Title: His Leading Man
Series: Dreamspun Desires 59
Author: Ashlynn Kane
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (222 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (5th June 2018)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: 💖💖💖 3 Hearts
Blurb: He wrote a comedy. Fate directed a romance.
Drew Beaumont is bored of the same old roles: action hero, supervillain, romantic lead. He’s not going to let a fresh gay buddy comedy languish just because they can’t find him the right costar. No, Drew bats his eyelashes and convinces everyone that the movie’s writer should play Drew’s not-so-straight man.
Aspiring writer Steve Sopol has never had a screenplay optioned. Now one of Hollywood’s hottest properties wants to be in a movie Steve hasn’t finished writing—and he wants Steve as his costar. Turns out the chemistry between them is undeniable—on and offscreen.
Drew swore off dating in the biz, but Steve is the whole package: sharp, funny, humble, and cute. For Steve, though, giving in to the movie magic means the end of the privacy he cherishes. Will the credits roll before their ride into the sunset?
ISBN: 978-1-64080-108-0
Product Link: Dreamspinner | Amazon US | Amazon UK
Reviewer: Prime
Review: His Leading Man is a super sweet, fairy tale Hollywood romance between one of the most popular, in demand actors, and the indie screenwriter/script doctor he cons into playing his leading man. I’m fairly sure I’ve read books by Ashlynn Kane before, but I don’t really remember. However, I was all for the book after reading the blurb. I needed something light and fluffy after reading what seemed like a million Dreamspun Beyond that had mages/wizards/witches (honestly, I never realized that I could read too much about mages).
What you read in the blurb is exactly what you get in the book. There is no mystery to solve or no massive drama that blows up unexpectedly before the two MCs find their way together.
Drew Beaumont is the Hollywood superstar of the book. He has been cast as all the usual hero and romantic roles before. He wants to get his teeth into something different, something that will challenge him as an actor. He finds that when he reads the script of an unknown screenwriter. It’s something of a buddy comedy that ends with a gay romance. Drew wants to star in this movie and make it happen at any cost. The only problem is that he can’t find an actor that fits the role of his best friend/love interest. And so that is when he manages to get his agent (and a good friend to Steve) to convince the writer, Steve Sopol, to add acting to his repertoire.
Steve isn’t an international man of mystery, or someone with stars in their eyes or a shady past. There are a couple of surprising revelations about Steve, but other than that, he is a nice, down to earth sort of guy. He does live with his mother, who is always flitting around, but that does not make him a mama’s boy in the least. He and Drew have a wonderful instant chemistry but thankfully they foster it and don’t rush into romance or any I-love-yous. They need to navigate their way through Hollywood to become that fairy tale couple that it was obvious they would become.