Jake’s anxious to move to the west coast, knowing that he’ll leave Andy behind, so that he can maybe get the space he needs to find a boyfriend who can love him, unlike Andy who he believes is happily heterosexual.Īndy plans a spectacular dare for a big graduation party–and for once it goes horribly wrong. Jake gets a thrill out of being Andy’s closest confidant, but he’s wanted more for a long time now. Andy has a penchant for planning outrageous dares that Jake has been a part of as well, either as the front man egging him on and ginning up the crowd (at Andy’s behest) or as a co-participant. As kids and adults, Jake has had a secret crush on Andy, the wild and charismatic son of an esteemed lawyer and a financial planner. They grew up together in the Boston area, went to school together and have been roommates for four years now at NYU, from which they’ve just graduated. To fix things, Andy will have to face the greatest dare of all.Īndy and Jake have been best friends for a decade or more. Inevitably, the burns heal, summer ends, and hearts are broken. So Andy begins a new series of dares that don’t just cross the friendship line, they obliterate it.īut what might be mere sexual relief to Andy is serious business to Jake, who only recently got over years of secret pining for his straight best friend. As the weeks go by, both Andy and Jake grow frustrated over the inability to use their hands for all sorts of daily activities-including getting off. The firecrackers explode too soon and both of them end up with badly burned palms.īut hey, nothing gets the “terrible two-o” down for long, and they recuperate in style at Andy’s family cottage in Cape Cod.

But the dare they attempt on the night of their college graduation goes sideways. Over the years, he’s convinced his best friend, Jake Masterson, to perform some dangerous-looking stunts with him.

FIVE DARES is another new adult romance, this time between two best friends who secretly love each other, but have to go through hell to connect physically.Īndy Tyler has been the class daredevil since middle school. MIGGLES, her HOWL AT MOON books and most recently DESPERATELY SEEKING SANTA. I have loved all the Eli Easton books I’ve read, including MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. FIVE DARES is not a sports romance, per se, but the two main characters are athletes and daredevils, and their predicament makes them nearly acrobatic in the bedroom. Hi there! Today I’m so excited to share a review for a new contemporary M/M romance from Eli Easton.

Five Dares by Eli Easton