I have two rules in life:1. No relationships, falling in love or attachments.2. No sleeping with clients of my interior design firm.Since the last guy turned out to be married, they’ve been easy to follow.Until him.Callum Huxley is a ridiculously sexy Brit, and the connection we have the moment our eyes lock scares the ever-loving hell out of me. Thank God I came to my senses before going back to … came to my senses before going back to his hotel where I would’ve ended up naked, panting, and unable to forget him.
Thinking I walked away from that night unscathed was stupid. Sure enough, at the biggest meeting of my career waits the CEO of Dovetail Enterprises – him. It might be the most embarrassing moment of my professional life. And breaking my no-client rule might just be the hottest moment of my personal life.
Learning to trust has never felt so good, but falling has never hurt so bad.
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“I’m the girl that wants to live life to its absolute fullest.
I’m the girl who wants to be happy, no matter what that looks like.
I’m the girl who is seeking something but can’t seem to find it. I’m the girl who just wants to be loved.
I’m the girl who will never let anyone know I’m a bit broken.”
Ahhh this is our crazy Nicole to a T! She thinks she’s the sane one in her girl gang, but she’s just as nuts as the rest!!! But that’s why we love her to pieces. Nicole is also bright, strong, beautiful, fiercely independent, witty and knows what she wants and what she doesn’t…so she thinks.
Nicole has one rule and one rule only when it comes to her thriving business. NEVER DATE/SLEEP WITH A CLIENT!
Enter Callum. He’s imposing in a delicious way. He’s sweet, smart and can keep up with her banter like no one else! Oh and he has an accent ladies! Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances he’s her client. They both feel a pull towards each other and Callum will stop at nothing to prove to Nicole that he deserves a chance.
“What if that man would give you more than you knew you could have? What if his touch made you faint in the knees? His love made you stronger instead of weaker? What if he protected you, keeping you from any pain because his life’s mission was to make you smile?”
I mean this guy! Nicole has got her work cut out for her! She’s fights and he’s always there… patiently waiting.
The crossover in this book was amazing! Having Nicole, Heather, Kristin and Danielle back together again was my favorite! This book is not just about opening up to love…it’s about family, friendships, life and so much more!
Swoon alert! Swoon alert!
And isn’t this title so perfect??!!
Ok so am I the only one that kinda didn’t like Callum for like a second? Like only for a second…no? ok then back to the accent…THAT ACCENT! Callum is definitely swoon alert worthy because of the accent alone, but hell, he’s funny and just plain adorable.
I have always liked Nicole’s character in the previous books, and I totally loved getting to know her more in her own story. She’s crazy, loud and I can totally relate to her on so many levels.
Nicole and Callum had my kindle smokin’ with their chemistry and until Nicole finally threw in the towel on her steadfast rule of not getting involved with clients, I was as tense as she was!
Two strong characters, one a feisty and sassy vixen, one a British sex god, but both just plain fun. And another great story from one of the best out there.
Don’t miss this installment of this series ladies!!
If you are looking for some laughs, some swoons (ok a lot of swoons), some sexy times, and some real times, stop what you are doing and READ, I repeat READ this book. I fall hard and fast in love with all of CMs books, and Not Until You was no different. It kept me on my toes, or should I say Callum and Nicole did?!?! These two are freaking amazeballs, you guys! They do not miss a beat and will have you in fits of laughter from the moment they interact. Ahhhh! I love them hard!
When I found out CM was releasing Nicole’s story, I jumped for joy. She is everything I am not; independent, boisterous, and hilarious; which made me fangirl over her. Nicole is nuts, but in the best way possible. She is so blase and bullheaded. And of course underneath that demeanor, you know she has to be all sorts of badassish, right?! And she is! She rocks life and doesn’t let anyone stop her. Or should I say, there isn’t anyone who has been capable of stopping her…….
I was smitten as soon as the hero, Callum, entered the story. He is unlike any of CMs other heroes. He has this intoxicating feel about him, but not just that, he is fun and absolutely charming. He knows how to take your breath away and uses it to his advantage. He says things to get a rise out of people, and expects it. Nothing stops him…..or maybe I should say, nothing has yet….
Callum and Nicole’s story was all sorts of fun and flirty; with a mix of life and finding their footing in one anothers lives. These two are two peas in a pod, and then some. As we traversed their journey together, we see their relationship blossom into something very genuine, and secure. To me Callum is Nicole’s person. They can go toe to toe, and still laugh, and push and push, and still smile, their relationship was all sorts of endearing.
