Rick Steele is a dealer in Las Vegas at his friend’s casino, the Castillo Hotel
and Resort. His friend convinces Rick
to go on a one night stand through a dating service that specializes in
arranging one night stands for its clients.
Rick really doesn’t want to be there but he gives it a shot.
Tara Denton is Rick’s date for the one night
stand and she is emotionally damaged and physically scarred from the abuse she
suffered from her ex. She does not feel
beautiful at all and when she sees Rick she really wants to back out because in
her eyes he looks like Thor and in no way would want her. She is also scared that he will be turned
off by her scars or scare her while they are intimate.
Rick wants her the second he lays eyes on
her and makes it known to her that she will be well taken care of
in his hands. He is patient with her
and puts her at ease. Almost
immediately he wants to make her his permanently but Tara isn’t anywhere close
to be ready for that. At dawn, as per
the contract, they go their separate ways.
This was a very good short quick read. I loved the idea of the book, a one night
stand dating service that makes it safer for those involved. The story flowed well and even though
everything happened in a one night time frame it wasn’t rushed. I liked how Rick understood that Tara was
still scared to be intimate with other men after what she had been through and
would be so patient when she would need a minute to remember she wasn’t back in
that bad place. Tara needed to be shown
that she was beautiful, scars and all, and the right man for her wouldn’t find
them as a turn off but as a badge of survival, and that is what Rick tried to
do. I really enjoyed this book and am
going to read the next two books in this series. My only complaint is that I would have liked
to see this be a little longer.
3 comments:
Good review! I agree some of the 1Night Stand stories need to be just a little bit longer for full character development:)
I have stayed away from the 1NS because I need "more" but I have a couple of reviewers who enjoy them for a quick lunch time read =)
Thank you so much for the wonderful review! Am thrilled you liked it and want to read the next two in the series. Yes, the 1NS are very short - I could have easily written much more about Rick and Tara but the word count is limited to a short story. Thanks again!
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