Afterlight
Romance
The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver (Afterlight 'Dating Disasters' Exclusive)
$27.00
About the product
Featured book: The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver
Our Afterlight August 2025 book is a standalone contemporary adult romance! When a journalist’s boss overhears him recounting a terrible blind date experience, they suggest a feature: teach his awkward blind date how to be a better boyfriend through a series of set-up dates. Deciding to do it—with his own agenda—the journalist embarks on a quest of education. However, the more time he spends with his fake-date, the more genuine the journalist’s feelings become. Torn between desires for his career and his growing feelings, he must decide what he truly wants to be happy.
Our Afterlight Exclusive edition is a B-format hardback and features:
- An exclusive redesigned cover (art by @noahdea.art; design by @perrycuffdesigns)
- Full colour art on the hardback (by @perrycuffdesigns)
- Digitally printed fore-edge (by @stacey.mcevoy.caunt); block-sprayed top & bottom edge
- Illustrated endpapers (by @noxarcanaart); different front and back
- Bound-in author letter
- Bonus content
- Digitally signed by the author
If you like fake dating and queer romance, we think you’ll enjoy this one!
The book at a glance:
- Adult standalone romance
- Featuring: exclusive redesigned cover; full colour art on the hardback; digitally printed fore-edge; illustrated endpapers; author letter; bonus content; digitally signed by the author
- M/M romance; transgender white gay male main character; cisgender Korean gay male love interest
Photos by @bookwormgram
About the Author
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