I made my name winning cases. Carter Sloane is known for being sharp, astute, and never taking no for an answer. At home, though, I’m fumbling my way through raising my two nieces and saying yes to far too many bowls of ice cream.If only I wasn’t so distracted by the woman across from my new office.Running a booming fragrance business gives Valentina Connor a great excuse to avoid dating. But I … avoid dating. But I see right through her. I’m not going to be another bad decision.
I can’t believe how easily Val slips into our lives, doting on my nieces and making me fall for her.
I’d move mountains to make her happy, but with Val’s career soaring, how can I ask her to commit to the chaos of my life?
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Liked the style of writing.
Nice story line…with minimal stress…a happy read with nice characters that makes you hope they make to their HEA.
Meet cute. When they get to it, there is no foreplay, just straight to the sex. No thanks. I prefer more subtle interactions and more complex characters. He is too perfect. Don’t find them relatable. This is a delete for me.
Two powerful people who have overcome life. Both have raised/are raising family members. Interesting families. Interesting legal issues. The story line itself was interesting. Even laughed a few times. Almost 50% of it was describing the sex they were having. Every 6 or so pages were 3 to 6 or even more pages of hump d hump. No worries. You can skim past it.
I’m loving everything about The Conor Family and for me each book gives me more of an insight into the family I have come to love. Only with You is book 4 in the series and it’s Valentina and Carter’s love story and if I’m honest it’s the one I have been waiting for, it did not disappoint…
Due to a family tragedy Val was left to raise siblings but now they are all grown up she can concentrate on the company she has built. Carter is raising his nieces after losing his sister and brother-in-law in an accident so this is a couple that have a lot in common. An unexpected meeting has them falling for each other and it seems fate is determined to bring this couple together…
This is a beautifully well written romance that captivated me from the first page, I fell hook, line and sinker for this couple and their families. Only With You ticked all my boxes, I smiled, I laughed, I swooned and I shed some tears as I joined the family I class as friends once again. This author has a way of painting pictures with her words, she describes her characters and the towns they live in so well you feel like you are going home with every book you pick up. I highly recommend this gem.
I loved Only With You by Layla Hagen, the fourth book in the Connor Family Series. Valentina “Val” Connor, the oldest Connor sibling, along with her twin, Landon, finally gets her story and her man! Only With You is Val’s story, and her man is Carter Sloane, an attorney who just moved his offices into the building across the street from Val’s office. Carter became the guardian to his two nieces, fifteen-year old April and five-year old Peyton, following the deaths of Carter’s sister, Hannah and her husband. The romance between Val and Carter heats up quickly, but like all Layla Hagen stories comes with its share of plot twists and bittersweet moments. Carter helps Val save her company, but will his insecurities keep them apart. Neither, Val nor Carter thought that they would find the “one”, and now that Carter, April and Peyton are a package deal it has become harder for him. Layla Hagen once again shows that she is an amazing story teller. I really love the Connors and love catching up with the entire family. It was a wonderful love story and I loved every page. Cannot wait to start Jace’s story next.
The Connor Family continues and I can’t get enough. Love the humor, loyalty, friendship, love, traditions, and the plotting… don’t forget the alpha sexiness. I knew it would take a special guy to catch Val’s attention. Carter had is own insecurities that made him more endearing. Can’t wait to watch the next Connor fall in Fighting For You!
4 stars for Only With You by Layla Hagen. This is book four in the Connor family series.
Carter is a famous lawyer. He took over care of his two nieces when their parents passed away. He recently moved his office. This is where he meets Valentina. Valentina is a self-made women. She stated her own cosmetic business from the ground up after helping her brother raise their siblings when they lost their parents. Neither of these two think they have time for love, but they know they have a connection. I loved this book. Layla Hagen has a way of writing a HEA that makes the reader just fall in love with story. This book is worth reading, you won’t be disappointed.
Gah, Layla took this story of Carter & Val and rocked it!
Val and her brother put their lives aside and raised their siblings when their parents passed away. Now it’s Val’s time to shine, running her company and enjoying life, when at the coffee shop one morning she meets Carter, and while trying to stay guarded, because she’s had her heart hurt repeatedly, they both find over coffee & lunch “dates” that they have a lot in common.
These two have an amazing chemistry that comes through hot as heck! Of course it’s not all easy sailing for them, with misunderstandings and life getting in the way!
5 amazing stars for this one, I can’t wait for the next book in this series! Grab this one on release day and enjoy the ride!!
I love all things Layla Hagen! Only With You was everything I hoped it would be and more! Amazing characters, tangible chemistry, and a wonderful storyline! FIVE HUGE STARS!!
A series you don’t want to miss. This is a standalone read but you can still follow along without reading the others first. This one is about Val and Carter and the ups and downs they experience along the way. A well written perfectly paced story pulling you in from the start.
This was the first of the Connor series that I have read and I absolutely loved it!!!
The dual POV (being my favorite) only gave the best of both worlds and how they were both feeling! I absolutely loved the characters and how they were so well developed! Not just the main characters made an impact but their famil as well!
I loved how close Val was with the rest of her family, not just because she raised thme but becuase she genuinely cared for them with all of her heart. Val was such an amazing character that was full of love and care but needed someone to do the sdame for her only the way a signifiant other can.
Carter was such a great charcater and I loved how he loved Val. And not just Val, but her siblings. They came as a pacage deal but were only a bonus!
Carter adn Val were two of my favorite characters that I have read and I definitly wanted more from these two!! But I will definitely settle for some more Connors!!!
