Winning With Him (Men of Summer #2) by Lauren Blakely

“Fair enough. Want to ride the Ferris wheel instead?”

“Is it your Suck-Me-Off-In-the-Sky Ferris Wheel?”

“Later, it can be.”

“I’m in,” he says.

We make our way over, and as we wait in line, I post the picture Asher took of the two of us, tagging the Alliance and the carnival.

Declan does the same.

But we aren’t the only ones. Topaz and Olive posted pics. So did Nico. Jason too.

Reminds me of the night I won Rookie of the Year.

Only, it’s even better because the picture is of us.

We get on the ride. As the Ferris wheel climbs, I wrap an arm around my guy, checking out the view—the ocean to the left, the Golden Gate Bridge standing tall over the Pacific, all the city at our feet.

When I first fell for Declan, we weren’t outside like this. We weren’t holding hands in public or riding high in the sky. We were sneaking into hotel rooms and parking on dark streets.

That was exhilarating. Intoxicating. And looking back, I wouldn’t change a thing.

We have two love stories. Our first was young, wild love—sexual love. We still have that last part down pat.

But we also have so much more. A love that runs deep, a love that steadies and centers us. In our second love story, we have this real life. This real love. This home we share.

When I look back on my five-year plan, this was the one thing missing—a plan for soul-deep, passionate, beautiful love.

But maybe you can’t plan for that. But when you find it, you keep a hold on it.

Grab your chances when they come.

I’ll take all my chances with Declan Steele.



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All In With Him

Once upon a time all I needed was baseball, friends and extracurricular activities. Then everything changed when Declan Steele stormed into my life and upended all my priorities with his heart, his love, his passion.

So my next five-year plan will include this new ground rule—Love big.

Only, that’s easier said than done when my man and I come face to face with hard truths and new troubles about what it means to be all in.

That’s when I learn that finding love isn’t the hardest part.

Keeping it is.





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River and Owen’s story comes next in the sexy, flirty, snowed-in, friends-to-lovers novel THE BROMANCE ZONE, available everywhere.





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Teaser from The Best Men

Asher St. James



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“But we’re not even at the best part of your epic rant.” I inhale deeply, savoring what’s to come. The piece de resistance.

Mark Banks knocks back his orange juice and kudos to the man. He’s taking the text message reenactment like, well, like a man.

I brandish my phone, savoring every single second. “Anyway, whose hair looks like a shampoo commercial? Who takes off his shirt at a dinner party? Who has a body that annoyingly perfect? He’s not even real. He’s like a fucking comic book hero in those graphic novels I used to read. Here he comes...FLIP’S SUPER HOT...WINGMAN! Asher with his stupid hair and stupid lips and ridiculous body. Who even looks that good in real life, Hannah? No one. Just no one.”

There’s more, but really, I need to bask a little longer in the glow of compliments. I tap my lip. “You’re right, Banks. I do not at all require an apology for this ode to me. In fact, I ought to give you a thanks,” I say, bringing a hand to my heart. “This made my week.”

“You’re welcome,” he snarls.

I should let him off the hook now.

Circulate a bit here at the party.

And yet, I can’t just drop it. Everything I thought I knew about Mark Banks is suddenly in question...



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Author’s Note





Thank you for reading the Men of Summer series. This story is near and dear to my heart for several reasons. I was raised in the '70s and '80s by a gay father and a straight mother and I love being able to create the equal worlds in my fiction that didn't quite exist back then. As a fierce LGBTQ ally, I firmly believe in marriage equality, LGBTQ equal rights and that love is love. I am honored and humbled to have readers and listeners who want these kinds of stories, and I promise to keep telling them.