The Boyfriend Subscription, Steven Salvatore
The Boyfriend Subscription, Steven Salvatore
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The Boyfriend Subscription

Author: Steven Salvatore

Narrator: Kirt Graves, Ellis Evans

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/26/2024


Synopsis

Equal parts sizzling, sweet and irresistibly fresh, Steven Salvatore’s The Boyfriend Subscription is the LGBTQIA+ Pretty Woman rom-com fans have been waiting for.

What happens when a simple deal gets…complicated?

After losing his marriage and his beloved retail plant business, Teddy Hughes is ready to drown his sorrows—or would be, if he could afford another beer in his favorite dive bar. He has no choice but to uproot his dreams and leave New York for good. And then a gorgeous stranger walks in with cheekbones that could cut glass and a confidence that leaves Teddy panting.

Like the leather harness he wears under his designer suit, Cole Vivien is a mass of contradictions. He’s a successful entrepreneur whose app, VERSTL, allows consumers and sex workers to form real—if temporary—connections. But now Cole is in the unfamiliar position of needing something from someone else. A fake boyfriend can help Cole project a more traditional image for a potential investor. And Teddy—shy, smart and so much hotter than he knows—is perfect for the part. Maybe too perfect.

Cole just has two conditions: no kissing and no falling in love. In exchange for one week together, Teddy will get enough money to get back on his feet, and no messy feelings will be in the mix.

But some rules are made to be broken…

From showing up to glowing up, these characters are on the path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.

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Manila Takes Manhattan by Carla de Guzman
Fake Flame by Adele Buck
Out of Office by A.H. Cunningham

 

About Steven Salvatore

Steven Salvatore is an acclaimed author, writing professor and gay chaos agent with an MFA in creative writing from the New School. They are founder and CEO of Queerative Writers, a virtual creative workshop series with editorial services for LGBTQ+ aspiring writers. They're the author of queer YA books And They Lived..., Can’t Take That Away and No Perfect Places: A Novel. They currently live in New York with their espresso machine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marieke on November 12, 2023

Somehow, I think Steven Salvatore has written a very personal story wrapped in sexy paper, and the cover matches my feelings even more. When you follow an author through their books and on social media, you get to know them a little more. So, I know Steven Salvatore has mental health issues, suffers......more

Goodreads review by ~Nicole~ on March 27, 2024

Dnf @55% ⛔️Mild spoiler Update- @77% . Wondered if maybe I abandoned it too soon but nope.Still bad, still a weird sallad of mishmash things -drama on top of drama, manipulations and even a random sexual assault. Everything is OTT and childish and nothing makes sense. Yeah, so this was SO BAD !! I do......more

Goodreads review by Lance on October 29, 2023

E-ARC generously provided by Harlequin in exchange for a an honest review. Thank you so much 3.5 stars rounded up. Billed as a gay retelling of the romcom classic “Pretty Woman,” The Boyfriend Subscription brings a refreshing queer sensibility to a very traditional story.......more

Goodreads review by Dennis on December 13, 2023

THE BOYFRIEND SUBSCRIPTION is my first read by Steven Salvatore, but it certainly won't be my last! This book is the perfect MM romance novel that you're going to need to prioritize for 2024. Having endured the loss of both his marriage and his retail plant business, Plant Daddy, Teddy Hughes finds......more

Goodreads review by Justin on July 26, 2024

I understand that this book is intended to be a lighthearted gay romcom, but the idea that Teddy and Cole fall deeply in love in just three to four days is hard to believe. The premise, where Teddy, recovering from losing his marriage and business, agrees to be the fake boyfriend of the confident an......more