I just finished In Spite of You by Patrick Lenton
https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/in-spite-of-you-1
I took one look at Mr Sultry Eyes on the cover and thought it was going to be traumatic literary fiction — in actual fact, it’s a perfectly lovely gay contemporary romcom set in Sydney (though the blurb is also not overly accurate, leaning too hard into tropes that aren’t really there).
Hints of Alexis Hall for me, and I appreciated the Australian author and setting. Highly recommended, just wish both cover and blurb positioned it better to find its audience.
