Synopsis

When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school’s Family Weekend, she isn’t looking for a hookup—it just happens. Buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be an uncomplicated, amazing one-night stand. But then the next morning rolls around and her friend drags her along to meet her mom—the hot, older woman Cassie slept with.

Erin Bennett came to Family Weekend to get closer to her daughter, not have a one-night stand with a college senior. In her defense, she hadn’t known Cassie was a student when they’d met. To make things worse, Erin’s daughter brings Cassie to breakfast the next morning. And despite Erin’s better judgement—how could sleeping with your daughter’s friend be anything but bad?—she and Cassie get along in the day just as well as they did last night.

What should have been a one-time fling quickly proves impossible to ignore, and soon Cassie and Erin are sneaking around. Worst of all, they start to realize they have something real. But is being honest about the love between them worth the cost?

Review

Wow, I devoured this book. It’s light-hearted, pacy and sexy as hell. I’m not usually one for large age gap romances, but in this instance I loved it. Forbidden love, secret trysts and true chemistry.

What I enjoyed about this book is that although there’s a lot of sex, there’s also a good story and some excellent characters. There are also a few twists, just to keep it interesting. I loved Cassie – she’s so confident and self-aware, which really helped bring Erin out of her shell and make the relationship work. Both characters are flawed and make bad choices (don’t we all), but overall their relationship is cute.

Parker is another great character. Her love of both her mum and friend is lovely and the expected ‘discovery’ (which we know will happen) was not at all what I expected! The epilogue was perhaps unnecessary, but maybe I’m just cynical.

Fab book and I can’t wait to read more from the author.

Thanks to Piatkus Books for my copy. Opinions my own.