REVIEWED BY DANIELLE                                 

TITLE: Better than Chance

AUTHOR: Lane Hayes

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 200 Pages

BLURB:

A Better Than Story.

Jay Reynolds has a crush on his project leader at work, but an office romance with Peter Morgan isn’t likely to happen since Peter is straight. Worse, Jay soon fears Peter is homophobic, and his initial infatuation turns to loathing. But one fateful night, Jay is forced to acknowledge things aren’t quite as they seem with Peter. Suddenly, his crush is back and unbelievably, Peter is interested too.

They begin a friends with benefits arrangement, which becomes difficult for Jay when he starts falling for his sexy boss. Peter’s past issues keep him from committing, and Jay has to decide if he can be satisfied with friendship if Peter isn’t ready to take a chance on anything more

REVIEW:

What a wonderful, wonderful story.

After reading the first novel Miss Lane Hayes published (Better Than Good) I was surprised by her easy way of writing and her ability to get you sucked into the story she had written, especially being a new author. That is such a wonderful surprise as a reader 🙂

So, when I was offered a chance to review this second book at her request, I jumped at the opportunity.

In my review of part one I said I was hoping for a story about Jay and Peter and this novel brings just that.

It’s great to read how they got together and to read their personal story.

As we read the story about how Peter and Jay get together, this seems to be set at the same time Aaron meets Matt but this story can be read as a standalone.

We comfortably get involved in a different kind of love story, where Jay, who has a crush on his boss Peter, finds himself seeing that attraction returned back at him.

Where at first Peter seems anything but gay or even gay-friendly, things take a turn for the better when he becomes a saviour when Aaron, Jay’s best friend, finds himself in trouble.

That moment things changes between the two men and they fall into a comfortable but very sexy friends-with-benefits relationship.

But what happens if that isn’t enough anymore especially when things from the past seem to be an obstacle that they cannot climb either alone or together?

The expected drama is there and it makes sense.

After we as readers become just as comfortable with the relationship between the two men as they are themselves, it hits hard. But again as a reader you feel the need for them to get through it to find a way to remotely even having a wish for a HEA.

You can sense the struggle in both men and as a reader you will find yourself supporting and understanding both of their decisions.

Nowhere in this story did I find a place that didn’t make sense.

Right up to the end you feel there is a need for whatever is happening, no matter how hard or difficult the situation seems to be. You thrive on the hope that is lying underneath.

If I have to give some critique I would have loved a little bit more interaction between Aaron and Matt together with Peter and Jay as couples as they all are together in the end.

After part 1 I mentioned that I was curious for Curt’s story, and now I sure hope that we also will be getting Jack’s story. He definitely deserves his HEA in my opinion 🙂

And ok, I’ll admit I wouldn’t mind at all reading more of any of these man in whatever kind of novel that is coming (I hope).

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