Review: Tormented heroine...loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2012
****4 1/2 stars****After the fun-filled, light, and humor-laced debut Ride with Me, About Last Night takes on a completely different vibe. Darker, more sensual, with a heavier subject matter, About Last Night isa story about one woman's redemption and her tumble into love.How refreshing it was to read a romance where the heroine had the emotional baggage! Mary Catherine has had a rough life. She is currently trying to "turn over a new leaf" by leaving her old self-destructive behavior behind. This character broke my heart. The pain she has experienced in her past with the loss of several loved ones has left her broken, weary, and terrified of commitment.Nev enters her life and threatens all the walls that she has carefully constructed around her heart. Nev is an English hero, and I swear I could hear his English accent while I was reading this book! I am a sucker for English heroes, and this one was almost too good to be true. A true beta-type hero, he was very loving, concerned, and considerate towards Cath and her needs. However, in the bedroom, he shed his "beta" and became very much the one in control. These scenes are some of my favorites in the book, and the writing is so excellent that I found myself re-reading entire sections over and over!This is, at it's core, a story about redemption. Mary Catherine looks at her past with nothing but regret and pain, and yet Nev shows her the beauty in what she has overcome. I loved the character of Mary Catherine, and watching her step out of the darkness of her past into the light of her future was a beautiful thing to behold.The ending was so sweet that I ended this book with a silly grin on my face. For some it was unbelievable and sappy, but for me, it was exactly what I was looking for! Kuddos to Ruthie Knox:)Thank you to Random House, Netgalley, and Ruthie Knox for providing me this Advanced Readers copy!