Quellcrist King is an actor at the top of his game, but he’s been part of a couple for so long that his strong relationship with his actress wife is part of their brand—except that brand has broken beyond repair. Struggling with the anxiety and depression that’s always been part of him, he chooses a new project to take his mind off the fact that his wife of ten years wants a divorce...but not until her latest movie comes out. In her eyes, it’s all about the publicity, and a divorce right now wouldn’t look good—even though she’s the one who asked for it.
The project Quell chooses is a fantasy gay romance, with him playing one of the leads, even though he’s as straight as they come. Finding a costar that he can develop enough chemistry with to make the sex scenes work isn’t easy—until Hale shows up for a casting call. Hale is hoping for a bit part with a few speaking lines, but the tall, handsome actor somehow clicks perfectly with Quell. In their first interaction in character, Hale blows Quell away—he becomes the pirate, and beneath Hale’s perfect approach, Quell embraces his own character, well aware they’ve found their second lead.
He also finds himself questioning his own sexuality. His inner turmoil is powerful and feels so real for a man who has always loved his wife and identified entirely as a heterosexual male.
I could not set this book aside, which is difficult when you don’t have the time to sit and read it in one sitting, but the characters in this story are so strong, and for both of the men, their inner turmoil and often deeply personal confusion absolutely spot on, that even when I wasn’t reading, I was thinking about them. By the time I finished the story, Quell and Hale had gone well beyond characters and were more like intimate friends I was cheering for as the story raced to the end.
J.R. Gray is a “new to me” author (and as I’ve said before, a big reason why I love BookBub) but I have already purchased his next book in the series, REWRITTEN (Unscripted: Book 2) which releases June 4. I’m really glad it will be here next week—I don’t want to wait any longer than I have to. And yes, I highly recommend this first in the series. UNSCRIPTED by J.R. Gray is beautifully written and an absolutely perfect read.
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