He’s my dad’s best friend.
I should’ve looked away when he stared at me.
I should’ve pulled away when he came closer.
Charles is the only man I want.
The only one I can’t have.
He’s not just my dad’s best friend.
He’s also the father of my child.
I left without saying a word years ago when I found out.
But fate has brought me back to New York City.
Charles lives across the street from … without saying a word years ago when I found out.
But fate has brought me back to New York City.
Charles lives across the street from me.
He’s still single.
Still makes my heart skip a beat, and is hotter than ever before.
My little girl and I ran into him on the street.
She looks a lot like him.
I bet he noticed that too.
There are going to be questions.
Lots of them.
Am I ready to answer each one?
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Loved this book by L.A.Pepper from reading the first page to the end of the book.
April was not happy that her mother was getting remarried again since her dad just died six months ago.At the wedding she looked around beau/Charles who a friend of her lates father she goes and sits with him they start talking and they end up going back to his place.
They started seeing each other in secret but she gets pregnant and leaves him without saying anything with her one of her BFF mona to live with her family and have his baby.
Seven years and nine months later she moves back to New York buys a place with her friends Elizabeth and mona but unknown to her her friends set her up and live in the same neighbourhood as beau/Charles and his dog.
I don’t want to spoil the book but the characters In the book are really great and they all interact well thought out.
I really recommend reading this book today.
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I have read books 4, 5 and 6 in this series so I wanted to go back and read from the beginning to really get to know all the characters, and what a fantastic start to an incredible series. This is my first age gap story and I have to say, I. Loved. It. Charles and April’s connection is hot, taboo, a bit chaotic and frustrating at times but ultimately an exceptional love story. Definitely recommend this book as well as this whole series.
No spoilers here – April and Charles’ chemistry is off the chain, that they set my pages on fire. Totally recommend this book <3
This was a really cute dads best friend/ age gap / secret baby romance. Charles and April remeet at her moms wedding. He was her dads best friend and has seen her in a new light. April and her friends are looking for wedding night hook ups. After their night of fun April end up pregnant and doesn’t tell Charles till they see each other again years later.
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I really enjoyed reading this book, even through all the drama throughout. Loved all the characters, even those that were hard to like. April has so many issues to overcome, she grows so much while overcoming them.
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Of all the characters, I like April best. It is well-shaped, with many different facets to her personality, making it very real. Not expecting many of the circumstance that surround her, she had no choice but to face them despite the separation she feels deep within her as many thoughts try to lead her in separate directions
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Extremely entertaining, captivating and interesting sexy read. I could not put it down. Wonderfully written with strong, intriguing characters. I want to read more from this author.
This wedding has spawned soooo many great books and this is another one of them. Having thought they couldn’t get any better than Dave and Gio this book landed in my inbox and blew me away.
LA Pepper’s books are always full of fun, detailed, sexy, descriptive story lines that keep the reader turning the pages from chapter to chapter and ultimate book to book. This one is no different. From page one she takes us back to the original wedding reminding us of the important supporting cast before drawing our attention to the all important main players, who we have obviously seen before but not fully been aware of. This time round we can place them properly front and centre for their own story and what a story is spun out for us. A tale of two towns, intrigue, money, families, dogs, upset, houses, jewellery, food, colour, age gaps, children, growing up, getting lost, finding each other, yoga, dates, fights and soooooo much more.
LA Pepper’s pace through the book is perfect; the story flows along never boring the reader or overloading them with too many details. It’s just enough to keep everything in the brain at the same time, even in my brain!
I have nothing bad to say about this book, I loved it, and all the others in the series. I totally recommend that you read them all xx
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Silver Fox Romance – Age is Just a Number
If you love the older man, young woman romance novels, this is definitely THE one you have to read! Charles is divorced, lonely & had been best friends with April’s dad for many years so he saw her grow up from a distance. April is grown up now & has the natural beauty & the curves in the right places in capturing his attention. Their meeting starts off innocent enough as a casual secret affair but it’s instant attraction. This affair is abruptly over with Charles wondering why April ghosted him. Close to 8 yrs. later, April bumps into Charles, their buried feelings resurfacing instantly. April’s lies & secrets are revealed. The big question is will Charles be able to forgive April for her disappearance & not trusting him. Will his past pattern with his first wife repeat itself? Did April make the right decision years ago or will her life, as she knows it, unravel with Charles injecting himself back into her life or take away what is most precious to her?
