Single mom Maddy Trainor has just moved back to Chicago,
ready to reclaim her life and conquer the city.
Maddy’s determined to get her new business off the ground and build a
happy home for her son, Teddy. She
didn’t expect a gorgeous landlord, but ogling Justin Tracy is definitely a
bonus to her new apartment.
Justin intends to apologize to Maddy for the out-of-the-blue
wedding invitation and get gone, but his new neighbor turns out to be funny,
whip-smart, and sexy as hell. Why not
take her to the wedding for real? Just
as friends, of course. To Maddy, the
wedding – one night of champagne and dancing with a self-admitted Peter Pan –
sounds like amazing no-strings fun. But
the sparks that blaze between the two of them can’t be contained to one
night. And two people who think they
have life figured out are about to realize they know nothing about love …
I must say, that after being in a bit of a book funk prior
to starting Quick Fall I wasn’t sure
if I would be able to get into this one at all. But, luckily I was quickly brought
into the story and I really ended up enjoying it.
You can’t help but love Justin and Maddy, even if you think
they wouldn’t or shouldn’t work, they do. Both are outspoken at times and it
was just one of the things I liked about them, but they also had a softer side
to them as well and combine the two and you have characters with depth and that
are interesting. There was a well balance of chemistry, emotions, drama and
romance.
Quick Fall was an
enjoyable and fun read, one that I think most will enjoy.
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Ding!
Justin caught
her hand and pulled her out of the elevator before the doors even had a chance
to fully open. “I’m all the way at the end of the hall.”
He was walking too fast for her sore feet; she
tripped in her heels. “Wait. Slow down. My feet. Blisters.”
He assessed
the complicated gold sandals. “How long does it take to get those off?”
Given the
tiny buckle on the ankle strap … with the way her hands were shaking… She sighed.
“Two minutes.”
He grinned,
mischief sparking in his eyes. “That’s two minutes too long.” Without another
word, he lunged forward and threw her over his shoulder in a fireman’s hold.
Maddy
shrieked. She’d never been picked up literally by a man before. Upside down,
she felt both ridiculous and ridiculously feminine. Uncontrolled laugher—her
noisy, high-pitched kind—bubbled out of her mouth. She wouldn’t have thought
she could move from unspeakable arousal to hysterical laughter in the space of
five seconds, but apparently that’s what Justin did to her.
“Almost
there,” he called.
Another
thirty seconds and he carefully set her down. She clung to his shoulders until
she stopped quivering. Eyes sparkling, Justin inserted the key card into the
lock. “After you.”
“Oh,” she breathed. The room was so pretty. Dark
wood furniture, a crisp, white duvet on the bed, and an incredible view of
Michigan Avenue.
“The hotel
sent up a bottle of champagne as a thank you,” Justin said. “Can I pour you a
glass?”
“Please.”
She’d stopped drinking at the wedding once the dancing had started. Since that
was more than three hours ago, she was stone-cold sober now. And since the
laughter had subsided and the fact that she was in a hotel room with a man
was sinking in, a glass of liquid courage would be very welcome indeed.
Although ...
she wasn’t nervous, actually. There was nothing to be nervous about. She was a
grown woman whose child was perfectly safe. For once, her legs were shaved and
her bikini area was waxed. She was with a no-strings-attached man, but one who
was genuinely kind and committed to his family. Someone funny. Someone
trustworthy.
Justin handed her a glass of champagne and
finished removing his bow tie.
Someone
unbelievably gorgeous. Someone who wanted her badly, if his hungry expression
was anything to go by.
She set her champagne glass on the nightstand
and slowly turned. “Unzip me?”
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