The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez

On this episode, Jenni, Amanda and Leah join Becky in reviewing The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez. This is a Debut Novel by Gabriella Gamez

The Synopsis

Two broken hearts decide that the best way to get over their first loves is with a no-strings-attached relationship in this spicy and charming debut romance.

Librarian Marcela Ortiz has been secretly in love with her best friend for years—and when he gets engaged, she knows it’s long past time to move on. But before she gets the chance, she has a bigger problem to contend with in the form of Theo Young, ex-NFL player and older brother of the man she’s in love with. When she discovers Theo’s plans to confess his feelings for his brother’s fiancée at their engagement party, Marcela is quick to stop him—despite how tempting it is to let him run away with the bride-to-be. She manages to convince Theo to sleep off his drunken almost-mistake at her place and when they arrive at a family brunch the next day together, everyone wrongly assumes they hooked up.

Since Theo needs a cover for his feelings for the bride and Marcela needs a distraction from her unrequited feelings for the groom, they decide to roll with the lie. Until one late night at a bar, they take it a step further and discover a layer of attraction neither realized existed. Soon, they find themselves exploring the simmering chemistry between them, whether in library aisles or Marcela’s bed. There are no boundaries for the rebound relationship they form—just a host of complicated feelings, messy familial dynamics, and uncovered secrets that threaten to tear them apart before they can even admit to themselves that their rebound is working. Maybe a little too well.  

Things to Know before we start  
Release- July 9, 2024
Tropes: After sports, close proximity, fake dating, deception, Friends with Benefits, Miscommunication, taboo, He Falls First, Real Body Heroine,
POV- Single 1st person
Audiobook- Ruby Corazon
3rd Act Break Up- No/sort of
Pop: 52%

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Always Her Love by Melissa Foster (sibs ex) 

Reckless at Heart by Zoe York (miscommunication)  

Next Life Duet by Brit Benson (miscommunication) 

Her Greatest Mistake by Hannah Cowan (miscommunication) 

Where we Belong by Ashley Munoz (miscommunication) 

Turn Me On by Lauren Blakely (forbidden)  

This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan (forbidden)  

The Hook Up by Kristen Callihan (Friends with Bennies) 

Fight or Flight by Samantha Young (Friends with Bennies) 

Accidentally in Love by Danica Flynn (Friends with Bennies) 

Stay Over by Kaylee Ryan (Friends with Bennies) 

The Rules by Lauren H Mae (Friends with Bennies) 

Mr Masters by TL Swan (Friends with Bennies) 

Caught by Love by Melissa Foster (Friends with Bennies) 

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