This novel was worth reading, leaving one with the “feel good all over” feelings when you get to the last page.
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This is a great read. It helps that the characters are well developed and engaging and the chemistry is undeniable between them throughout the pages. The flow of the storyline make this one to read.
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I enjoyed this book and had a hard time putting it down, I’m sure you will also. You can’t find a better way to spend a quiet moment than with this book.
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I really enjoyed this book. The book was a good story and a very unexpected ending. I loved all of the characters they were very interesting. I couldn’t put this down it was a great read.
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Charles was friends with April’s dad and he meets back up with April when her mom remarries. Sparks fly between them and they end up back at his place. They know that they would be the talk of the town so it would be one night. However come morning both decide they want more and continue to see each other privately. When April discovers that she’s pregnant she worries how it will change things between them and doesn’t want to be like his ex-wife fir him. So she disappears to have the child on her own. Then seven years later they run into each again an the feelings are still there. But will Charles forgive her for not telling him about their baby?
This is a great story that will draw you in from the first chapter and leave you wanting more with the last. The chemistry between them is scorching hot. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
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The author has pulled us into the lives of April and Charles/Beau and never lets go. He was the best friend of her dead father and tries to ignore the attraction he has for April, to no avail. When they decide to have a secret affair, things will never be the same for either of them.
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I love this series and the characters are very well written. Thank you for writing this book.Please read and review your books.
This is the story of April and her two best friends, Mona and Elizabeth. Elizabeth has a father Joe who just married Barb and that would be April’s mom. She married only after six months after her husband died. At the wedding they are looking for guys and girls for hook ups. April ends up pregant, and does not tell the father and runs into him several years later. Great book great charaters. I would read more by L A Pepper
Fairly good but….
3.5
This romance is well written but quite simple, with a story ultimately, which, because the heroine April, did not speak to her boyfriend Charles, stretches on the theme of “I say it, I do not say it”. It is kind of a shame because it slows down the pace of the story.
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I received a copy of this book through BookSprout and I voluntarily chose to review it. This is a well written story and the characters weren’t my favorites but they worked in this story. This was an easy read for the most part. I just kept reading to see what would happen next between the two main characters. Yes, there is a HEA. I encourage you to give this one a chance. This is all about the second chance at love theme.
Billionaire’s Baby Secret by L.A. Pepper
A delightful story that was a joy to read and left a warm glow at the end. The hero was amazingly compassionate and forgiving which was really nice for a change.
The book is 194 pages and took a normal amount of time to read. It is the first book in the “A Billion Scandals” series and can be read as a stand-alone, but you might need a scorecard to keep all the cousins straight. There was a little swearing and some sexual scenes that were more vague than explicit, but there was no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a HEA. I notice less than a dozen typos and errors, so they didn’t distract from the story much.
The story is a second chance romance with a secret baby trope. It was mostly believable, definitely enjoyable. What little I scoffed at did not disrupt the story in any way. The whole story could have used a little more depth and more showing rather than telling. Even with all that, it was an enjoyable read, which had family, best friends, love, humor, regrets, forgiveness, panic, relief, a happy dog, and a cute little girl.
I think it’s a really good beginning to this series and am looking forward to more. I give it a B+ (4½ stars).
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I really enjoyed LA Pepper’s first book in her ‘A Billion Scandals’ series. I loved everything about Charles (and appreciated those chapters where we delved into his thoughts) and really felt for him in the situations he found himself in with a younger woman. And April… sweet April. My heart went out to her for all the serious, ‘big-girl’ decisions she had to make at her tender age.
I also loved Elizabeth, Mona and all the men and family we meet in the story. Please tell me the next book involves one of April’s best friends?? Please?!
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