It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time
Author: Kylie Scott
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 7 August 2018
Blurb
Returning home for her father’s wedding was never going to be easy for Adele. If being sent away at eighteen hadn’t been bad enough, the mess she left behind when she made a pass at her dad’s business partner sure was.
Fifteen years older than her, Pete had been her crush for as long as she could remember. But she’d misread the situation—confusing friendliness for undying love. Awkward. Add her father to the misunderstanding, and Pete was left with a broken nose and a business on the edge of ruin. The man had to be just as glad as everyone else when she left town.
Seven years later, things are different. Adele is no longer a kid, but a fully grown adult more than capable of getting through the wedding and being polite. But all it takes is seeing him again to bring back those old feelings.
Sometimes first loves are the truest.
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Review
This new standalone age gap romance
was an immediate pull for me due to the blurb and the cover. I am so happy to
say I was not disappointed.
Adele first meets Pete when she is
a teenager on one of her annual visits to see her father who runs a
construction firm. Pete is one of the men who works for her Dad. With her Dad
being a workaholic she was often left with Pete and the two gradually build up
a friendship full of banter and fun even though there is a fifteen year age
gap. However as Adele grows she develops feelings for Pete, so much so that
when she reaches eighteen she decides to let him know at her party in the most embarrassing
of ways. Little surprise this does not turn out well and Adele speeds back home
to her Mom and never looks back. No further communication between her and Pete
ever takes place again. Until now, seven years later when her Dad has finally
taken his focus from his business and found love. With a wedding announced,
Adele has no further excuses not to see her Dad or attend his wedding.
Unfortunately that brings her back into proximity with Pete again and not only
that but she will be using the facilities of his guest bedroom!
Pete is now a partner in the
business with Adele’s Dad. Over the years he has not had much in the way of
relationships but a stream of women have been in his bed. Now reaching his
forties, Pete still has no intention of settling down but there is there
something at the back of his consciousness that eats away at that. Seeing Adele
again has him fighting even more but little does he realise why and what these ‘new’
feelings around Adele are.
I really clicked with this
storyline and I loved the development of Pete and Adele’s new here and now
friendship (with a little bit of anger at each other thrown in) At times Pete
annoyed me with his head in the sand stance but the slow burn of the change of
his feelings was fabulous to read. It seemed in most scenarios that Adele was
the oldest of the pair with her acceptance of the past and what that means for the
now. I loved how she was able to work out what Pete was going through even before
he did. When the build-up of hidden
feelings comes to a head (ahem) in an explosive passionate outburst, I was
swooning and yelling for these two to go for it and get it on!
For me this lived up to my
expectations and I actually think this is my favourite of Ms Scott’s books to
date (and that’s a big thing as I FLOVED the Stage Dive series) so without a
doubt this is an amazing five star read. Deffo recommend!
Author Review
"Addictive like all Kylie Scott books, you'll swoon, laugh, ache, put your life on hold, and compulsively read until the wee hours of the night—only to reread the whole thing the next morning. Perfection!"
Katy Evans, New York Times bestselling author
Excerpt
It was meant to be a soft kiss. A chaste one, even.
The minute my lips touched his, however, everything changed. Callused hands grabbed the sides of my face and my mouth opened on a gasp. His tongue swept inside, taking me over. Holy hell. Shoes and purse hit the floor, forgotten. Nothing about this kiss was slow or easy. The man devoured me. Every ounce of emotion poured into that kiss, all of the anger and frustration between us. His tongue was teasing and tasting, driving me wild. Then he drew back to suck and nip at my bottom lip. One hand slid around the back of my neck, the other over my hip to grab at my ass. His hold was firm, a little rough even. He treated my body like it belonged to him and I wasn’t gentle either.
Apparently experience mattered. Because all I could do was try and keep up.
I held on tight to his open shirt, straining against him, trying to get closer. I’d have crawled inside the man if I could. Turned out that under certain circumstances, the taste of scotch worked for me in a big way. Against my hip, his cock hardened, digging into me. And oh my God, I’d done that to him. Me. How amazing! Meanwhile, my body felt liquid, core aching and empty. I needed him inside of me and it seemed like I’d already been waiting forever.
“Pete. Please.”
“Fuck,” he muttered, breath hot against my ear.
I fumbled at the remaining buttons on his shirt. My damn fingers didn’t seem to be working. Easier to just push the whole thing upward. Luckily, the man decided to help, tearing the shirt off over his head. More skin was good. And he was so hot and smooth, a thrill to the touch. The solid flesh of his pecs and the flat plane of his stomach.
He tore at the zipper on the back of my dress, dragging fabric down over my shoulders. A growl came from the back of his throat, a noise of frustration, impatience. I’m reasonably certain I heard the silk rip. I didn’t care. His hands and mouth seemed to cover every bit of skin revealed, touching and tasting me everywhere. The dress got stuck on my hips. Out of the way enough for now.
He didn’t even bother undoing my bra, simply peeling down one of the lace cups to free my flesh. My breast filled his hot palm as it took the weight. Fingers plumped me, his thumb flicking over my hard nipple. The sting of pain followed by the heat of his kiss made my head spin and my body ache. There was no room for thought as he fed me deep, wet kisses. Slowly, he took us to the floor. No time for anything else. Just the urgent need to have him inside me.
The hardness of the polished wood was cool against my back. My legs were spread, his body between them. And with his broad chest above me, his weight taken on one arm, he was all I could see. I swear even the insides of my thighs were wet, I was so ready. It would have been embarrassing with anybody else. But this man, he had to know, he had to understand. It had always been him.
“Pete, I need—”
“I know,” he said, voice harsh and low.
The Author
Kylie Scott is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance Writer of the Year, 2013 and 2014, by the Australian Romance Writer’s Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages. She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films.
Based in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet. You can learn more about Kylie from:-
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