Review: 4.5 ☆...great read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
Nick, the playboy of the fun group of guys, and now newly added girls, is the one that lets loose the most.  Even though he has a good, serious job as an accountant, he lives his social life like a college frat boy, refusing to settle down, find one girl and settle into a loving relationship that may lead to something more permanent and fulfilling.So, during the wedding of one of Nick's dearest and best friends, he is paired of with the bride's friend from work, Chelsea.  So the scene is set...there is a dance floor, there is booze, there is kissing and there is a proposition.  But at the end of the night, will there be more than one consequence to be paid as a result of the actions that take place?Chelsea, a seemingly sweet, naive girl seems to be WAY off the radar for a playboy like Nick.  He has one type of girl that he tends to engage sexually and casually with, and it is not a girl like Chelsea.  But after asking her to come home with him, something Chelsea has NEVER done, he sort of opens the door to the floodgates of things he never tends to experience, one of which is guilt.While the proposition did not turn out anywhere near the way Chelsea expected, or even had hoped, it seems she cannot get away from Nick, no matter how much she tries to ignore him and stay away after that night.But Chelsea decides to finally let bygones by bygones and they choose to be friends.  Then something happens and Chelsea finds herself without a home in a catastrophe that was beyond her control. She is informed of a shelter that is set up for people to stay, but she decides maybe Nick will let her stay with him, but when she gets there she gets way more than she bargained for...especially since she just left him not too long before.This book was the constant struggle and fear of a man who spent so much of his time detached and staying that way only to be smacked in the face repeatedly with feelings that were developing for a woman that he could not seem to stop hurting, so much so he renders her to a puddle of tears on more than one occasion.  But thankfully, in one redeeming moment, he actually realizes what he does and quickly remedies it, slowly starting to hate himself more and more with each passing moment.But when he reaches a point of no return when one of his teammates takes an interest in Chelsea, and after a botched attempt at getting her to embark in uncharted waters for her, his teammate begins to say things about her.  Nick is far from happy and, well...just like Tom in the last book, that's when it all clicks into place.The ending seemed perfect, and you are reminded of the bittersweet struggle that they endured.  The author alludes to the fact that there was quite the learning curve needed for Nick as he continued to try and embrace his new relationship and struggle with all the new feelings, wants and needs he had that he never had before.  But it was true...both he and Chelsea were out of their elements in their relationship together, but by embarking on the unknown together, they were able to create something that was learned together and truly theirs...Loved this story...great ending.  I wish there was more to come that highlighted then all later. Perhaps the author will put me out of my misery and do a book that lets me know how they all have made out together.