Hot-shot lawyer Hank Donovan and motorcycle maintenance man Lucas Dean were hopelessly mismatched until a lakeside kiss, a death in the family, and a little girl named Jasmine turned their world upside down.Lucas Dean, owner of Cycle Shift, a motorcycle maintenance and second-hand shop, wants a match who’s as much of a free-spirit as he is, and someday he wants to be a father. His business … business partner, Jerry, thinks Match Made is the perfect way to find the dream partner.
Hank Donovan, one of the hottest names on the local legal scene, is lonely, although he’s the last to admit it. He buries his fears that he’ll never find a man in courtroom success and a stunning view of Lake Michigan from his living room window. Kids are out of the question, but there must be a single man out there who can bring Hank his happily ever after.
When Daniel and Blake match up Hank and Luke, it’s a guaranteed success. Or it was supposed to be, if it weren’t for the computer error that put the mismatched pair together for a disastrous first date.
A last-ditch second-chance outing puts the wheels of fate into motion, and they just might cure Hank’s loneliness, make Luke a dad, and give a precocious little girl named Jasmine a permanent home.
Mismatched is a 53,000-word gay romance. It’s the first book in the Matchmakers series. The book includes steamy scenes and a guaranteed happily-ever-after ending.
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I did not expect to like this book as much as I did, so this was a nice little surprise.
Luke and Hank meets through a dating service. They are supposed to be each others perfect match, except the computer missed a few parts and well, at first they really ain’t each others perfect match. However, they decide to go on a second date and things takes off from there.
This was a sweet, low on angst fast paced read that I came to adore.
Sure, there was times where I wanted to slap Hank (okay, one time), but it all worked out in the end.
I also loved Jasmine. Kids that acts too old for the age are always relatable for me since I was one of those kids.
Would absolutely recommend this book!
Mismatched Melted My Heart
Title: Mismatched
Author: Declan Rhodes
Publisher:
Release Date: 7/26/2019
Genre/ Trope(s): Gay Romance;
Page Count: 205p.
SteaMMy Swordplay: 2 out of 5
Sharonica-Stars: 3.75
GoodReads AVG: 3.96
Hank & Luke
Mismatched was super sweet, and portrayed the best and worst in everyday life, and how a life can change in an instant. That change causing a rippled effect like a pebble being dropped into a pool. The change never impacts just one person.
After reading this I pondered for a while, “which pebble (person/ event) caused the most ripples in the story? Was it the techie who messed up the coding for the software? The person/event who caused the accident? Luke? Hank? Hazel? The father? Or, did life just happen the way it was meant to, tragic events included. Was life more about the ripples and less about the pebble that was dropped? After all, the ripples were beautiful, even when the water was dark and murky.
Declan Rhodes wrote an excellent book filled with intriguing characters, keeping the dialogue simple, yet colorful so the reader is swept away by the interactions between the pages. You fall in love with Luke, Hank, Jasmine, and even Hazel who is like a modern-day fairy godmother in smart business suits, who makes amazing vanilla-hazelnut coffee.
A realistic love story that has you rooting for the MCs’ HEA (even when they are dumb boys), wanting to hug and hold tight to a sweet lil girl, and make a sassy lawyer’s PA, your new BFF.
There was an instance where Hank’s memory about his parents’ divorce didn’t match up, but beyond that, the story was tight, fast paced, and very enjoyable.
3.75 mismatched-made-in-heaven-stars •
I read a complimentary Advanced Reader Copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving an honest and unbiased review.
I liked the start of a new series, Matchmakers. I thought Mismatched was sweet and adorable, with a whole lot of sex and romance in it too. I love stories with kids and Jasmine was a cute and likable. I loved the pace of the story and I liked the humour as well. I would recommend this book and I look forward to reading more in the series.
Who says you have to be a perfect match to have great chemistry? Certainly not Hank and Luke, who have more differences than similarities. Mismatched or not, this pair is absolutely adorable together, but it takes some emotional turmoil and a sweet little girl for them to realize it. As always, Declan Rhodes gives us a sweet and sexy romance with some emotional highs and lows, and he tempers that emotion with some well-timed wit and humor. Mismatched is the first in a new series, and if it’s any indication of what’s to come, I can’t wait to see what Blake and Daniel’s matchmaking program does next.
Mismatched by Declan Rhodes is a contemporary m/m romance and is the first book in the new Matchmakers series. There is angst, drama, mistakes, pain…. humor, sweetness and romance. Hank and Lucas are great characters who were fun to read about but also had me feeling emotional. Oh but there were times I wanted to tell at them to stop being dumb and hold on to the goodness right in front them. This was a great read.
I received an advanced reader’s copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving my honest review and recommendation.
What a difference a date makes, even when it’s a mismatch!
July 27, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 stars
Really enjoyable story. I especially liked the inclusion of an adorable, book-loving, instant daughter for Luke. Steamy at times, yes, but also very geared toward good child raising and getting to know a possible partner before inviting them up for a happy ending. It’s nice that the author included some very supportive women in this m/m romantic tale.
Declan Rhodes is an author I come back to repeatedly. I love his characters, his use of Mid-Western settings, and his easy style of writing. Though the story has some angst and obstacles to overcome, it’s not over the top with hand wringing, paralyzing drama.
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.
4.5 stars! I enjoyed watching Hank and Luke become a family with little Jasmine. There’s a bit of miscommunication at times, I bit of fear on Hank’s end but the struggle to reach their HEA isn’t too full of angst, it’s a nice pace from attraction to love. I liked how open and warm Hank becomes with Luke and even more so as soon as he meets Jasmine. Luke impressed me with how he immediately stepped up to take on being a parent, always putting Jasmine’s welfare first. The ending was terrific.
I had to take off a star from an otherwise excellent book because of a couple of inconsistancies that stuck out like sore thumbs. In the prologue, we learn that both Luke and Hank have listed baseball as an interest, and Daniel says that he’ll offer comp tickets to a baseball game for these two on their second agency date. But when it came down to it, that whole thing was forgotten – which seemed odd that they made such a big deal about it in the first place.
Then there was the fact that Hank’s parents divorced when he as in college, but he later talked about how he was too young to remember much of anything before his parent’s divorced, which made him more sympatheic toward Jasmine. Maybe these things will have been found and corrected for the final, published version.
While I thought that each of the main characters initially handled their individual crises in a rather TSTL fashion, I really liked Hank and Luke as a couple. They really were much better together than apart, and I loved how both men cared for Jasmine.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
Hank and Luke meet through a dating app but neither feel a connection on their first date. Giving it a second chance they both feel the attraction and sparks fly with their first kiss. The author does a great job developing the relationship and guiding them through life’s happenings , leading them to love and happiness. He brings the story to life with his descriptive writing and detailed scenes. The supporting cast help to bring the story around. It’s a feel good romance I enjoyed and would recommend reading.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own and freely given.