Leave The Night On
by Laura Trentham
Summary:
Contemporary Romance
Love, betrayal, and sweet revenge—life in Cottonbloom is about to
get a whole lot hotter . . .
Sutton Mize is known for lavishing attention on the customers who flock to her boutique on the wealthy side of her Mississippi town. So when she finds a lace thong in her fiancé’s classic cherry-red Camaro, she knows just who she sold it to: her own best friend. In an instant, Sutton’s whole world goes up in flames. . .
Wyatt Abbott has harbored a crush on Sutton since he was a young kid from the other side of the tracks. He witnessed Sutton’s shocking discovery in the Camaro at his family-owned garage—and it made him angry. What kind of man could take lovely, gorgeous Sutton for granted? But then Sutton comes up with an idea: Why not give her betrothed a taste of his own medicine and pretend that she’s got a lover of her own? Wyatt is more than happy to play the hot-and-heavy boyfriend. But what begins as a fictional affair soon develops into something more real, and more passionate, than either Sutton or Wyatt could have imagined. Could it be that true love has been waiting under the hood all along?
Sutton Mize is known for lavishing attention on the customers who flock to her boutique on the wealthy side of her Mississippi town. So when she finds a lace thong in her fiancé’s classic cherry-red Camaro, she knows just who she sold it to: her own best friend. In an instant, Sutton’s whole world goes up in flames. . .
Wyatt Abbott has harbored a crush on Sutton since he was a young kid from the other side of the tracks. He witnessed Sutton’s shocking discovery in the Camaro at his family-owned garage—and it made him angry. What kind of man could take lovely, gorgeous Sutton for granted? But then Sutton comes up with an idea: Why not give her betrothed a taste of his own medicine and pretend that she’s got a lover of her own? Wyatt is more than happy to play the hot-and-heavy boyfriend. But what begins as a fictional affair soon develops into something more real, and more passionate, than either Sutton or Wyatt could have imagined. Could it be that true love has been waiting under the hood all along?
Review:
I loved the characters
and setting for Leave the Night On. Sutton Mize and Wyatt Abbott are true to
their southern roots. Instead of the right or wrong side of the tracks we have
the right and wrong side of the Mississippi River. Sutton lives on the right side,
Wyatt on the wrong but they still manage to connect. Sutton finds out a
cheating fiancée is a blessing while Wyatt gets the girl of his dreams. Along
the way Wyatt encourages Sutton to follow her dream and Sutton helps Wyatt deal
with some very difficult family matters. There are three other Abbott brothers
who need a HEA so Cottonwood should feel the heat as more Abbott's find romance
but not without problems.
Chapter Two Excerpt:
Chapter Two
Sutton stared at the lace concoction.
From La Perla’s fall collection. Fine Italian lace. Ridiculously expensive for
something so small. A special order with the addition of a small embroidered
heart to sit at the owner’s hipbone. Oh yes, she was acquainted with the
underwear but not intimately acquainted. She’d ordered them through Abigail’s
Boutique, but not for herself. She was too practical.
Wyatt Abbott shook them even closer
to her face, obviously expecting her to take them. The thought of touching the
lace made her shrink against the driver’s door, and she fumbled for the handle,
finally finding it and yanking. The door opened and her momentum sent her to
the shop floor on her butt.
Her skirt bunched around her thighs,
probably high enough for Wyatt Abbott to see her simple cotton pink panties
from Victoria’s Secret. The fact they weren’t white was the wildest she got.
She’d even waited for them to go on sale. With a bruised ego and bottom, she
scrambled up.
Wyatt hadn’t moved. His mouth was
parted, still in a slight smile, the panties dangling from his fingers. Instead
of the roil of emotions gaining steam inside of her, she concentrated on his
hands. They were rough-looking and callused. The nails were short but lined
with grease. And they were big. They built things. Fixed things. Put things
back together.
A darkness came over his face,
clouding his earlier good-humor and giving him an edge of danger she hadn’t
sensed through his teasing. Instead of getting out of the car from the door, he
stood up on the passenger seat, stepped to the driver’s seat, and hopped next
to her, the black lace of her betrayal dangling in his hand.
“What’s the problem?” he asked.
A jackhammering noise from the other
bay filled the space so she didn’t have to. The crazy thing was that she had
sensed something wrong. Something had been wrong pretty much since she and
Andrew had gotten engaged.
Author Bio:
Author Bio:
An award-winning author, Laura Trentham was born and raised in a
small town in Tennessee. Although, she loved English and reading in high
school, she was convinced an English degree equated to starvation. She chose
the next most logical major—Chemical Engineering—and worked in a hard hat and
steel toed boots for several years.
She writes sexy, small town contemporaries and smoking hot Regency historicals. The first two books of her Falcon Football series were named Top Picks by RT Book Reviews magazine. Then He Kissed Me, a Cottonbloom novel, was named as one of Amazon’s best romances of 2016. When not lost in a cozy Southern town or Regency England, she's shuttling kids to soccer, helping with homework, and avoiding the Mt. Everest-sized pile of laundry that is almost as big as the to-be-read pile of books on her nightstand.
She writes sexy, small town contemporaries and smoking hot Regency historicals. The first two books of her Falcon Football series were named Top Picks by RT Book Reviews magazine. Then He Kissed Me, a Cottonbloom novel, was named as one of Amazon’s best romances of 2016. When not lost in a cozy Southern town or Regency England, she's shuttling kids to soccer, helping with homework, and avoiding the Mt. Everest-sized pile of laundry that is almost as big as the to-be-read pile of books on her nightstand.
Social Links:
Twitter- @LauraTrentham
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