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Mason Deaver

The Build-A-Boyfriend Project by Mason Deaver (Afterlight 'Dating Disasters' Exclusive)

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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:

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

Mason Deaver is a bestselling and award-winning author of young adult and adult romance novels. Their books have been awarded stars from Bookpage and Booklist, nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards, and won the Pink News Best Young Adult Book Award.

Content warnings for The Build-a-Boyfriend Project

  • Content Warning

    • Mentions of past racism, homophobia, and transphobia (does not occur on page)
    • Mentions of conversion therapy (does not occur on page)
    • Mentions of medical procedure (top surgery, does not occur on page)
    • Mentions of hospital visits and stays
    • Mentions of scars (from top surgery)
    • Mentions of past gender dysphoria
    • Mentions of gore (amputation of an arm, briefly on page, related to scene from a horror movie)
    • Mentions of anxiety and depression
    • Alcohol consumption
    • Vomiting (from alcohol consumption)
    • Scenes depicting death of a parent due to cancer (past tense/flashback)
    • Grief and depictions of grief
    • Swearing
    • Consensual sex (scenes occur on page)

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