Not Until You had me smiling from ear to ear; with every page I turned. It’s books like this one, that remind me why I enjoy taking the few hours out of my life to read. Author Michaels is an author that never disappoints me. She writes real and raw characters, with special messages and still makes us laugh our bums off. If you are looking for a bullheaded hilarious heroine, and a charming as hell hero, please read this book!
Corinne Michaels delivers all the feels with Not Until You. It’s an exhilarating, sexy-as-sin romance with a feisty, stubborn heroine who finds herself reluctantly charmed by an irresistible, hot British hero. When Nicole meets Callum, the sparks fly and the air crackles with their explosive chemistry, but she’s hesitant to start anything with him. She doesn’t want to get involved with someone she works with, and she’s also very protective of her heart and realizes he could be the man who persuades her to lower her defenses and want something more than a casual fling. But Callum is not deterred and goes toe-to-toe with Nicole to agree to give them chance, and he quickly proves to be her perfect match, in and out of the bedroom. Not Until You is a must-read with captivating lead characters, sizzling dialogue, steamy love scenes and a sigh-worthy, emotional happy-ever-after.
Recommendation appeared @ USA Today’s Happy Ever After on October 2, 2018
ARC provided, but this review was voluntarily and honestly written.
There was no way I could have not loved this story. Nicole is a favorite of mine and Callum well he was damn near impossible not to love. Nicole’s defiance and Callum’s tenacity were fun to watch. Nicole is determined to follow her rules until Callum is set on finding a loophole. It’s a fair assessment to say that she has met her match. This is fast and sweet with a little drama and lots of swoon. And a British accent as a bonus! Just one more check in his “pro” column. Honestly I just really enjoyed reading these two.
You don’t know unconditional romantic love….Not Until You find The One.
This is a standalone about Nicole and Callum, although we’ve met Nicole before in One Last Time and We Oen tonight.
The crazy friend, the cool aunt, the wild woman who is so sure of herself, so sexy and confident, some people don’t even understand her.
But it turns out she is so much more than that. She is loyal, she is strong, she is resilient….She is afraid, she is scared, she is hurt and she is vulnerable.
When you first start reading her, she is funny and so free in her choices, so outdoor and not caring about what people think, that, even though you love her, it’s a little difficult to relate to her.
But as you get to know her better, when you see what’s behind the shiel the built around herself over the years, you realize that she is even stronger than you thought, because she is not invencible. She is in pain and protection mode, but she never stopped being a fighter. She is admirable!
And that is what Callum realizes. She is the one you keep.
“I don’t want just tonight. I want every tomorrow.”
Nicole has been burnt in the past. Really bad. So she took the reings in her life, so that she could never be in a position to be hurt again. Not Until Callum (see what I did here?).
“Callum is the answer to every prayer I’ve ever sent, but he could also bring the darkness if he leaves”
With him, she finds hope and even more vulnerability. In him, she finds the strength to try, to risk, to love. In him, she finds what she didn’t even want to look for.
“”‘Stop being wonderful.’
‘I’m not wonderful.’
‘No, you really are.’
‘Maybe I’m just what you need.'”
Callum is strong, sexy, hardworker and he knows how to apreciate the real and import things and people in his life. Oh, and he is British. Do I need to say more?
He knows her value, he knows her importance, he lets his feelings grow, because he knows what they have is special and rare. And you find something like that, you have to hold it closely.
“With her, it’s even stronger than I’ve felt before. If it isn’t love, then it’s something more, and I’m not willing to let go of it.”
Together they have a lot to learn and to make it work. They have Nicole’s walls to crumble, they have their lives to intertwine, but they have their love for all of that. And no matter how afraid and insecure they might be (Nicole, specially), their love is impossible not to feel.
“‘Why do you call me [love]?’
‘Because you’re lovely. You exude love, and I wonder if it’s possible to keep my feelings for you from growing.’
‘So, you think you could love me?’
‘I think it’s impossible not to.'”
I really love this series and this book was absolutely brilliant.
Callum is swoon worthy, he was such a wonderful character and perfect for Nicole. She’s so smart and sassy it was alway going to take someone special to catch her eye and keep it.
The banter back and forth was really fun, I loved how snarky she was and he just took it in his stride. She had his complete focus and it was fun to watch him catch her.
Loved all the twists and turns, there’s a little heartbreak in this book which is going to make for a tough last book but I think Corinne is so good at fixing broken hearts it’s going to be fantastic.
This series is awesome and you definitely need to go back and start with the first book to get the full experience.
