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Audiobook is coming in September and will be narrated by Zachary Webber and Mackenzie Cartwright!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TO: Alex Vega<\/b><\/p>\n FROM: Emilia Stiles<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n SUBJECT: Hello<\/b><\/p>\n D<\/span>ear Mr. Vega,<\/span><\/p>\n I felt it necessary to follow up on today\u2019s meeting, since we weren\u2019t able to speak candidly in front of your son.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I was shocked to discover that <\/span>you<\/span><\/i> are Ryder\u2019s dad. Given that your ex-wife will be out of the country for a while and you are currently his primary caregiver, I\u2019m sure you understand why we need to establish boundaries and etiquette. I think it would be best if we just pretend that we met in person for the first time today.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Your son is a very bright (flirtatious and talkative) student and since his education is a top priority for both of us, I hope I can count on you to respectfully refrain from grinning at me, using that sexy tone of voice, and undressing me with your annoyingly beautiful brown eyes if we should happen to interact with each other again in the future.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Thanks so much,<\/span><\/p>\n Miss Stiles<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n TO: Emilia Stiles<\/b><\/p>\n FROM: Alex Vega<\/b><\/p>\n SUBJECT: Re: Well, hello again\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n Dear Miss Stiles,<\/span><\/p>\n G<\/span>reat to hear from you. My son\u2019s education is indeed a top priority. As such, I respectfully agree to refrain from doing all of the aforementioned things.<\/span><\/p>\n However, I can\u2019t promise to stop thinking about that kiss at the bar this summer. I\u2019ve been thinking about it for the past month. It\u2019s interesting how humorless and uptight you are about my son\u2019s totally awesome personality, given that I have personally witnessed just how flirtatious and talkative you yourself can be when mildly intoxicated.<\/span><\/p>\n Y<\/span>ou\u2019re so welcome,<\/span><\/p>\n Alex<\/span><\/p>\n P.S. I volunteered to be a chaperone for your next field trip. See you then.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add to your Goodreads TBR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5 hot and hilarious stars!<\/b><\/p>\n Oh, I love this book! Funny, sexy and romantic with a beautiful, functional romance and characters that you cannot help but love, I was sucked right into this story and couldn\u2019t put it down.<\/p>\n This book is the third in a series of standalones by Kayley Loring, featuring a trio of friends who starred in TV show as teens, and are now all grown up and finding their HEAs. I have loved each of these books so much! Sleeper<\/em> and Charmer<\/em>\u00a0told the stories of Shane and Nico (respectively), and now it\u2019s Alex\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n Single father, film director and one of Hollywood\u2019s hottest bachelors, Alex Vega is completely devoted to two things \u2013 his seven year old son, and his career. Quiet homebody Emilia Stiles has left her old life behind and is starting over with a new teaching job in LA. They are both dragged out by friends to a club where neither of them particularly want to be, but from the moment they lay eyes on each other, sparks fly. They flirt, share some hot moments and a seriously intense kiss before their night comes to an unexpected end, after which they both lament their missed opportunity at something they know could have been more.<\/p>\n So, imagine their surprise when it turns out that Emilia is the teacher of Alex\u2019s son, Ryder! It takes them several snarky teacher\/parent email conversations before they actually realise who the other is, and Alex\u2019s blunt sarcasm is a fantastic counter to Emilia\u2019s eager perkiness, and their dynamic is freaking hilarious! Add Ryder to the picture, and it\u2019s pure magic!<\/p>\n The build-up for the big reveal is absolutely fantastic, as is the moment itself, and though they are thrilled to have found each other again, Emilia\u2019s position as Ryder\u2019s teacher puts them in a forbidden-ish situation. But that doesn\u2019t stop Alex from making his play. So, we get pages and pages of flirting, banter and bickering, hot looks and teasing touches, and every moment of it awesome! The sexual tension builds fantastically, and it is a deliciously slow burn as each encounter between them sizzles with chemistry until they finally reach their breaking point. And holy, hot damn, it\u2019s a hot and wildly passionate ride for these two!<\/p>\n Emilia is somehow every boyish fantasy, ever divorced dad practical wish, and every filthy grown man desire that I\u2019ve ever had. She\u2019s brought a weary part of me back to life, and I want to give it all back to her. Every night and day.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n I just love Alex and Emilia together. They are open and honest with each other, everything that happens between them is easy and natural, and they\u2019re so damn functional! Their relationship has its challenges, but they communicate well, and their email and text conversations are gold! They know where they stand with each other, they don\u2019t hide anything, they just have this massive hurdle between them that they need to get around. And it\u2019s a wildly entertaining, sexy, sweet, funny and swoonily romantic journey watching them do just that.<\/p>\n I cup her face in my hands. \u201cIn case you\u2019re wondering\u2026\u201d I kiss her forehead. \u201cI\u2019m falling in love with you. Hard and fast, and I refuse to stop.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n And God, this book made me laugh so many times! Both Alex and Emilia are so funny, but there is also little Ryder who is freaking hilarious, Emilia\u2019s outrageous best friend, and the fabulousness that is Alex, Shane and Nico together, and there were so many scenes that made me laugh so hard.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re leaving in like five minutes,\u201d Shane says apologetically. \u201cI promised Willa I\u2019d pick up matzo ball soup from Canter\u2019s on the way home.\u201d This book was all win for me. It\u2019s such a happy read, and just what I needed. I fell in mad love with these characters, and got completely swept up in their love story which is equal parts funny, sweet, filthy, and beautifully romantic.<\/p>\n Such a fantastic read \u2013 5 stars!<\/p>\n An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Single parents in Hollywood<\/strong><\/p>\n Sleeper (#1)<\/strong> (Shane & Willa) Charmer (#2)<\/strong> (Nico & Kat) Troublemaker (#3)<\/strong> (Alex & Emilia) Merrymaker (#4) <\/strong>(Elijah & Cloe) <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instagram\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Facebook Reader Group<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Troublemaker by Kayley Loring is LIVE!!\u00a0 A teacher is about to get schooled in matters of the heart by a single dad and his young son. #One-click today! 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\n\u201cAnd I promised Kat I wouldn\u2019t stay here past ten because I don\u2019t want to.\u201d
\n\u201cI knew it.\u201d I shake my head. It\u2019s barely ten o-clock. \u201cI should have come earlier. But I didn\u2019t want to.\u201d
\n\u201cPar-tayyyy!\u201d Shane flashes the sign of the horns with his hands, and then we all show each other the latest pictures of our kids like total badasses.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\nName in Lights<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Before writing steamy romantic comedy novels, Kayley Loring got a BFA in creative writing from a Canadian university and had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name). She mostly wrote PG-13 family comedies that studios would pay her lots of money for and then never make into movies. In 2017 she decided to move to the Pacific Northwest and write about all the fun stuff that she wasn\u2019t allowed to write about in those PG-13 scripts. Now she\u2019s breathing cleaner air and writing dirtier words. It\u2019s an adjustment she\u2019s happily getting used to.<\/p>\n