The Boyfriend Comeback

By: L. Blakely

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, J.F. Harding

Some men are just off-limits. Like, say, all the other football players in the league….

I have to stop replaying the one night I spent with my rival. Trouble is, that white-hot encounter with the other quarterback answered a lot of questions I’ve had about myself, but it also led me into this mess where he hates me. I never showed up for our second date. Since, well, life happened, and the worst part is he’ll never know how much that night meant to me.

But when I’m traded to his cross-town rivals, that’s not the time to serve up my secrets to him either. My team’s PR department wants to double down on our rivalry. I need to focus on football, not on my interest in men. Except, the more time I spend doing media appearances and charity events with the sexy, generous, popular guy, the hungrier I am to finish what we started.

It’s a bad idea to knock on his door late one night. I could lose everything. He’s probably not even home. But when the door swings open and I’m face to face with the man I want desperately, I have a choice to make.

A standalone, enemies-to-rivals-to-lovers, second chance sports romance full of secrets, first times and forbidden love…

©2022 Lauren Blakely Books (P)2025 Lauren Blakely Books

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Just love love love Jason and Beck! Lauren Blakey creates the best characters, and thanks to the performance of Teddy Hamilton and JF Harding, Jason and Beck became so real, as well as all the other characters they performed in this very captivating love story. Teddy Hamilton and JF Harding are amazing together and a perfect match.
I have never been disappointed in anything LB has written, and The Boyfriend Comeback is at the top of my list now of favorites. It’s like a continuation of my very much loved Men of Summer series. Cannot wait for the rest of the promised stories.

So Good!

Excellent! Such a wonderful sports romance with so much sweet, heat and swoon! I absolutely loved Jason and Beck! The audio was sublime. Teddy Hamilton was fabulous as always and I have a new top narrator in JF Harding! So good!

SO GOOD

I LOVE THE NARRATORS VOICES IN THIS BOOK. BECK AND JASON HAD CHEMISTRY FROM THE FIRST TIME THEY MET.

Sweet and Spicy How I Like

The story has a great pace with low angst and fun characters. The situation is frustrating but the payoff at the end is a great reward. And the narration is, as always, superb!

Loved it.

The two fell in love and thought they couldn’t be together. Very well written and the performances were excellent.

Great storytelling!

I wasn't sure how Jason and Beck could ever be together after Beck stood up Jason a year ago. I loved the way they got together. Dealing with Beck's anxiety was another plus for me because we all need ways to cope. The background characters were awesome and I hope to hear more about them. And Nadia needs another Lombardi trophy!

Jason and Beck

"𝘼 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣."

The Boyfriend Comeback by Lauren Blakely is Jason and Beck's story.

Jason and Beck are rival quarterbacks on the field, but they share a spicy secret off the field.

Jason and Beck are adorable and spicy together. I love how they banter and feed off each other when they are in public while keeping their secret. I also fell in love with Taco the cat and the side characters. I can not wait for their stories in the future.

Teddy Hamilton and J.F. Harding were great choices for Jason and Beck. The only thing that would have made this better was if it was a duet narration. J.F. Harding is quickly climbing my favourites list.

5 Maple Leafs / MM, Sports (Football), Rivals-to-Lovers, First Times / Dual First-Person POV

Forbidden Love is my Favorite Trope! Elizabeth @ Carolina Chic’s Read

Beck & Jason have a great rivals to lovers story… all I’m saying is they are fireworks! I wish they could have gone back in time and had that second date… all the wasted time. These men keep getting thrusted back together and their love affair is explosive! Forbidden Love is my Favorite Trope!

5 Beggin’ for it Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

So much love

Going into this book I thought there would be enemy angst that leads into the inevitable HEA, but there wasn’t. Briefly I thought it was a bummer but then I sank into the sweetest most open and honest story. Jason and Beck communicate! Beck is new to the guy relationship aspect but asks questions and aims to constantly please and Jason supports and protects him as their relationship blossoms. It was amazing to hear the connection between these “rivals” and it was just too cute. The near outings of their secret relationship to the moment they do come out to their teams was beautiful. This story is just that, beautiful. Lauren always does an amazing job of supporting love and loving whomever you love and having a world where it’s far more accepted than in the reality we live in. Someday I hope that the world will be more like Lauren’s MM romances and just accept that love is love. The narration was phenomenal. Teddy always delivers with his ability to create emotion and connection with his inflections. JF is newer to me but he is just as stellar. His ability to perform a story really brings his characters to life and thusly the story line. His adaptation of different tones for characters is great and you get a clear picture of who these characters are. Highly recommend this book and the 3 in this series!!

Great Listen

I really enjoyed this book, Lauren Blakely kills it with the m/m books she never disappoint me. I love how she adds characters from other books when their profession is needed keeps it interesting for me. Jason and Beck were amazing together I wanted more. Narration was everything dreamy.