ways and pretend it never happened. But the thing about fake-dating is that it can feel a lot like real-dating. And that's when you get used to someone. Start falling for them. Don't ever want to let them go.

About the author

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Alexis Hall

Alexis Hall is an English author of LGBTQ+ romance, urban fantasy and science fiction, writing since 2012. Best known for Boyfriend Material and its sequels, the Spires series, and the historical romance A Lady for a Duke, Hall is a three-time Lambda Literary Award nominee and won the RITA Award for Erotic Romance in 2016 for "For Real: A Spires Story." Boyfriend Material and A Lady for a Duke were both named among the New York Public Library's best books of the year. Hall lives in southeast Eng...

Characters

Luc O'DonnellProtagonist

Tangentially famous charity worker whose estranged rock-star father's comeback drags him back into tabloid scrutiny.

Oliver BlackwoodProtagonist

An ethical, scandal-free barrister recruited as Luc's fake boyfriend to repair his public image.

Bridget (Boyfriend Material)Supporting

Luc's straight best friend, a book editor whose own crises run alongside his; she is the one who suggests Oliver.

Priya (Boyfriend Material)Supporting

A sculptor and one of Luc's close friends.

Alex TwaddleSupporting

Luc's oblivious, posh coworker at the beetle-conservation charity where he works.

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