I have to admit that I was a bit frustrated that I started this series with book 4 instead of at the beginning with book 1–Landon’s book. It did take me a few chapters to orient myself with the characters such as who are siblings versus significant others. After overcoming that, I quite enjoyed the characters though I wanted to see more of Carter’s nieces during his POV since they are his life, yet he has a nanny. I struggled a little bit with that and when he hired a new nanny ….well I can’t say more about that without giving a spoiler.
Valentina Connor or as her friends and family call her Val owns and operates her own beauty business with a focus on fragrances. Val along with her twin brother Landon raised her younger siblings after her parents died. She’s used to the overbearing caretaker role. A role she was slowly stepping away from. She loves doting on others. It’s in-grained in her. When Val begins helping the sexy new business neighbor with his struggles, it becomes second nature to her. She doesn’t realize how much she’s a part of their lives until…
Carter Sloane is a successful lawyer that gained custody of his nieces after his sister and her husband were in a skiing accident. It’s not easy raising a teen and a five year girls especially when his father refuses to move to LA with them. He desperately needs help. His nanny is returning to school soon, his father is ill which means his mother can’t fly to LA, and he can’t stop thinking about the gorgeous Val who connects with April –his fifteen year old niece. But Val has already raised her siblings. It’s not fair for him to ask her to repeat the process again. Even if she’s the only person he wants to fall asleep with and wake up to.
Once again the Conner Family has me absolutely in love! With each new book in this series I brought into this amazing family and made to feel like I am a Conner myself/
I have always liked Val’s character from the very first book. As a young adult she sacrificed her dreams to help her brother run their father’s Pub and raise their younger siblings after their parents death, her selflessness is astounding. I don’t know who couldn’t love her.
Carter Sloane is all kinds of swoony and I couldn’t help but love him. His sweetness while he takes care of his two nieces grabbed my heart from the start. He had me melting and fanning myself for sure.
I loved this one and can never get enough of this family! I cant wait to see what Ms. Hagen brings us next in this series!
Val (Valentina) Connor has gotten her business up and running and bam, a competitor is seeking to take her out. She’s finally able to make her dreams come true after having helped her brother raise their younger siblings, so now’s the time when she should come first. And then she meets this gorgeous man who is frequenting her favorite coffee shop. Carter is a successful lawyer raising his nieces, and he’s a bit clueless about how he’s suddenly not the cool uncle to his eldest niece that he used to be. And then he meets this beautiful woman at the coffee shop. He wants her. He wants her in his life and in his bed. So he sets about wooing her with his very best charming self. But it’s really his nieces that seal the deal because Val is at heart, a caretaker, and she simply takes over from raising her now adult siblings to raising Carter’s nieces. Can they sustain a relationship built on that? Or will Val come to the realization that she’s only important to Carter because she helps him care for his nieces?
I absolutely fell in love with Val and Carter, especially Val. She’s such a great character – all heart, and strong to boot. I love how much she cares for the people in her life, not just Carter and his nieces, but her siblings, too. And just as great is Carter and how he loved her wholeheartedly. There’s no doubt he’s a sexy, successful lawyer, but more importantly, he’s a genuinely great guy who found his soul mate, a woman more than equal to him. Only With You is filled with Layla Hagen’s signature emotionally substantial and layered characters, with seriously sexy chemistry. I’ve been loving The Connor Family series, and I’ve gotta say that Only With You is the best one yet.
Val runs her own perfume company, Valentina’s Laboratories. She is also one of the oldest siblings that took care of things when their parents died. She meets Carter at Walter’s, the local coffee shop and is completely taken with him.
Carter is a lawyer raising his two nieces, Peyton and April after his sister, Hannah, and brother-in-law passed away.
This is a great romance story with some very sexy thrown in the mix. Val and Carter have great chemistry together. I am looking forward to the next book in this series!
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Favorite Quotes:
I popped open a bottle of Pinot too, for good measure. The sour alcohol matched my soured mood and heart perfectly. Belatedly, I also realized it sent a clear signal. Our wine system wasn’t a secret: Pinot for moping, Chardonnay for celebrating.
What do you even need all these muscles for? You’re a lawyer. You carry out your fights with words.
The soul never gets old. We just forget to be children. Another saying of my dad’s.
You couldn’t make someone want you in their life, no matter how much you tried. You couldn’t love for two…
My Review:
Written in my favorite dual POV, this latest addition to the Conner series was extra sexy, I actually started to perspire while reading. I enjoyed the sweet and steamy romance, all the secondary storylines, amusing banter, and the many enticing characters in addition to the main pair who couldn’t seem to keep their hands off each other. I need to know what type of supplements they took as I would love to buy some.
What an awesome book. I have enjoyed following the Connor family. This book is no exception. It felt like I was catching up with old friends. This book is well written, the characters have depth to them, and you can’t help but get lost in the book. Definitely a winner.
Love the Connor family and Layla Hagen does it again with the perfect swoony romance!!
From first sight at the coffee shop, sparks were flying all around Carter and Val. This fast-paced sexy romance was everything I come to expect from Layla Hagen’s books. Carter and Val’s flirty texts and bedroom time were super sexy. Carter’s nieces were adorable and wish we have a little more time with his family. But we did get a good amount of the bantering Conner’s that we love.
Best line in this book had to be Val’s favorite saying from her father – “Your sweatpants will never be tight if you don’t wear any” words to live by –LOL!!
I’m so looking forward to Jace’s book to see the girl that can tame the player.