Better Be True by Andy Gallo and Anyta Sunday
Series: Harrison Campus #3
Publisher: Andy Gallo & Anyta Sunday (Self Published)
Release Date: August 3, 2020
Subgenre: M/M Romance
Synopsis for Better Be True:
Two friends. One bed. A big Italian Wedding.
Nico Amato is in trouble. He’s in love with his roommate. Who’s hung up on his ex. This so isn’t part of his summer plans. Luke’s an all-American jock, a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy. The kind of guy who thinks Nico is too much.
That doesn’t stop Nico from pretending to be Luke’s boyfriend, once, twice, thrice . . . A friend does what a friend does to make an ex jealous.
Just . . . How many favors before Luke gives up on his ex?
Lucas DeRosa has a problem.
His roommate pushes every one of his buttons. Every. Damn. One. This so isn’t part of the script. Nico is flamboyant, a tight jeans/purple blazer kind of guy. The kind of guy who thinks Lucas is boring.
That doesn’t stop Luke from pretending to be Nico’s boyfriend again, and again, and again . . . A friend does what a friend does to repay a favor.
Just . . . How many favors before he wins Nico’s heart?
“Better Be True” is a roommates to lovers, fake-boyfriend, slow burn M/M romance with a HEA. This New Adult, college, opposite attract novel can be read as a standalone. The Harrison Campus series can be read in any order
Fuck, fuckety, fuck, fuck, fuck! This was supposed to be a time to relax and have fun, not ramp up his anxiety. Maybe bringing Nico had been a mistake. Not because of Nico, but he should have figured Kent would be jealous. Shit. That was part of the reason he asked Nico. Wasn’t it?
The fact he couldn’t answer it easily told Luke this had gotten more complicated. Almost from the time they met, Nico had been good to him. Things seemed to just happen at the time Luke needed something. There was always too much food for one person, so Luke should eat with him or it would go bad. When the summer was over, Nico planned to send the stuff he’d bought for the apartment to his family, so no reason for Luke to kick in half. There was never an expectation for anything in return.
But they were also just friends. Nico made that clear when he told Luke how his next boyfriend should treat him. Which was consistent with everything he’d said before. Nico wasn’t ready to date.
So why had he agreed to practice with Luke?
Hell, why had Luke ever suggested it?
Because he enjoyed the contact.
They both had.
And it didn’t necessarily mean anything more than that. You didn’t need to date someone to have sex. Friends with benefits, no strings attached, fuck buddies; those were things. They weren’t really Luke’s thing, but . . . .
No. They weren’t. And he and Nico had to live together.
Complicating that would end badly.
And what was that bit about screening Luke’s next boyfriends? One minute, Luke was sure Nico was about to suggest they try dating for real, and then Nico said that.
Okay, so the guy was hurting and didn’t want to go there again soon. Luke got that. One hundred percent. He’d gone all in on Kent. Thought they were in love and were planning their future. Turned out, that reality existed only in Luke’s heart and mind.
Trying to figure Nico out, however, was maddening.
He always did nice things for others, and then pretended it wasn’t anything. Just like now. No way he really meant he’d okay Luke’s next boyfriend.
The better question was, how did Luke get Nico to admit what he really wanted?
Andy Gallo:
Andy Gallo prefers mountains over the beach, coffee over tea, and regardless if you shake it or stir it, he isn’t drinking a martini. He remembers his “good old days” as filled with mullets, disco music, too-short shorts, and too-high socks. Thanks to good shredders and a lack of social media, there is no proof he ever descended into any of those evils.
Andy does not write about personal experiences and no living or deceased ex-boyfriends appear on the pages of his stories. He might subconsciously infuse his characters with some of their less noble qualities, but that is entirely coincidental even if their names are the same. And while Andy leaves the hard sci-fi/fantasy for his alter ego, Andrew, in his mind a touch of the supernatural never derailed a good relationship.
Married and living his own happy every after, Andy helps others find their happy endings in the pages of his stories. He and his husband of more than twenty years spend their days raising their daughter and rubbing elbows with other parents. Embracing his status as the gay dad, Andy sometimes has to remind others that one does want a hint of color even when chasing after their child.
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Anyta Sunday:
A bit about me: I’m a big, BIG fan of slow-burn romances. I love to read and write stories with characters who slowly fall in love. Some of my favorite tropes to read and write are: Enemies to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Clueless Guys, Bisexual, Pansexual, Demisexual, Oblivious MCs, Everyone (Else) Can See It, Slow Burn, Love Has No Boundaries. I write a variety of stories, Contemporary MM Romances with a good dollop of angst, Contemporary lighthearted MM Romances, and even a splash of fantasy. My books have been translated into German, Italian, French, and Thai.
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