We are so excited to bring you the Release Week Blitz for Lauren Blakely’s BIG ROCK! A standalone sexy romantic comedy, BIG ROCK takes everything you love about a Lauren Blakely novel –witty dialogue, smoking hot sex scenes, and heartfelt moments –and puts them into one fantastic book! BIG ROCK is releasing Wednesday, January 6th! Readers can start their new year off right with Spencer! BIG ROCK is a standalone, dirty romance novel written from the guy’s POV. Come join us as we meet Spencer-parts, heart and all!
Big Rock by: Lauren Blakely
Book Description:
It's not just the motion of the ocean, ladies. It's definitely the SIZE of the boat too.
And I've got both firing on all cylinders. In fact, I have ALL the right assets. Looks, brains, my own money, and a big c*ck.
You might think I'm an a-hole. I sound like one, don’t I? I'm hot as sin, rich as heaven, smart as hell and hung like a horse.
Guess
what? You haven't heard my story before. Sure, I might be a playboy,
like the NY gossip rags call me. But I’m the playboy who’s actually a
great guy. Which makes me one of a kind.
The only trouble is, my
dad needs me to cool it for a bit. With conservative investors in town
wanting to buy his flagship Fifth Avenue jewelry store, he needs me not
only to zip it up, but to look the part of the committed guy. Fine. I
can do this for Dad. After all, I’ve got him to thank for the family
jewels. So I ask my best friend and business partner to be my fiancée
for the next week. Charlotte’s up for it. She has her own reasons for
saying yes to wearing this big rock.
And pretty soon all this
playing pretend in public leads to no pretending whatsoever in the
bedroom, because she just can’t fake the kind of toe-curling,
window-shattering orgasmic cries she makes as I take her to new heights
between the sheets.
But I can’t seem to fake that I might be feeling something real for her.
What the f*ck have I gotten myself into with this…big rock?
This was a quick, easy, and simple read from Spencer's point of view, which I loved that it was done from his view point only. It's a great friends to lovers story- you never know what/who you have right under your nose until you actually DO realize what you have.
I really loved his relationship with his best friend, and heroine of the story, Charlotte. I loved his relationship with his family, too. I also liked that for once there weren't family hang ups to drive the hero to indulge in women- he just does it because he likes it- there's no stupid reason driving that part of the story.
Even though Bradley was a major douche, I liked the stupid ways he tried to win Charlotte over- they made me laugh or roll my eyes at his lameness.
Overall- this was a great read and I was able to read it pretty quickly. I enjoyed the story-line, as I always love a good fake fiancee relationship story that turns real, the steamy moments, the humor, and minimal drama. And hey- how can you NOT love that cover? MMM-HMMMM. It's a good one. ;)
I absolutely love this book.
This
it's one of those rare gems that comes along once in a blue moon and becomes an
instant favorite.
There is no pretense, no issues, and no
stupidity on the part of the characters. They started out as friends, and they
fell for each other over the course of the book. This book is told entirely
from Spencer’s POV and that was A.W.E.S.O.M.E. It totally worked. I loved
seeing Spencer realize he was falling in love with/in love with Charlotte. Not
everyone call pull off an all-male-pov book, but Lauren Blakely not only did
it, but she excelled at it!
I want to scream from the rooftops about how
great this book was. I loved that even though Spencer came from money, his
family was a good family, his parents were awesome and he had a good
relationship with both his parents and his sister. You don’t often find that.
It’s all too common in books for a character to come from a horrible family to
show just how much they’ve overcome in their lives. But here, it was refreshing
that his parents were awesome and his sister was cool.
I think part of what made this book so awesome
was the friendship that Spencer and Charlotte had. Not only were they friends,
but they were business partners. I loved seeing how their one week engagement
started to bleed over into their work life. I also love that they would do
anything for each other. Neither hesitated (much) when it came to helping out
the other person when they were in a bind. Spencer concocted the engagement
with good intentions, to help his dad make the sale of the family jewelry
store. And it had the added benefit of helping Charlotte keep her ex from
trying to win her back. I also loved the rules that they set up for their “relationship”
as things started to move from platonic to a more heated variety:
1. No Anal
2. One week. Until we break up.
3. Go back to being friends
4. No sleepovers.
5. No weirdness.
6. No lying.
7. No falling in love.
Needless to say, they broke their rules one by
one (except rule 1…that was always a no-go).
This book was pure perfection and I’m so glad I
got the chance to read it. I’m only sorry that I haven’t read any of the author’s
books before. I’ll definitely be changing that and binge reading her backlist
asap!
I do my best work in the bedroom. This is completely my domain. So it should be no big deal that she asked me to wait here. But something about being in Charlotte’s bedroom is wigging me out.
