Review: Great read !
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
Arc provided by Netgalley for an honest review!"Awakening," such an apt title for this book, the author, Ms Holmes could not have chosen a better name, because for your main Charachter Nora Young I is all about awakening to her desires, sexual and professional.Nora Young is finding herself more and more dissatisfied with the status quo, but from her boyfriend Darren's eyes what could be wrong; he sees her twice a week, they have a routine, their on track for marriage and a family . Does Nora not see this? Why does she keep on talking of going to law school and now she wants to change their sex life too!By this point much more of Darren and I was going to fall asleep, I was amazed poor Nora was not in a coma, well maybe she was.Thank goodness for girlfriends and Birthdays, for a wake me up!Nora goes out to a club with the girls to celebrate their freind Shelia's birthday , freinds , drinks , conversation oh and dancing, but not originally for Nora, because when the group of guys comes over and asks to dance Nora declines,that is until sexy, built stranger comes up behind her and asks setting Nora's whole body to humming, Nora cuts loose grinding her hips with his swaying to the music, the Chemestry is instantaneous and hot and suddenly the music ends and hot and sexy is gone!Nora has a horrible night sleep , she keeps dreaming of Mr hot and sexy from the club, she looks like hell and feels like it too; not a good day for it she has a meeting at work with representatives from the law firm about their corporate meeting. Nora works as a event planner which she excels at due to her exceptional organizational skills, which is why she as assigned the law firms event.Nora's Ppoitment arrives from the law firm and in walks mr hot and sex y from the club the night before Ryan Cole, who does not give any hint of recognizing Nora and comes off as arrogant and stuck up!Ryan can not believe the women of his dreams is the Event planner , Nora Young! Ryan tries to maintain a proffessional atmosphere whil his aunt Mrs Foster a senior partner is present but once she leaves and h is left to oversee , he caves and acknowledges Nora and the heat is still there, one problem she has a boyfreind .Issues only get worse with Darren and that relationship comes to an end , Nora oddly relieved even though 3 years with Darren came to a pretty bad ending ! Ryan grabs the opportunity to take Nora out ; they get hot and heavy pretty quickly but it is obvious he is hiding something from Nora, bu she is happy and unsure of rocking the proverbial boat. Her sex life has never been better , she can discuss changing her life and going back to school without being put down by Darren because Ryan is nothing but supportive . Ryan takes her to meet his family at. A holiday barbecue and unfortunately his x- girlfreind is there and suggests that what Ryan is into and hiding from Nora is offensive, which leads Nora and Ryan discussing the secret , which he. Agrees to reveal to her, but show her not tell her ?Will Nora , think Ryan's secret is a relationship breaker, will she think its hot? Will the law firms event go off well? Will Darren cause issues for Nora? Will Nora go back to law school?So many questions to get answered , guess you will just have to read to find the answers ! Well written ,lots of sexual tension, great sexual encounter scenes and a journey of Awakening, not just for Nora but a bit of an awakening for Ryan also! Author reveals secrets slowly , but well worth the wait in the plot line, gets pretty hot!