Reviewed by Stephen K.
TITLE: Risqué Business
AUTHOR: Brittany Cournoyer
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 193 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 31st 2021
BLURB:
He’s not Julia Roberts, and I’m not Richard Gere. We’re way better.
Warner isn’t looking to be rescued. He knows he can’t turn tricks forever, but he has plans. In the meantime, he gets paid well for his skills. Plus, sometimes he gets guys like a certain redheaded virgin who make Warner’s job worth it. Still, no one ever wants to take the time to see Warner for who he is outside of the bedroom.
Most days, Troy is too busy to think about all those years of being teased for being the fat gay kid. But others, it doesn’t matter how successful he is, he’s painfully aware that he is almost 30 and still a virgin. Sick of waiting for Mr. Right, he decides to hire Mr. Right Now.
What was supposed to be a one-and-done turns into a repeat performance when Troy hires Warner to play the part of his loving boyfriend for a weekend wedding. He could be in real danger of believing the fantasy, but Troy is nothing if not a realist. There’s no way someone so hot, so smart, so amazing could ever look at Troy and want him for who he is.
Right?
REVIEW:
Based on the title and the book blurb, I’m guessing that the author got her pop-movie references a bit mixed up, but let me assure you that while there are no teen-boys dancing around in their skivvies, and no jaded lawyers picking up call-girls, there is a fun story with heart and more than a little romance here.
I saw a lot of myself in Troy, the somewhat chubby if smart and successful IT guy with loving parents. And I’ve always had a soft-spot for stories featuring “lads of easy virtue.” In this case both main characters are smart guys but see flaws in themselves that they feel pretty much eliminates any chance they have of a successful dating life. Of course if smart guys weren’t often this foolish, there’d be a lot fewer sweet romance tales like this one around.
Both main characters are likable, their friends and family are likable, even the villain of the piece gets his comeuppance. This is a sweet romantic tale that could easily be a Hallmark movie, if LOGO made Hallmark movies. Don’t expect any life-changing epiphanies here (nor anything too racy) but I do recommend you read it and enjoy.
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