Book Details:
Title: That Night With You
Author: Alexandrea Weis
Genre:Contemporary Erotic Romance
Release Day: November 2, 2014
Synopsis:
Madison
Barnett spent one night with a stranger that changed her life forever.
But
when she takes a job at Parr and Associates as their newest architect, Madison
has no idea that the stranger she has spent five years trying to forget is
about to walk right back into her life. And what she hoped would be a fresh
start turns into a perplexing dilemma.
Soon
Madison’s life is sent into a tailspin as she tries to juggle the demands of
her controlling boss, Hayden Parr, with her persistent desires for her long
lost sexy stranger.
Then,
just when she thinks all hope is lost, everything changes.
Madison
embarks on an education in the art of pleasure that began five years ago in the
bed of the man who captured her heart. But there is one little catch…
When
fantasies become reality, passion can turn addictive in…That Night with You.
This is the first book I’ve read by
Alexandrea Weis and I must admit that her books are now on my TBR list.
That Night With You is a novella by The
story is a beautiful romance with all the elements that I look for when I need
a good romance read.
I’ll start with the characters.
Madison
is the perfect heroine for me. She is
smart, strong and willing to fight for what she wants be it a job, a love
interest or a friend. Madison doesn’t
have much success in the relationship department—not because men aren’t
interested, they are, it is because she is still in love with an old one night
stand.
Hayden
Parr AKA Harry is hot, successful, confident and compares women he meets to
someone he knew years ago. Harry is
Madison’s old one night stand and now he is her boss.
Charlie
and Lizzie are the two best girl friends who are there through thick and
thin. Like all best friends they can be
irritating sometimes but they only want the best for one another.
Mrs.
Leder is one of the best support characters I’ve read in a book lately. She is the land lady and neighbor of Madison
and Charlie. She is protective (brings
food and shares her wardrobe) of Madison and Charlie. Mrs. Leder is a hoot and makes me laugh. She shares stories of her promiscuous past
and still loves her late husband. She is
a romantic and wants her two young tenants to have the same love she had.
Adam
is the sleaze ball coworker. He thinks he is god’s gift to women. Add to that he thinks his ideas are better
than anyone else at work even though his has very little experience. I’ve worked with men like Adam in my
past. Know-it-all’s who won’t take
advice from anyone.
Ellen
Parr the vindictive, hateful, social climbing ex-wife who thinks she deserves
all her ex’s possessions and does everything in her power to keep him from
finding happiness.
Next the story:
I
love the way Ms. Weis weaves the characters into a modern day romance. The characters are well developed and
realistic. I totally dropped myself into
the events and I can see every scene play out in my mind’s eye. I felt anger, hope, love, and anxiety with
the characters as the events in the story are revealed. Don’t get me wrong I felt myself needing to
shake Hayden and yell at him “What are you doing?” but it was appropriate at
the time. I understand Hayden’s caution
and I understand Madison’s trepidation.
Put all these elements together the way
Ms. Weis does and you have a beautiful story that is must read. I love it.
I can’t think of anything negative to say except that I want more. The book is too short; I would love to read
more about this couple. Take my advice and get this book the next time you need
to read a great story you won’t be disappointed.
I was given this arc for an
honest review.
After
stepping inside the crowded elevator, she pushed the lighted button on the
console for the thirty-third floor and eased her way to the back. She was
brushing her hand down the front of her smart blue pinstripe dress when a tall
man in a gray suit eased up next to her. Out of the corner of her eye, she
could see his dark brown wavy hair and determined profile. She didn’t want to
stare, but found herself admiring the curve of his square jaw and the cut of
his cheekbones along his clean-shaven face. When he turned to her, she immediately
lowered her eyes. The butterflies in her stomach were in a full blown fury now,
and she swallowed back the burning taste of embarrassment in her mouth.
As
she stood there, eyes riveted to the elevator floor, she could feel his gaze on
her. She knew it, sensed him drinking in her profile. Terrified, she fought
every impulse to look up at him, and when the elevator doors closed, the car
shot upward and jostled her to the side, making her brush against him.
“Sorry,”
she whispered, keeping her focus fixed on the ugly brown tiles on the elevator
floor.
“Think
nothing of it.”
It
was a soft, seductive, deep kind of voice that a woman would want to hear from
the pillow next to her in bed.
She
could detect the slightest whiff of his cologne; spicy, but with a hint of
muskiness. Not enough to overwhelm the nose, like so many other men’s
fragrances, but just enough to tantalize the senses. With her curiosity getting
the better of her, Madison tried to edge her eyes slowly upward, hoping to
catch a glimpse of him. Unfortunately, the elevator came to a halt, the doors
opened, and a rush of people began to push for the exit.
Glancing
at the lighted console, Madison determined they had stopped on the twentieth
floor. The man beside her shuffled forward and she thought he was going to exit
the elevator, but instead he took a step closer to her.
Madison’s
heart raced as the elevator doors closed again and the car shot upward.
“First
day?” his velvety voice inquired.
She
bit her lower lip and nodded her head. Raising her eyes ever so slightly, she
concentrated on his freshly-shaved chin. “How could you tell?”
His
thin lips curled into a maddening smile. “You look absolutely terrified.”
Madison
fought to get ahold of her emotions. If he could see it, imagine what her employer
would think. She had to appear self-assured and ready to take up her new
responsibilities.
“I’m
just nervous,” she shyly admitted.
The
edge of his jacket brushed against her shoulder. “There’s nothing to be nervous
about.”
His
words sent an unsettling chill throughout her body. There was something about
the way he had said it—the tone of his voice, the inflection—that reminded her
of someone she could not place. Intrigued by the stranger, she was just about
to raise her head to him when the elevator car once again jerked to a stop.
When her eyes shifted to the lighted panel, she saw they had come to a stop on
the thirty-second floor.
The
man beside her made a move toward the doors, and came to a stop right in front
of her. Madison ogled his thick, wide shoulders, the way his suit jacket hugged
his trim waist, and then her eyes drifted down to his round backside.
Someone
cleared their throat in the elevator and she instantly thought she had been
caught staring at the guy’s ass. A flush of warmth spread across her cheeks and
she clutched her purse to her side as her eyes once again plummeted to the
elevator floor. The group of people, including her stranger, moved out the
elevator door, and for an instant, Madison felt a twinge of disappointment that
she had not gotten a better look at the man. Luckily, just as the elevator
doors closed, she caught a glimpse of him, standing just outside of the doors,
staring back at her.
The
jolt that hit her body was overwhelming. His face was more than she expected;
rugged, good-looking with gray eyes, a wide forehead, and chiseled features
that would have made him the object of any woman’s fantasy. His trim figure
appeared tone and lean behind the fabric of his suit, and as he grinned back at
her, he eased his hand into his trouser pocket before dipping his head.
When
the elevator doors finally closed, Madison thought her knees were going to give
out.
What in the hell is wrong with me
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