Review: 4.5 Sweet and Sexy stars story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
Now and Then has been sitting on my kindle for some time now.  After reading Bound by Brenda Rothert and loving both the story and writing style, decided to grab this one, but just never got around to it, way too many new books and just not enough time.  So yesterday when I was in the mood for a sweet romance that I would enjoy, thought it was about time I picked this up and boy am I glad I did, I haven’t been able to put it down.Emmaline was always the shy nerdy type teenager that was always overshadowed by her older sister Layla, who was the pretty cheerleader that could have any guy she wanted.  From the moment Cole Marlowe moved in across the street from Emmaline, she had a huge crush on him.  But being three years younger, he never really saw her, it was always Layla.  So upon graduation she decided to make a change with her life and off to Paris she went for 5 years to study art and when she came back she was a beautiful and much more confident women.Cole Marlowe, now a hot and sexy junior lawyer working hard to make a name for himself at the practice he was working at.  Cole had never notice Emmaline, that was until he ran into her, literally, 6 years later at a coffee shop near her work.  After that, she was all he could think about, she was all grown up, sexy and confident and the three year age difference didn’t seem to matter anymore.I absolutely loved this story, it was a nice fresh change from all the other books that are out there seem to have the same old same old story.  I loved how from the moment these two reconnected, there were sparks and butterflies, but that things started out casual and built up.  I truly enjoyed that these characters weren’t having sex and professing their undying love right away.  Their love story was a sweet one but when these two finally hooked up, boy did it have its hot and very sexy moments.  I loved how real the story and the characters were.  I really enjoyed Emmaline’s character, she was shy and timid as a teenager but after coming back from Paris she was much more confident but it was nice to see she still had her moments of feeling insecure, especially when it came to Layla and Cole.  I really liked how their relationship progressed over the story, it wasn’t perfect, they had their moments of struggle and with them keeping it from their families and his secret, it was true to real life and I love that.  Like I said it was a nice fresh change from the same old same old that I keep picking up and get bored with really quick.  This book kept me engaged from the moment it started to the moment I finished, can’t remember the last time I read a book in less than a day and a half.  So if you are looking for a great well written sweet and sexy read, you should pick this one up, I wish I hadn’t waited so long and can’t wait to dig into Layla’s story now.