{"id":26302,"date":"2017-09-30T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=26302"},"modified":"2019-10-30T08:25:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:25:43","slug":"review-we-own-tonight-by-corinne-michaels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=26302","title":{"rendered":"Review: We Own Tonight (Second Time Around, #1) by Corinne Michaels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

4 \u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d stars!<\/b><\/p>\n

This is such a gorgeous love story \u2013 a true fairytale romance between a woman and her teenage celebrity crush. It is funny, sweet, sexy and beautifully romantic with a hero that you can\u2019t help but fall for, and a surprisingly emotional story that really pulls at the heartstrings. I couldn\u2019t put it down, and I loved this one!<\/p>\n

Heather is 38 years old and is heading out with her best friends to see Four Doors Down in concert. The boy band was her favorite when she was younger and she spent most of her teen years fantasizing about Eli Walsh, and now he\u2019s dancing and singing right in front of her, and not only that, he\u2019s looking at her\u2026 and drags her up on stage where he serenades her\u2026 and invites her backstage after the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you want to happen, Heather?\u201d
\nEli’s eyes smolder as he tugs me close.
\nOh. Fuck. Me<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After their epic encounter, Heather freaks out and runs. Eli isn\u2019t used to women running from him. So apart from being genuinely attracted to her, the fact that she doesn\u2019t appear to want him, or anything from him, is intriguing and he persistently tracks her down.<\/p>\n

Heather can\u2019t believe that her celebrity crush so clearly wants to spend time with her, but her life is difficult and she has responsibilities, challenges and significant stressors in her life and understandably doesn\u2019t have time to concentrate on anything else. And besides that \u2013 he\u2019s Eli freaking Walsh! Their lives are poles apart. But their connection is undeniable, Eli is one determined dude, and he\u2019s impossible to resist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not pushing you away I’m just living in reality.\u201d
\n\u201cThe only reality is the one we make.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I loved this story. I fell totally and completely from Eli as he worked to win Heather over. It\u2019s the first time in his life he\u2019s ever had to do so, but he throws himself in willingly, and he whole-heartedly embraces Heather, her life, and the relationship that he so desperately wants with her. It\u2019s fun, sweet and heartfelt with great banter, beautifully romantic moments and seriously hot sexy time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what if you realize I\u2019m not worth more?\u201d
\nHe shakes his head.
\n\u201cWhat if you\u2019re worth it all?\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And in the middle of this easy, natural and functional romance, there is a beautifully written dramatic element that brings the feels, and oh my Lord, it\u2019s gorgeous! I defy anybody to read this book without at least getting a little bit teary. And it only further proves just how amazing Eli is, and their strength as a couple.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do you have to be so perfect?\u201d I ask. His fingers slide against my neck and his lips brush against mine.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s only because you\u2019re meant for me. I\u2019m not perfect, baby. We\u2019re just perfect together.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are challenges that need to be faced and there are surprises along the way, but this is a couple who are wholly and soully devoted to each other despite the obstacles standing in their way, and I loved watching it all play out.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this book. It wasn\u2019t that long ago that I went to a Backstreet Boys concert and relived all of my own teen fantasies, so I was right there with Heather as she fangirled like an idiot. And then to watch this beautiful, sweet, funny big-hearted man fall madly in love and with a strong, \u2018normal\u2019 girl, was absolutely gorgeous. I love that they are older (she is 38, he is 42), I love that there is no game playing, and I love how functional it all is. And SO freaking swoony and romantic, while still with an edge of fun. My favorite kind of romance to read.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told you, we’re heading to the bus!\u201d he yells as he spins around to face the party. \u201cWe’ll be done in a few hours. I’m going to make my girlfriend scream for a bit.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Loved this one \u2013 4 stars.<\/p>\n

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Second Time Around<\/h4>\n

Each of these books easily stand alone, but the heroines are best friends, and there will be spoilers if you choose to read them out of order.<\/p>\n

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We Own Tonight (#1) <\/strong>(Heather & Eli)
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One Last Time (#2) <\/strong>(Kristin & Noah)
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Not Until You (#3) <\/strong>(Nicole & Callum)
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If I Only Knew (#4) <\/strong>(Heather & Milo)
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Check out our Corinne Michaels Author Spotlight<\/a> for more great reads<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Buy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0 |\u00a0 iBooks\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0 |\u00a0 Google Play\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback Review 4 \u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d stars! This is such a gorgeous love story \u2013 a true fairytale romance between a woman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":4,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"Product","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,49,9,29],"tags":[164,48,76],"class_list":["post-26302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","category-feeeeeeels","category-romance","category-steamy","tag-corinne-michaels","tag-review","tag-standalone"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/We-Own-Tonight.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-6Qe","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}