I’m no stranger to listening to Shane East.

She brings out the emotions from the characters like they are her own feelings. Grace’s narration always sounds like she has a smile on her face in the happy moments and a pained look when there’s a sad moment. Listening to these two characters come to a HEA was an entertaining afternoon. Part-Time Lover is a romance filled with laughter, sexy appeal and two people dancing around the idea of falling in love again as a bad thing. The deal is for three months and no love. A bargain is made between Elise and Christian to get married to help the two brothers save their family business. After the details of the wife leaving are shared, Elise feels a kinship to the brother because his wife has treated him similar to how her late husband treated her, and she wants to help. One Friday night they are out while Christian gets a call from his drunken brother who had been left by his wife. They have a sexual chemistry but neither want a relationship because of their failed marriages. They get together for non-dates and get to know each other. The two become each other’s Friday night plan. A year or so later they meet again through a friend. She shouts bravo and he invites her to meet for drinks that night but sadly the name of the bar shares a similar name to another place and they miss each other.

We met Elise in the first book, Wanderlust, and Christian has the side job of interrupting like the hero in Wanderlust, but that’s all the connection to the series, making Part-Time Lover feel like a standalone.Įlise and Christian “meet” when she sees him doing a handstand showing off his assets while on a boat tour.

Lauren blakely one time only