Beautifully written and a must read for every romance reader.
Gah!! Nicole and Callum are so perfect!! I couldn’t stop smiling!
“Love is a fairy tale inside you. It lives there, telling the story of all that’s to come if you can just remember the words. Love is a living thing that we have to nurture when times are bad.
I see that now.
Because with Callum, it’s true love.”
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Not Until You was a breath of fresh air! I was so excited to read a book for Nicole and Corinne Michaels did not disappoint! She gave Nicole the story and HEA she deserved, and it was a fantastic ride.
Callum Huxley was no slouch either. This sexy British entrepreneur gave Nicole a run for her money and it was fantastic reading it. I’m keeping this one short just because I’m really sick *cough cough*, but I really adored NOT UNTIL YOU.
4 stars
Oh Nicole! She’s the sassy, outgoing, wild friend that doesn’t want to settle down. Dating isn’t even on her radar. When she meets Callum, she has one thing in mind. But there’s something about him that scares her a little. Certain feelings are evoked that she’s unsure about. Then she finds out that she’s going to be working with him….
One of her two strict rules is that she never sleeps with a client. While she’s busy doing her best to avoid those feelings, Callum is doing everything he can to get her to throw the rule book out the window.
I loved everything about Not Until You. The way everything played out, how persistent Callum was regardless of how and what Nicole said. He wasn’t taking no for an answer unless he was absolutely positive that she meant it. And once that curve ball came hurling towards them, it was game over. Callum was stopping at nothing. Ms. Michaels continued on with this series flawlessly. This might even be my favorite book in this series. Angst, heartache, a few curveballs, and love. Most of all, always love.
Not Until You is the story of Nicole Dupree and Callum Huxley. For fans of Corinne Michaels’ you’ve met Nicole over the span of the Heather’s book (We Own Tonight) and Kristen’s book (One Last Time); you know she’s the crazy one out of the foursome of best friends. There was just always something about Nicole that I related to the most. She was this crazy character that often was the loudest voice in the room. I couldn’t want to get her story, to know what made a girl like her tick.
When Nicole meets a man ready to make her, well force her, to break all the rules, I just knew that this woman was my spirit animal. Callum Huxley was just about as perfect as you could get. Toss in a sexy British accent and I was a goner.
Not Until You was charming, humorous and emotionally charged. I loved the witty banter, I loved that Nicole had no filter and I loved being able to experience these four women rally around each other just when it was needed the most.
If you haven’t read a Corinne Michaels book yet, you are missing out. Her writing is unexpected, it’s funny and crushing and it’s reality. It’s laughing even when life punches you in the gut. The emotionally charged storyline makes the laughs feel hardier, they make you cherish the good times, it lets you appreciate what happiness really is.
I loved this book! Nicole is awesome!!! She’s so sassy and feisty and I want to be her when I grow up. And I want her friends too. And Callum… major swoon alert. Gah!!! Love him. And together they are perfection. I loved the push and pull between them. The chemistry was off the charts and it was oh so steamy.
This is mostly a rom-com, but there is some angst. It wouldn’t be a Corinne Michaels book without it. There is one particularly angsty scene in regards to a secondary character that didn’t sit well with me. I just felt it was unnecessary. Despite that though, I really loved this book and I would definitely recommend it.
Now here is a unusual heroine, one that is not looking for love, just keep it hot between the sheets and be gone by morning is the type of girl that Nicole is.
When she meets Callum, that is exactly what she is looking for, a quick night of fun with probably one of the hottest men she has encountered in awhile. That British accent, just icing on the cake. Callum though, he has other plans. He sees something in her that he has not been able to find with someone else and he intends to make her his.
That he becomes her client just makes things even more difficult for her. She needs this job, but she has rules about getting involved with her clients…..and this one is tempting her to break those rules.
This is a fun and sexy read and even though it can be read as a standalone, it has some characters that we love from Corinne’s other books.
4.5 – 5 Not Until You I honestly didn’t expect to laugh while reading Not Until You, but I should have known better. I had experienced Nicole and her friends in two other books by Corinne Micheals, One Last Time and We Own Tonight. Like the other two books I mentioned, this book is a complete standalone. You do not need to read them to enjoy this one. In Not Until You, Nicole’s love life takes center stage. She’s brash, wild and has no filter. Underneath her wild exterior, she’s a bit insecure and endearing. Nicole is deathly afraid of trusting another man with her heart. In walks Callum, a sexy Brit who compliments Nicole in every way. He happens to be a potential new client, and Nicole doesn’t mix business with pleasure. She doesn’t have to work hard to pitch him on getting his business. Callum wants to hire her, but more importantly, he wants her. Callum needs to sell himself to seal the deal with her jaded heart. All he has to do is convince her he is the one for the job.
