Join the fun in this soapy serial as Will & Patrick’s fake marriage turns into true love! Written by best-selling author Leta Blake and newcomer Alice Griffiths! Episode One: Will & Patrick Wake Up MarriedAfter a drunken night of hot sex in Vegas, strangers Will Patterson and Dr. Patrick McCloud wake up married. A quickie divorce is the most obvious way out—unless you’re the heir of a … out—unless you’re the heir of a staunchly Catholic mafia boss with a draconian position on the sanctity of marriage. Throw their simmering attraction into the mix and all bets are off!
Episode Two: Will & Patrick Meet the Family
Meeting the family is challenging for every new couple. But for Will and Patrick, the awkward family moments only grow more hilarious–and painful–when they must hide the truth of their predicament from the people they care about most. Throw in the sexual tension flaring between them and you’ve got a recipe for madcap laughs and surprisingly heartwarming feels.
Episode Three: Will & Patrick Do the Holidays
A couple’s first holiday season is always a special time. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve are magical when you’re in love. Too bad Will and Patrick’s marriage is a sham and they’re only faking their affection for each other. Or are they? Sparks fly in this episode of the Wake Up Married serial. Will the sexual tension between Will and Patrick finally explode in a needy night of passion? Or will they continue to deny their feelings?
Word count: 101,000; page count: 332
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This entire collection is a great read! It’s really quirky and funny, with unusual situations like Will’s mob connection through his family and the snag that keeps him from pursuing an annulment after getting married while not really in his right mind. The chemistry between the two characters is hot, and the story is hilarious and sexy in turns. As the series goes on, it addresses some serious themes: Will’s heartbreak over his ex; his low self-esteem; his challenges with diabetes. Patrick’s abrasive nature (he’s on the autism spectrum); his upbringing in foster care; his growing affection for Will and the small town he’s temporarily moved to until they can find a solution to their wedding snafu.
It’s an engaging and sweet romance, and one that will take you through many emotions. I highly recommend it!
I usually do not read book that have the same sex lovers, but this series was well written. Her characters are funny and they make you root for their love story to be a happy ever after. I enjoyed reading each book in the series. I would tell other people to read them.
5 stars
Heat Level: 4
Narration: 4.5
Episode 1: Will & Patrick Wake Up Married
A great start and a funny take on a vegas wedding. I liked the backward way about this series in that they get married and then have to fake being ‘really’ married. It makes for some hilarious moments and surprising twists. I really loved the way these characters were introduced and fell for both Will and Patrick from the get-go!
Episode 2: Will & Patrick Meet the Family
A funny take on meet the parents with some fantastic characters thrown in; I love Will’s Grandma and ‘original housemate’. While Will’s mother frustrated me to no end, I really hope she improves and Will can finally stand up for himself. I really enjoyed the simmering tension and chemistry brewing between Will and Patrick and I can’t wait for it to explode!!
Episode 3: Will & Patrick Do the Holidays
Finally, the sexual tension explodes and lights the pages on fire!!
I felt for Will and Patrick throughout the holidays, as Patrick faces feelings he never felt before and WIll faces his d*#k-headed ex who just keeps on causing/abusing Will at every turn. I hope Will can finally move past all this and find something better with someone he’s married too. P.s. I also loved the approach to Patrick’s ASD spectrum; it’s well done, addressed and respectful on the spectrum!
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I just love this series and love the audio versions!! These are books that I will re-read and listen to again as long as I have breath in my body.
OMG, John Solo’s performance is fantastic!
I have heard so many good things about the Will and Patrick series, and it’s been on my TBR list for quite a while. When these first three episodes finally came out as an audiobook, I couldn’t wait any longer to read it.
I think this is one of those stories that I might not have liked nearly as much if I’d read it. One of the MC’s, Patrick, is not very likeable at all but John Solo’s fabulous performance of the story allowed me to ignore (for the most part) how much of a jerk he is. Fortunately, as the story progressed my opinion of him improved.
I’m not going to restate the book’s blurb. It does lack some information that I think was kind of significant but I’m afraid it would be too much of a spoiler to reveal it, which is probably why it’s not in the blurb. The main thing for me was that I found the story engaging due to the excellent voice acting by John Solo. I can’t say enough good things about how much I LOVED his performance of this story. The emotions he conveyed with his voice really allowed me to feel what the characters were feeling.
This is an audiobook that I could see myself listening again (something I rarely do because I just have way too many books on my TBR list). I only have a few super favorite audiobook performers but that short list has now been increased by one.
To wrap up this kind of disjointed review, I would recommend this audiobook for the wonderful performance alone, but it’s also a very enjoyable story.
A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.
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This is a must read! Great story. Super funny
The series as a whole is fantastic! It’s romantic, fun, emotional and sexy with a side of kink. I’d recommend it to any m/m romance fan.
Just a whole lot of fun to read. One of the few times I actually decided to pay for the remaining books.
I am rating these three all together. I don’t really feel like doing three small reviews in one. Call me lazy but to be honest I’m sick and I just want to get this done with so I can move on to the final three episodes. Let’s meet the cast of characters shall we…
Will- Such a sweetheart. How he can be in love with Ryan, I really don’t know. Will has diabetes and he’s an recovering alcoholic.
Patrick- Egotistical neurosurgeon who doesn’t like the commitment of marriage and wants a quick divorce but stays to help Will out.
Owen- Will’s sponsor and attorney for Good Works.
Jenny- Healing resident who loves Patrick’s directness
Kimberly- Will’s mother. Hypocritical. (I hate her!)
Ryan- Will’s ex and main reason he got drunk in Vegas. Total A-hole.
Hartley- Man who Ryan left Will for. (I actually kind of like him even though I didn’t want to.)
Eleanora/Nonna- Will’s grandmother on his father’s side. (I like her.)
Kevin- Will’s gay uncle who still mourns the lost of his lover. (Don’t know how I feel about him.)
Tony- Will’s mob boss dad.
My overview:
I really love Will and Patrick together. Even though Patrick tries to act like he doesn’t care, he does. He makes sure Will eats and takes his insulin. He also found out that Will has signs when he is either low or high. Will didn’t even know he had these signs. Ryan is a complete and total a**. I am wondering what seriously attracted Will to him. Anyone with eyes can see that Ryan is the main reason why Will keeps relapsing. Plus in the first episode you can clearly tell Patrick cares for Will so much more than Ryan ever did in the six years they were together. Also Ryan made it seem as if doing anything was horrible. Seriously he needed a shirt that said SEX IS A SIN! I really did not like Ryan. Actual that is really understated. I loathe Ryan passionately.
Kimberly was another character I didn’t like. The moment she meet Patrick, she talked down to him. She acted as if Ryan was a saint and Patrick was the devil stealing Will’s soul. Plus I don’t know if she noticed but Ryan is very verbal abusive to Will. If any man talked to my son like that I would skin him.
Anywho I will be reading the final three episodes and dammit these two better have a cute and happy ending with Patrick punching Ryan in the face.
Too improbable. I couldn’t suspend disbelief.