Funzee's Cozy Couch: Book Blitz & Review Tour : Perfect (Soulmates #4) by Felice Stevens

Title : Perfect
Author : Felice Stevens
Part of series : Soulmates #4
Publication date: February 23rd 2018
Genre(s): Adult, LGBTQ+, Romance

My Ratings : 5 out of 5 Stars

Despite multiple degrees and business success, in his heart Jeremy Strauss feels he’s never measured up. While he hasn’t lacked for men or women to share his bed, Jeremy has yet to find someone who sees beyond his muscles and perfect smile. Taking it slow with a lover isn’t how he operates, but something about the shy accountant he rescues in a snowstorm makes him want this time to be different. So what if Blake drops little comments here and there about Jeremy’s pretty face? Their relationship is perfect.

Or is it?

Lonely most of his life, Blake Myers is as careful with his heart as he is with a balance sheet. The last thing he expects is for a man like Jeremy to fall for him, and he can’t help but wait for the bubble to burst on their relationship. When the stress of a professional crisis turns personal, Blake sees the perfect relationship he and Jeremy have built start to crumble. Caught in an ever-tightening web of lies, rather than wait for Jeremy to leave him, Blake breaks it off and vanishes.

Perfection is an illusion.

Jeremy doesn’t know which way to turn and for the first time in his life, he’s lost and uncertain. Believing he’s no longer the man Jeremy needs, Blake sinks deeper into despair. Both men struggle with secrets, lies, and hurtful memories until they are forced to look inside their hearts and learn the truth—that love is perfectly imperfect.

At around six thirty, his desk phone buzzed. “Yeah?”

“Blake here to see you?”

His pulse sped up. “Be right there.” Jeremy ran a hand through his hair and walked out of his office to the front desk. In his suit and tie and dark wool overcoat, Blake looked sexy and sophisticated. Jeremy felt like an underdressed slob in his sweats and T-shirt. His heart pounded, and his palms turned sweaty. What the hell was happening to him?

“Hey. I’m here.”

When their eyes met, Blake’s face lit up, and he smiled. “Hi. This place is great. I can’t believe you started it from scratch.”

“Yep. I did.” Seeing the curious glances of both Benny and Gino, Jeremy took Blake’s hand in his. “Guys. This is my boyfriend, Blake. Blake.” He squeezed Blake’s hand. “The dark-haired guy is Gino, and the redhead is Benny. They’re my right-hand men.”

“Nice to meet you both.”

Gino gaped at him. “Boyfriend? You never said you were even dating anyone.”

“I didn’t realize I owed you an explanation.” Jeremy chuckled and shook his head. “Blake and I are going back to my office, so unless it’s my brother or the mayor, no interruptions. Got it?”

They nodded, staring at him with wide, shocked eyes, but he ignored them and pulled Blake along, anxious to be alone with him.

He pushed Blake into his office and slammed the door shut behind him, locking it. “Finally. I’ve been waiting all day to do this.”

He covered Blake’s mouth with his and kissed him deep and hard, his tongue pressing at the seam of Blake’s lips. For a moment, Blake stiffened, but when Jeremy slipped his tongue inside, Blake grabbed on to his shoulder and began to kiss him back with equal fervor.

“Mmmm. That’s better.” His hands sure and steady, Jeremy first pushed off Blake’s coat and suit jacket, then loosened his tie. “Wanna know what sexy fantasies I’ve been having all day since you said you were coming over?”

Blake stared at him, wild-eyed and panting. “Yeah. Tell me.”

“You, bent over my sofa, naked. Me fucking you, while outside people are walking by. Maybe they hear us, maybe they don’t.”

He watched Blake’s eyes glaze over with lust. Jeremy was more than willing to make Blake’s fantasy a reality. Getting him off in semi-public was hot as hell, and the desire Jeremy stemmed all day burst free. He wanted Blake. Now.

“Take off everything.”

Breathing heavily, Blake licked his lips. “But what if someone needs you? They’ll knock on the door and—”

“And I won’t answer because I’ll be too busy being inside you. Come on. Get naked.”

“...you’re the one I want to be with because when we’re not together, something’s missing. It doesn’t feel right.”

If I can only use one word to describe what I felt about this book, it would be PERFECT!!

This book succeed toying with my feeling right from the beginning to the last page.

Jeremy had caught my attention right from the minute he show up at One Call Away book as Noah's caring brother. And at that time I do really wish that he will have his own book because I know he has a lot story to tell. And I have no doubt that his story will be something.

And when the author said that Jeremy will have his own book, can you imagine how excited I am?

As always, Felice never failed me with her writings, there's always a magic touch in every story she wrote. The simplicity and very ordinary characters she wrote always took special place in reader heart and leave deep impression.

I love Jeremy and his patience with Blake's insecurity problems. There's a time when I 'hate' Blake for keeping the truth from Jeremy that caused the friction in their relationship, but at the same time, I really want to hug Blake for his inability to speak the truth due to lack of self confident caused by what his father did to him.

“You burst into my life like some kind of fantasy. The jock and the nerd. A guy like you liking me? Loving me? After a lifetime of being a nobody, I wanted to believe you were going to stay. That I could be your somebody...
You’re everything I ever wanted and never thought I could have...”

In Blake whole life, compliment was a rare thing he have. For years he struggling to be 'accepted' as 'somebody' by his father, friends and later by people at his workplace. So, when a good looking handsome guy like Jeremy said he likes him, it's hard for Blake to believe that it's true...

When they took their relationship into the next step, deep in Blake mind he keep questioning when this happiness will be end? Because nothing is perfect right?

And when everything finally crumbled down, Blake choose to leave and broke Jeremy heart.

The good things here is Jeremy not a type of guy who give up easily. When he can't denied anymore that live without Blake was impossible for him, he then try to win back Blake's heart and bring him home.

Both Jeremy and Blake are not perfect, they both also have their own demons and insecurity problems, but together, these two imperfect persons completed each other in amazing way...

“You said I had something of yours?”

“Yeah. My heart. Since you’ve been gone, I can’t find it anywhere. I figure you took it with you.”

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Perfect

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I have always been a romantic at heart. I believe that while life is tough, there is always a happy ending around the corner, My characters have to work for it, however. Like life in NYC, nothing comes easy and that includes love, but getting there is oh so fun and oh so sexy.

I live in New York City with my husband and two children. My day begins with a lot of caffeine and ends with a glass (or two of red wine). I practice law but daydream of a time when I can sit by a beach somewhere and write beautiful stories of men falling in love. Although there are bound to be a few bumps along the way, a Happily Ever After is always guaranteed.

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