Title: That Night With You
Author: Alexandrea Weis
Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance
Release Day: November 2, 2014
Synopsis:
Madison
Barnett spent one night with a stranger that changed her life forever.
But
when she takes a job at Parr and Associates as their newest architect, Madison
has no idea that the stranger she has spent five years trying to forget is
about to walk right back into her life. And what she hoped would be a fresh
start turns into a perplexing dilemma.
Soon
Madison’s life is sent into a tailspin as she tries to juggle the demands of
her controlling boss, Hayden Parr, with her persistent desires for her long
lost sexy stranger.
Then,
just when she thinks all hope is lost, everything changes.
Madison
embarks on an education in the art of pleasure that began five years ago in the
bed of the man who captured her heart. But there is one little catch…
When
fantasies become reality, passion can turn addictive in…That Night with You.
Excerpt
1
After
stepping inside the crowded elevator, she pushed the lighted button on the
console for the thirty-third floor and eased her way to the back. She was
brushing her hand down the front of her smart blue pinstripe dress when a tall
man in a gray suit eased up next to her. Out of the corner of her eye, she
could see his dark brown wavy hair and determined profile. She didn’t want to
stare, but found herself admiring the curve of his square jaw and the cut of
his cheekbones along his clean-shaven face. When he turned to her, she
immediately lowered her eyes. The butterflies in her stomach were in a full
blown fury now, and she swallowed back the burning taste of embarrassment in
her mouth.
As she stood
there, eyes riveted to the elevator floor, she could feel his gaze on her. She
knew it, sensed him drinking in her profile. Terrified, she fought every impulse
to look up at him, and when the elevator doors closed, the car shot upward and
jostled her to the side, making her brush against him.
“Sorry,” she
whispered, keeping her focus fixed on the ugly brown tiles on the elevator
floor.
“Think
nothing of it.”
It was a
soft, seductive, deep kind of voice that a woman would want to hear from the
pillow next to her in bed.
She could
detect the slightest whiff of his cologne; spicy, but with a hint of muskiness.
Not enough to overwhelm the nose, like so many other men’s fragrances, but just
enough to tantalize the senses. With her curiosity getting the better of her,
Madison tried to edge her eyes slowly upward, hoping to catch a glimpse of him.
Unfortunately, the elevator came to a halt, the doors opened, and a rush of
people began to push for the exit.
Glancing at
the lighted console, Madison determined they had stopped on the twentieth
floor. The man beside her shuffled forward and she thought he was going to exit
the elevator, but instead he took a step closer to her.
Madison’s
heart raced as the elevator doors closed again and the car shot upward.
“First day?”
his velvety voice inquired.
She bit her
lower lip and nodded her head. Raising her eyes ever so slightly, she
concentrated on his freshly-shaved chin. “How could you tell?”
His thin
lips curled into a maddening smile. “You look absolutely terrified.”
Madison
fought to get ahold of her emotions. If he could see it, imagine what her
employer would think. She had to appear self-assured and ready to take up her
new responsibilities.
“I’m just
nervous,” she shyly admitted.
The edge of
his jacket brushed against her shoulder. “There’s nothing to be nervous about.”
His words
sent an unsettling chill throughout her body. There was something about the way
he had said it—the tone of his voice, the inflection—that reminded her of
someone she could not place. Intrigued by the stranger, she was just about to
raise her head to him when the elevator car once again jerked to a stop. When
her eyes shifted to the lighted panel, she saw they had come to a stop on the
thirty-second floor.
The man
beside her made a move toward the doors, and came to a stop right in front of
her. Madison ogled his thick, wide shoulders, the way his suit jacket hugged
his trim waist, and then her eyes drifted down to his round backside.
Someone
cleared their throat in the elevator and she instantly thought she had been
caught staring at the guy’s ass. A flush of warmth spread across her cheeks and
she clutched her purse to her side as her eyes once again plummeted to the
elevator floor. The group of people, including her stranger, moved out the
elevator door, and for an instant, Madison felt a twinge of disappointment that
she had not gotten a better look at the man. Luckily, just as the elevator
doors closed, she caught a glimpse of him, standing just outside of the doors,
staring back at her.
The jolt
that hit her body was overwhelming. His face was more than she expected;
rugged, good-looking with gray eyes, a wide forehead, and chiseled features
that would have made him the object of any woman’s fantasy. His trim figure
appeared tone and lean behind the fabric of his suit, and as he grinned back at
her, he eased his hand into his trouser pocket before dipping his head.
When the
elevator doors finally closed, Madison thought her knees were going to give
out.
What in the hell is wrong with me?
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From New Orleans, Alexandrea Weis
was raised in the motion picture industry and began writing
stories at the age of eight. In college she studied nursing and went on to
teach at a local university. After several years in the medical field, she
decided to pick up the pen once again and began her first novel, To My
Senses. Since that time she has published many novels. Infusing
the rich tapestry of her hometown into her award-winning books, she believes
that creating vivid characters makes a story memorable. Her work has been
critically acclaimed and has been continually growing in
popularity.
Alexandrea
Weis is also a certified/permitted wildlife rehabber with the La. Wildlife
and Fisheries. When she is not writing, she rescues orphaned and injured
wildlife. She is married; they live in New Orleans.
Website: http://www.alexandreaweis.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexandreaweisREVIEW:
This was my first time reading Alexandrea Weis and I liked what I read. I got a kick out of the friendship between Madison and her roommate Charlie, and their landlady Mrs. Leder is freakin' hilarious!
You get the vibe of chemistry immediately between Madison and Hayden in the elevator, and I liked the whole Madison not being sure if Hayden is who she thinks he might be, and once she realizes it you're like "finally!"
There are certain spots in this book that are predictable (you know immediately the type of woman Hayden is drawn to, even if Madison can't figure that out); but what I wished we could have read about was the resolution between Hayden and his ex. For all of the drama and chaos she caused, we didn't get the actual deets on how everything was resolved. I also would have preferred for the Adam story line to have played out a bit more than it did; that too ended somewhat abruptly.
I will give it to Madison that she stuck to her beliefs and stayed strong right up until the end, she did what she had to do, even though it sucked monkey balls all around. But it was a good ending nonetheless.
RATING
Book provided in exchange for honest review.
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