After the Kiss (Sex, Love & Stiletto, #1)

by Lauren Layne

Lauren Layne kicks off her Sex, Love & Stiletto series with a delightful short novel! In After the Kiss, the star columnist of Stiletto magazine will do anything for a story. Anything . . . except fall in love.

Julie Greene loves flings. Loves steamy first dates, sizzling first kisses, and every now and then, that first sexy romp between the sheets. Comfy pants, sleepy Sundays, movie nights on the couch? Shudder. But when Julie gets assigned the hardest story of her career—a first-person account of that magical shift between dating and “I do”—she’ll need a man brave enough to give a total commitment-phobe a chance at more.

Normally, Mitchell Forbes would be exactly that man. A devastatingly hot workaholic who tends to stay in relationships for far too long, he should be the perfect subject for Julie’s “research.” But what Julie doesn’t know is that Mitchell is looking to cut loose for once in his life. And the leggy journalist notorious for avoiding love is exactly the type of no-strings fling he’s looking for. In other words, Mitchell is the polar opposite of what Julie needs right now. And, at the same time, he’s exactly what she wants.

• ISBN10: 1299775772
• ISBN13: 9781299775770
• Publish Date: 1 January 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 19 May 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Loveswept
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

That was fun, sexy, smart, and swoony. In other words, it was exactly what I wanted. I have enjoyed Layne's Love Unexpectedly books, and thought I would sample some of her older books. I was not disappointed at all.

I laughed so much during the first part of the book, but as Mitchell and Julie grew closer and closer, I found myself getting all gooey and mushy, because it was really quite sweet. They had these moments, where each of them came to some major realization about the other, and it was beautiful watching them fall slowly in love. Mitchell was so easy to fall for, and these two had me shipping them pretty early on, even when they didn't think there was anything between them.

I am absolutely looking forward to reading the rest of the books in this series.

[stacey_is_sassy]

The fling became love.

I started and finished After the Kiss in one day.

This is a cute story about a journalist named Julie who writes about love in the beginning stages. Her articles talk about first dates, kissing and how thing should be done. She's an expert in the field because it's all she knows. Julie doesn't do relationships as she doesn't want to be boring and predictable like other couples she knows. Life is one big party and an endless supply of good looking dates. She loves her life and has no plans to change it.

Even though Julie is a successful writer, her boss decides that her articles need a shake up. She wants Julie to write an article on taking things to the next level. At first she is adamant she can't do it, but after a pow wow with her best friends and colleagues, Grace and Riley, she comes up with an idea of how to get the job done.

Mitchell works on Wall Street. He's just broken up from a two-year relationship and feeling on edge. At a fundraiser with Colin, a mate and work colleague, they talk about Mitchell's need to make every relationship a serious one. Mitchell decides it's time to shake thing up and change the plan.

From the beginning, this couple doesn't approach things in their usual way. She's looking for more and he's looking for less. They meet, don't particularly like each other, but are determined to get to know each other better. Both of them don't want their hearts involved so make sure to guard them.

Julie and Mitchell are keeping secrets from each other and unfortunately get found out. This puts a huge strain on their relationship.

This story was fairly short but long enough to give me what I need in a romance read. There is a decent amount of sexy times, some good laughs and a few tears. The additional characters were likeable and I look forward to Grace and Riley's stories. I really enjoyed After the Kiss.

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