Mostly because there’s nearby nudity transpiring mere feet away.
She’s taking a shower, and no matter how you slice them, New York apartments are approximately thimble size. Let me spell this out—wet, naked, hot woman in a ten-foot radius.
Got it? Okay. Moving on.
I pick up a picture frame on her sky blue bureau of the dog her parents have. A fluffy brown summa dog—some of this, some of that. I’m going to focus on this mutt. Zero in on him. Look at his tail. Check out his ears. Yup, this picture is doing the trick. It is helping me not to linger on the naked woman and how well she kisses.
Or how much I liked it.
Why the fuck did I like it so much?
Of course you liked it, idiot. A pretty woman kisses you, and you’re straight—you’d be stupid not to like it. End of story. Doesn’t mean anything. Stop analyzing.
Especially since she just turned off the shower.
Maybe she forgot a towel. Maybe she’ll open the door a crack, and ask me to grab one for her.
I smack my forehead. Get it together, Holiday.
I set down the picture, draw a deep inhale and straighten my shoulders. The door creaks open. She steps out of the bathroom wearing only a white fluffy towel wrapped above her breasts.
“You might be wondering why I asked you to wait in my bedroom instead of the living room,” she says, in the most matter-of-fact tone.
I have no clue how she can be talking like we’re having a business transaction when droplets of water slide down her bare legs. But I’m a strong man. I can handle this. I’m not tempted at all by my best friend. Though my dick begs to differ, the traitorous prick.
“The thought crossed my mind,” I say, as I lean against the bureau, striking a casual pose.
“Because if you’re my fiancé, you need to be comfortable with me being naked,” she says with a crisp nod.
Shit, she’s going to do it. She’s going to drop the towel. She’s going to make us practice fucking. I am the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
Wait. No. I can’t fuck my best friend. I absolutely, positively, can’t screw Charlotte. Even if she tosses the towel on the floor and begs me to.
I lace my fingers together behind my back, linking these twitchy hands.
“Okay, so you’re getting naked,” I say, doing my best to imitate her cool-as-a-cucumber tone that is throwing me off big time.
“No. It’s the idea of me naked,” she corrects.
I give her a pointed look. “Seems to me it’s both the idea and the reality.”
“Fine, fine. They’re one and the same, and it’s part of the debrief.”
“Is this the exam portion?”
She walks past me, her arm brushing against mine before she yanks open the top drawer of the bureau. “Yes. This is the practical portion.”
“And this is because you somehow think we’re going to be required to be naked together in front of Mr. Offerman in order to pull this off? This isn’t like some feats-of-strength style fake engagement where we have to pass certain skill sets in an obstacle course. You know that, right?”
She nods, as she hunts around in the drawer. “I’m aware of that. I see this as more like the Newlywed game.”
“And in this version of the game we’re quizzed on how I get used to the idea of you naked and vice versa?”
Her breath hitches when I say that—vice versa.
I don’t know what to make of that small gasp, or if it means something about the idea of me au naturel.
She spins around, and holds up two pairs of panties, one in each hand. “Quick. Do you prefer it when your fiancée wears the black lace thong?” She waggles a scrap of silky-looking fabric that is so hot my face might be engulfed in flames right now because Charlotte owns that? “Or do you prefer her in the white side-string bikini?” She waves the white pair before my eyes, and all I can see is a tiny triangular patch of fabric that’s the slightest bit see-through.
Forget the flames. I am a fucking inferno right now knowing she owns this too. White panties that reveal pretty much everything.
This hysterical and addictive standalone can be bought everywhere!! Go forth and laugh, swoon and fan yourself into the New Year with this dirty, sexy romantic comedy told from the male POV!
About Lauren Blakely:
Lauren Blakely writes sexy contemporary romance novels with heat, heart, and humor, and she has had eight books on the New York Times Bestseller list and fifteen on the USA Today Bestseller list. Like the heroine in her novel, FAR TOO TEMPTING, she thinks life should be filled with family, laughter, and the kind of love that love songs promise. Lauren lives in California with her husband, children, and dogs. She loves hearing from readers! Her bestselling series include Sinful Nights, Seductive Nights, No Regrets, Caught Up in Love, and Fighting Fire. She recently released SWEET SINFUL NIGHTS, the first novel in her new sexy romance series Sinful Nights that became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Her new adult forbidden romance, 21 Stolen Kisses, hit e-readers in May and landed on the USA Today Bestseller list. In January, she'll release BIG ROCK, a standalone contemporary romance sure to make you swoon. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, text BLAKELY + your email address to 678-249-3375 (please use the actual + sign).
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