When Emma Cartwright gets some very (very) bad health news, she handles it in just about the last way that anybody who knows her would expect. Namely, she heads out alone to a bar on Friday night, intent on having her first-ever one-night-stand. A single night of escape with a scorching guy, and then she’ll focus on her treatment and recovery. After all, what’s one night, really? Ever since coming back from Afghanistan two years ago, Dean Jessop’s life is all about ‘just one night’. No commitment; nothing permanent; nothing long-term. He meets Emma and one night of hot sex later, she sneaks out of Dean’s place while he sleeps – and they both think that’s it. Neither expects to see the other ever again.
A month later, a chance encounter brings them back in to each other’s lives. They strike an agreement which includes: casual sex only, nothing too personal, and they can end it anytime with a single word. What Emma and Dean don’t count on is developing strong and real feelings for each other, despite Emma hiding her disease and Dean running from his guilt. When Dean finally tells Emma what happened in Afghanistan, she wonders if she can confess her own dark secret. But can she really expect him to forgive her for hiding her illness from him? If she tells him the truth, will he be there for her through it all? And can she help him make peace with his own demons? Amazon
Wow, this book had some surprises. It was unexpectedly good. Yes, there is plenty of sex and some offensive language. But there is also a surprisingly sweet romance hidden in the story. It just kind of drew me in. I got to really like both Emma and Dean, all on their own as well as together. As I was reading and saw how casual Emma and Dean kept it, I wondered how in the world it would ever be more. I mean they didn't even know each other's last names or much personal information at all. I could hardly wait to see how the author was going to make things collide head on. Both Dean and Emma had their own circle of friends who had their back. And boy, were they going to need them. It made me want to read some more books with those friends as the main characters. There was a bonus peek at "Outside Enemy" which got my attention because it had to do with Dallas and Olivia in it. Two people who I definitely wanted to follow up on.
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