{"id":289,"date":"2024-03-17T23:28:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T23:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.leeblairbooks.com\/?page_id=289"},"modified":"2024-03-18T16:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:28:06","slug":"eternal-hoptimist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.leeblairbooks.com\/index.php\/books\/eternal-hoptimist\/","title":{"rendered":"Eternal Hoptimist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Best Selling Book Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;multiply&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0|0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/staging.leeblairbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/eternal-hoptimist-web.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Eternal Hoptimist by Lee Blair. 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Relationships are all rainbows and unicorns until I inevitably get dumped. I\u2019ve had enough of being kicked to the curb, so I make a dating hiatus my New Year\u2019s resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 16px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',  font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">My resolve is challenged when I keep bumping into a gorgeous guy whose \u201cdate me\u201d vibes are as potent as his pheromones. Resolution aside, I don\u2019t even have time for romance because I\u2019ve got to help my great-aunt save her house\u2014the one place I felt safe in as a kid. But when I discover the gorgeous guy is not only hot but an attorney who might be able to help me? I get an idea that just might put my resolution to the test\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 16px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\">Parker<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 16px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',  font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">I\u2019m on the cusp of being named the youngest partner in my law firm\u2019s history. Except for the pesky detail that I\u2019m unattached, and no single attorney has been promoted to partner. I<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\">never<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>fail when I set my mind to something. If only I had a boyfriend to help me seal the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 16px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',  font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">But how am I going to find a boyfriend when I can barely manage to sleep with my workload? When a cute guy with an addictive smile proposes an arrangement that might get me the promotion of my dreams, there\u2019s a chance I could have it all. As long as he doesn\u2019t object first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 16px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',  font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><\/span><span class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',  font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Eternal Hoptimist<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember',  font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>is a low angst, steamy, and sweet MM contemporary romance about two men who fake date their way to love. It\u2019s book two in the Tap That Brewery series, which features four best friends who co-own a queer brewery together. It\u2019s full of teasing as a love language, found family, spicy education, and a small town you&#8217;ll wish you could visit. Each book can be read as a standalone, though you may find it most enjoyable to read the series in order. The jokes hit better that way. Happily ever afters are guaranteed, and no cliffhangers!<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><strong>Tropes<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">: Fake relationship<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Content information and trigger warnings&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kink: <\/strong>One main character is inexperienced with kink and wants to change that. Kink is a major thread of the fake relationship. There&#8217;s some light kink in the book, but it&#8217;s not a kinky story. Specific kinks include blindfolds, restraints, temperature play, and minor power play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Homophobia<\/strong>: There&#8217;s vague mention of a main character&#8217;s grandfather not accepting him for several reasons, including his sexuality. It&#8217;s not heavily detailed and is mentioned as part of the character&#8217;s backstory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Judgmental parents<\/strong>: One main character feels judged by his parents for not living up to their expectations. 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