Dale Stoner loved women, and women seemed to love him right back. He danced around the line that led to seriousness, but any time one woman got too close, he two-stepped back, quick and pretty as you please. He’s fallen in love before and he doesn’t want to go that route again. No woman was ever going to get close to him again. The only exception is his best friend, Lauren. She’s the only one … only one who really matters. But she’s his friend…and guys don’t sleep with their best friends, do they?
Lauren wasn’t the kind of woman to believe in love at first sight, but then she met Dale. He’s everything she shouldn’t want–a flirt, a woman chaser…and he’s also in love with somebody else.
But one hot, steamy night changes everything…
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Lauren has been in love with her neighbor/best friend, Dale, since he moved in next door five years ago. But the only problem is that is all he see’s her as. She has come to the conclusion that is all that he will ever see her as. Or is it?
Dale isn’t looking for a relationship. He tried that once and it blew up in his face. Now all he wants is fun. The only woman in his life is his best friend Lauren. And he has never looked at her in any other way until one night he receives a letter that has him all torn up and he get drunk. To top it off he seduces Lauren when she comes over. Will that night change their lives?
I really enjoyed reading this book. I could hardly put the book down. I’ve read a couple of books by this author and I loved them. I can’t wait to read more book by her. I recommend this book to others.
Dale Stoner attempted to give his heart to a woman who didn’t return his affections, and learning that she didn’t feel the same way crushed him, so from that point on he decided love just wasn’t in the cards for him. If he couldn’t experience love with her and have a life with her then he didn’t want love in his life at all, so, it lead him to take a no feelings approach to relationships. He keeps all of his entanglements with woman purely on a no strings attached level, figuring it keeps him safe from being hurt again, and prohibits them from ever getting too close. He does however have one exception to his rule… his best friend of five years Lauren. With her things are different, love isn’t involved, it’s a relationship based purely on friendship, and friends don’t spend time between the sheets… or do they?
From the moment Dale moved in next door Lauren fell hard for him, and has harbored a crush on him since the day he introduced himself to her, but Dale doesn’t look at her the same way. He’s hung up on another woman, and it kills Lauren to see him torture himself over her and what they could have had, she’d love nothing more than for him to care for her that way, but he just sees her as his friend. After another devastating letter from his ex, he goes on a little bender, and Lauren is there to pick up the pieces and provide a shoulder for him to cry on, but this time he wants a little more than just her shoulder…now she must decide if she should cross this line with him, and give into his alcohol induced advances or do the right thing and reject him?
This heart-wrenching and oh so sexy story drew me in and had me hanging onto every printed word, and immediately invested in these characters lives, it was SO addictive!! So much so, it lead to me having a late night reading fest just to see how it would all unfold, and I have to admit it was DEFINITELY worth the loss of sleep!! This was my first book by this author, and I can say with complete certainty it won’t be my last, between her well crafted characters and beautifully written and oh so addictive story line she completely won me over and turned me into a fan!! This was a refreshing, and unique take on the friends to lovers trope and I enjoyed every minute I spent reading it!! Highly recommend it!!
ARC requested through NetGalley, and kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for a honest and unbiased review.