Final Edit (Lights, Camera, Love! Book 1) by E.M. Denning

An opposites attract, age-gap, romance story, featuring a cute dog, meddling best friends, and an autobiography that brings these two men together in ways they never expected.


From the blurb:

Lukas Knight has built his empire up from nothing. A bad home life and a grim future saw to it that his options after high school were limited. Enter a man with a pocketful of promises for a better life. Glitz. Glamor. Family. And every one of those promises was a lie.

Now, years later, Lukas has moved on from being an adult entertainer to owning his own studio. He no longer performs, but he directs, he edits, and does everything else. He has a story to tell, but the same roadblock that existed when he was a struggling student hasn’t gone away. Even if he has learned to work around his dyslexia, he’s not equipped to do the one thing he wants the most—to write his book and tell his story.

Sawyer Brown is the family disappointment, even though he’s a university graduate and published author. Sawyer is proud of what he’s accomplished, even if his parents aren’t. Besides, he has people like his former professor, Charles Thurston, who believes in him enough to recommend him for a freelance job. Ghostwriting a memoir for an actor.

Sawyer leaps at the opportunity and maybe he should have asked a few questions first, because Lukas wasn’t on Broadway and he didn’t work in Hollywood. Lukas starred in adult films.

The longer Sawyer and Lukas work together, the closer they become. Through quiet conversations, they share past hurts and hopes for the future. And if Sawyer happens to want to kiss Lukas, well… he’d be okay with that. And if Lukas were to kiss him back, that would be okay too.

Final Edit is the first book of the Lights, Camera, Love series that follows Lukas Knight and his performers as they fall in love, one by one. The series contains the same low angst, sweet spice that you’re used to from E.M. Denning, plus a lazy dog named Lara, an assistant with a crush, and addictive side characters who eventually get their own happy endings.


Angel's review:

When Sawyer's friend asks him to help out a friend of a friend with writing their autobiography, Sawyer is hesitant but agrees. Once he meets Lukas and understands why Lukas wants his story to be written, he loses his hesitancy. And slowly overtime he develops feelings for the sweet man who's book he's writing.

These two are so sweet together, I appreciate the fact that while there was some drama, there wasn't a huge conflict. These two talked things out like adults and actually communicated which I LOVED!! I thought their relationship felt natural and it developed gradually over time. It didn't feel rushed or jumbled, and their relationship made sense.

I liked that we got various representations while also shining a positive light on Adult film stars, and also how we got some background information into the downsides of that particular business. I absolutely adore Lukas's dog, she had such a big role in this book and I loved that!!

Overall a great story and I hope that Ash gets his own story about him and two certain men...

Heather's review

I love the bits of miscommunication at the start of the book, and the way Sawyer rolls with learning about Lukas' life and his past.  I love just how sweet and endearing their relationship starts and that really the only real drama comes from outside their relationship.  I do appreciate that drama foreshadowing what's to come in the series tho,,,  I also love the communication, the honesty and the premise of writing a memoir together.

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