Not Until You is Nicole’s book and her lack of filter should have clued me in that this book was going to be funny. It was truly a funny, sexy and sweet fun read. This is insta/love lust done right!
Not Until You Callum and Nicole are on fire!! Corinne truly knocked it out of the park with this one. I absolutely loved the banter between Nicole and Callum. I have loved Nicole’s humor and sarcasm in We Own Tonight and One Last Time so to get a full book of her humor was just what I needed! I’ll be on the next flight to London to find my Callum!
Corinne Michaels takes my heart again with Not Until You!
You know, I read a lot of books, but whenever there is a new one by Ms. Michaels, I drop everything else and rush to read it. Not Until You is no exception, it is an emotional and sexy read that leaves you wanting more, but also feeling extremely fulfilled. Nicole is sexy, sassy, and smart as a whip, who is focused on her career with the occasional man (or men!) thrown in for fun. Then she eyes the sexy Callum across the room one day, and she knows she will never be the same. She’s just not prepared for the emotional roller coaster she’s about to go on. I’m going to stop here and claim Callum, because hot damn is he a catch. Sexy, witty, and the rest of the package all rolled up in him. I loved the playfulness of these two, the tension that makes you blush, and how they bring out the best in each other. The writing is superb, and I loved seeing former characters that I’ve read before, (although this is definitely a complete standalone.) Another winner on her hands, Not Until You is a story you don’t want to miss!
“What if that man would give you more than you knew you could have? What if his touch made you faint in the knees? His love made you stronger instead of weaker? What if he protected you, keeping you from any pain because his life’s mission was just to make you smile?”
Get ready to worship at the shrine that is called Callum Huxley! That man! That man is EVERYTHING! One of the best romance heroes I’ve come across this year…and I’m not surprised in the least that the creator behind this gorgeous and tender Brit, is the incredibly talented Corinne Michaels. Ms. Michaels has hit it out of the park with her latest standalone contemporary romance, Not Until You. I have NO words, well, we all know that’s not true, BUT you know that feeling of wanting to tell everybody about everything but you can’t get the words out because you’re so damn excited? I’m having that sort of moment right now.
Not Until You is the romance that I’ve been waiting for. It’s a romance that gives you ALL THE FEELS and makes you feel all gooey inside. This author has the amazing ability to mix the right amount of comedy with the right amount of tender emotion. It’s the perfect recipe for a romance reader like me because I end up devouring so quickly and only wanting more, more, and more! Let me tell you something, our heroine, Nicole, is my spirit animal in every possible way. She is who I strive to be when I grow up. I admire the hell out of her confidence and her loyalty to her friends. I loved her just as much as our wonderful hero! If you are a fan of Corinne then you might recognize some of the awesome secondary characters in this story, which was a real treat!
I could truly go on and on about this book, because just writing this review gets me excited all over again, but I’ll just tell you that this is a MUST READ of the year for romance junkies…A MUST READ! It had everything you could have ever wanted in a contemporary romance…and maybe more! The writing was spectacular (of course)! The characters were unforgettable! The storyline was filled with so much heart, that you can’t help but fall hard for everything about it. Not Until You was dreamy, charming, sexy, passionate, and oh so entertaining. I laughed. I cried and then I laughed some more. Everything about this was just SPOT ON! Corinne Michaels, never EVER stop what you’re doing because you are a true gem in this community!
WOW!!! I’ve waited for Nicole’s book for over a year now!!
Now that I have it I’m over the bloody moon! Yes, drop my hands and praise the Corinne Michaels Gods for this steller must have!
Not Until You is a sexy, spellbinding marvel! One that will have you calling it Corinne Michaels best work!
God Yes! So if you are looking for an off the charts banter, scorchingly great chemistry, and the soonest male lead ever! Then we’ll look no further.
Corinne is really nailing the rom com genre, I love books like this where you’re not only swooning (for a sexy Brit no less) but laughing at the same time. The world needs a lot of levity and love right now and this book fulfills that!
Another amazing read by Corinne Michaels!!!
Callum is the sexy British man every woman needs, while Nicole is every bit of fierce woman he needs to drive him crazy.
I have been waiting what feels like ages for Nicole’s story…every bit worth the wait!!!