Thursday, October 18, 2018

Best Laid Plans by LK Farlow

       

     
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ABOUT THE BOOK
The summer before my senior year of high school I had only one goal: to make Alden Warner see me as more than his best friend’s annoying little sister.

Finally, my wish came true and he noticed me. In a big way. Too bad that the next morning he had no memory of our night together, leaving me heartbroken, and as I later discovered…pregnant.

For the last four years, I’ve been rocking the single mom thing, making sure my daughter comes first. In fact, everything is going fine—until Alden storms back into my life, as my new boss.

His reappearance wasn’t something I planned for. Add my nosy, meddlesome three-year-old and an overprotective brother, and I’m obviously in way over my head.

My only hope now is that I can sway Alden to see things my way…but you know what they say about the best laid plans…

            
    
EXCERPT
There’s something in the air that feels charged. The kind of energy that says anything could happen. The song changes and I close my eyes, hoping like hell I’m not misreading him. Blinking them back open, I scan the room for my brother—he’s nowhere in sight—good.
I set off toward Alden, hips still swaying, and he noticed. Oh, he notices. When I get close, he takes two steps bringing us toe-to-toe. “Small Fry,” he murmurs, his voice a little slurred. Feeling bold, I run the tip of my index finger down his chest. “Dance with me?”
He too scans the room before spinning me and pulling me into him. With my ass nestled against him…oh, God…he’s hard. He grips my hips and we move together, every roll, every dip completely in sync.
I startle when his lips come down on my neck. “When did you get so fucking hot?”
My stomach—and things lower—clench. This could be it! He’s finally noticing you! The boy you’ve always loved is noticing you! my brain shouts at me.
I grind back into him and turn my face up to his. “It’s not my fault it took you so long to notice.”
Alden smirks down at me and steps away. I instantly mourn the loss of his heat. But then, he takes my hand and sets off for the stairs. Before I know it, we’re in the guest room he always stays in when he spends the night. He sits down on the edge of the bed and loops his index fingers in my belt loops, tugging me forward.
He flicks open the button to my jeans and I gasp, shocked and turned on by his boldness. A boy my age would never dare. When he begins pulling them down my legs, my breathing accelerates. Just as quickly, he strips me of my shirt, leaving me in nothing more than my matching bra and panty set—though, the bra doesn’t last long.
I think I shock both of us when I say, “What about you?”
He drags his hands around to my ass, squeezing it, before trailing up over my sides and to my breast. “What about me, Small Fry?” “Are you gonna take your clothes off too?”
He leans forward and takes one of my breasts into his mouth. I moan at the foreign sensation. I’ve heard Alyssa talk about how good it feels, but this…this is beyond anything I could have ever imagined. “Do you want me to?”
“Y-yes.” I can hardly get the word out due to the sensations rioting through my body.
He quickly shucks off his clothes and strips me of my thong. He kisses my right hip and then lower before rolling us so that he is poised above me. I’m not sure which has me feeling more drunk—the two beers and shot I took earlier, or Alden’s touch. “You sure, Small Fry?”
“More than ever,” I murmur, meaning with my entire being.

               

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 
LK Farlow (A.K.A Kate) is a small town girl with a love for words. She's been writing stories for as long she can remember. A Southern girl through and through, Kate resides in beautiful, sunny LA--that's Lower Alabama, y'all--with her amazing husband and three rambunctious children. When she's not writing, you can find her snuggled up on the couch watching car shows while she crochets or with her nose in a book.
         
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This book was pretty great but it starts off in a painful way. At the start of the story the heroine, Natalie/Nat is in love with the hero, Alden, her brothers bestie and a close family friend. She is 17 and he is 20 and they both get drunk and have sex. But he has no clue it happens and he pretty much breaks her heart. That was the hardest part for me for this story because I fell pretty hard for Nat. Then the story continues on and Nat watches as Alden gets into a long term relationship and she finds out she is pregnant. She makes some decisions trying to protect Alden and that is where the first part of the story ends.

The story then picks up 4 years later and Alden who has been engaged and living in Europe is heading home to run a restaurant that was in his family. It just so happened that Nat now works there. nd that is how the two fall into lust again. This time Alden is the pursuer and he wants Nat very badly but Nat knows he needs to know the truth and that is really what this story is about.

Nat has some really BIG secrets and it rocks not only Alden but her and his entire family. This was my favorite part of the book as everyone has to decide how to forgive her. She was a 117 year old girl who had some big decisions to make and I loved that she owns her decisions, good or bad.

This was wonderfully written and all the characters were pretty wonderful and I absolutely loved this story. The only part I did not like is that Nat never was with anyone but Alden and while I understood it to some degree I wish she had someone else as Alden was with this other woman longterm.

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