
Best Man
Close Proximity, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Joel Leslie
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By:
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Lily Morton
Zeb Evans doesn’t do messy.
The product of a disorganized and chaotic childhood, Zeb likes order and control, and as the boss of his own employment agency he can give that to himself. Life runs along strict lines and he never mixes business with pleasure. Everything in his life lives in neat, alphabetized boxes. Until Jesse.
Jesse Reed is Zeb’s complete opposite. He’s chaos personified. A whirling cyclone of disorder. He’s also charming and funny and a very unwanted distraction. Which is why it comes as a complete surprise to Zeb to find himself asking Jesse to pose as his boyfriend for a few days in the country at a wedding.
Zeb doesn’t do impulsive, but as the time away progresses, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the merry and irreverent Jesse. But can he bring himself to break the hard-won lessons he’s learnt in life? And even if he can, how could Jesse be attracted to him anyway? He’s so much older than Jesse, not to mention being his boss.
From the best-selling author of the Mixed Messages and Finding Home series comes a warm and funny romance about one man’s fight for control and another man’s determination to circumvent it.
This is the first book in the Close Proximity series, but it can be listened to as a standalone.
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Fun, snark, and sparkle
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Lily does it again, she just keeps getting better and better. The snark, the wit, the love , the humor...this book has it in spades. This was such an enjoyable book, Jesse and Zeb stole my heart. They almost snuck past my all time favorite couple she has written, Oz and Silas, almost but not quite...I still loved every second of this book!
Loved It!
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Funny
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Fun story
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This was such a fabulous start to this series. It was such a light, low angst, fun story. I listened to this all at once and couldn't stop from start to finish. The 2 characters had amazing chemistry and I absolutely adored Jesse. Their banter was great and he was so adorably hilarious and feisty. Zeb was also great for the most part. He isn't perfect due to his need to please everyone but he definitely redeems himself in the end. I absolutely would recommend it and I can't wait for more in this series. This was actually my first Lily Morton book and I thought that it was very well written. I will definitely be reading more by this author.
4.5 stars for a almost perfect story and narration
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Zeb loves disciplined, neat and everything in order. And being his own boss assures he can stay away from the messiness he so desperately afraid. Jesse is polar opposite of Zeb who’s messy personified. With a considerable age gap of 20 years between them and Zeb being Jesse boss, the two men secretly withheld their attraction to each other thinking the other man wouldn’t like him. When Zeb needed a fake boyfriend to attend the weddding of his cheating ex-boyfriend, Jessie is the first man he thought of. Two men who are secretly attracted to each other being fake boyfriends attending a destination wedding, sparks flew and attraction became irrestible and undeniable. Both men tentatively walked on a patch which will forver change their lives.
I love that we get to see the characters from previous books in Lily’s other series. I loved Eli and I’m so happy Jessie is his very best friend. Zeb can be a bit uptight and serious at times but I’m so happy that he was finally able to admit his attraction to Jessie and finally begin their wonderful realationship. Witch Lily’s brand of patented snark, wit and fun banters with Joel’s Leslie ahhhhmazing performance, this is no doubt an eargasmaic listen. Highly, highly recommended.
5 the best man to my hubby stars
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Story - 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Narration - 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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The best man to my hubby
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In addition to the series-titled close-proximity (w/ bed-sharing) trope, Morton includes a few others that tick my trope-y boxes. Brash Jesse and self-restrained Zeb invoke a classic opposites-attract scenario with the added hint of grumpy/sunshine. Zeb more than Jesse is concerned about their difference in age (20 year age-gap). Rounded out by Zeb requesting Jesse, his employee, to act as his fake boyfriend at an ex’s wedding. All elements being skillfully and enjoyably interwoven by Morton.
Mainly because I’m a hopeless romantic, I think the steamy scenes are particularly well-placed. They emphasize the emotions Zeb and Jesse have for one another. None of them feel like Morton is adding them gratuitously.
Joel Leslie gives listeners an excellent narration performance. Jesse and Zeb’s perspectives are a superb interpretation of Morton’s storytelling.
I listened to this audiobook courtesy of a free review copy that was given to me at my request. My posted opinion of it is made honestly and voluntarily.
Highly recommended.
Love Finds Zeb and Jesse
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Another home run for Lily and Joel!!
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I gobbled up this audiobook and marked it for a relisten.
This story gives us the best of the fake boyfriend trope. Zeb, locked up tight and always in control has met his match with Jesse, a light in the dark.
These two are perfect together, if they can only realize it! They give each other balance and security. Acceptance for who they truly are.
I loved this book and I know I will revisit it many times to come.
Such a Treat!
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Beautiful story
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