Only With You (The Best Mistake #1) by Lauren Layne
Publication Date: July 29th 2014 by Forever
About the book:
Love is the Biggest Gamble of All . . .My Thoughts:
Cocktail waitress Sophie Dalton doesn't exactly have a life plan. She's perfectly happy being everyone's favorite party girl. But when a Las Vegas bachelorette party goes awry and an uptight businessman mistakes Sophie for a prostitute . . . well, Sophie wonders if it's time to reevaluate her priorities. Swearing off her thigh-high boots for good, Sophie slinks back home with damaged pride-and a jackpot of a hangover.
Yet what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there. On a trip to Seattle to open a new office, Grayson Wyatt meets his latest employee-who turns out to be the same woman he recently called a hooker. Wealthy and gorgeous, Gray is a man used to getting what he wants. And it doesn't take long to figure out that smart, sassy, sexy Sophie is everything he's been looking for. As their late nights at the office turn into hot morning-afters, they realize their Vegas misunderstanding may lead to the real thing . . .
I’m a big fan of Lauren Layne. She excels at writing fun, flirty romances
with clever banter, humor, and plenty of steam!
Only With You was an antagonistic romance with plenty of sexual tension
and build up, a romance between two complete opposites.
Sophie and Gray meet in Las Vegas when she’s on her way
dressed up in costume for a bachelorette party.
She’s dressed very trashy and provocative, and Gray mistakes her for a
hooker, treating her with condescension and judgment. There is a reason for
Gray’s strong reaction, but still I wanted to knee him in balls for poor Sophie’s
sake. The interaction left Sophie so
utterly humiliated, she comes back home to Seattle and sets out to change her
life. She starts by quitting her bartending job without another lined up. Not the
brightest move, but hey, no one’s perfect.
Sophie thought she’d never have to lay eyes on the
cold-hearted and arrogant Gray until he shows up at her family’s Sunday dinner
as her perfect sister, Brynn’s date. Both
are completely horrified but what’s worse is when the news gets out that Sophie
quit her job she somehow gets roped into working for Gray as his new personal assistant.
Can anyone say: awkward?!!
Can’t say I was thrilled with Gray dating Sophie’s sister,
but thankfully Brynn and Gray had lukewarm chemistry and a relationship more
suited to a brother and sister rather than lovers. Still, I wish the whole
thing dissolved a little quicker and that Gray wasn’t still considering Brynn just
because she looked good on paper.
Only With You was a little different from Lauren Layne’s
other stories I’ve read. Gray and
Sophies’s relationship was more adversarial than the others, in my opinion. Gray was a tough nut to crack for most of the
book with only miniscule hints of vulnerability peeking through at times. I have
to give it to Sophie, she had a lot more self-control and understanding than I
would have. I think I would’ve told Gray to go get stuffed very early on. I guess she did do just that on many
occasions with snarky and well placed digs, but still she seemed very tolerant
of him. Sophie was just so sweet, outgoing
and charming; everything Gray has come to distrust because of a past love gone
wrong. I do have to admit I’d be a
little more guarded after what happened, too.
He had put his heart on the line, got it ripped out and handed back to
him. He wasn’t as cold and closed off
until he got burned.
Sophie and Gray danced around their physical attraction for
so long I just wanted to scream “just flipping kiss her already!” Time and time Sophie put herself out there
only to be disappointed. But slowly, somehow
Sophie is able to see through Gray’s cold exterior and break through a
little. I felt terrible at times for
Sophie and admired how she could pick herself back up and resolve not to let
Gray affect her positive outlook.
As I said, I’m a huge fan of Lauren Layne. Her romances
always make me laugh, swoon and smile. Only
With You was not my favorite of her stories but it was still an enjoyable read.
The situation with the sister does sound awkward! I've been meaning to read Layne's books bc of your reviews. So glad you enjoyed Only With You!
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