One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him.
But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation—and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out—Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume—her sweet, filthy fling—to France for the summer and just…play.
When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away
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Lauren Billings (but everyone calls her Lo) has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and before she made writing her full-time job, would spend her days doing nerdy research-type things wearing a lab coat and goggles. She is silly Mommy to two littles, wife to one mountain biking homebrewing scientist, bestie to a shoe-stealer, and an unabashed lover of YA and romance.
Christina Hobbs (but you’ll always hear Lo call her PQ) used to spend her days in a junior high counseling office surrounded by teenagers. Married to the cutest boy in school, she has a thirteen year old daughter, is an unapologetic lover of boy bands and glitter, and also likes to steal Lo’s shoes.
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3.5 - 4 SWEET FILTHY FRENCH STARS
As the Synopsis says – Mia has to decide what is right for her…
This story takes you on Mia’s journey. Told in her POV, she is looking for her place in life.
Mia is shy and beautiful, your regular girl next door. She has great friends. A new college graduate, she has a normal life, with your every day issues which stem from a major accident she was involved in. She seems to be constantly dealing with some sort of anxiety like body image, suffering from stuttering, guilt, panic and fear of her future. She also has to deal with an annoyingly stern father.
All she wants is to live life for herself – not anyone else. She doesn’t want to live under her father’s rules or decisions, but finds it difficult to make the break from him as she still depends on him. Making that break from her father is a constant nagging issue for her. He comes across as forever putting pressure on her to take a different direction in life which leaves her feeling a lot of anxiety about her future. (Until she meets Ansel – will he change her world?)
Graduating College, her last hurrah with her friends is spent in Vegas.
After a drunken night in Vegas she ends up married to Ansel. Her Sweet, Filthy French Boy. But doesn’t remember much other than the flashbacks she has and the letter she wrote to herself. And that feeling that she has, that for some reason, she can depend on him and trust him – but doesn’t understand why?
“I want to love all of my life as much as I love this night.”
Ansel seems so sincere and honest with her and she feels his honesty, but can’t believe they are married.
She feels instantly drawn to Ansel when they meet, the connection for her is a little unbelievable – as she has never been so open and honest with anyone but her girlfriends. From the moment she sees Ansel across the bar – she is drawn to him.
“It’s too good,” he says against my lips. “It’s so good, Cerise.”
Ansel is so into Mia. The way he talks to her, gets to know her, and treats her. Mia is so caught up in how Ansel considers her. Throughout the story; she takes little time getting to really know him until very late into the book. I would have liked to have learned more about Ansel throughout this whole book. But OMG the sex is hot. Ansel devours her every possible way he can. Leaving Mia always wanting more. Needing more.
He is definitely sexy, funny, sweet, impulsive, charming, filthy and French – need I say more. He also harbors some secrets which adds a twist to the storyline which, honestly, I did not see coming. And I hated him for keeping the secret from Mia.
So….. Mia is faced with a major decision she needs to make. Annul the marriage and go home and prepare for Business School (much to her father’s pleasure and her distress), or go with Ansel to France and spend the summer in Paris and play with him. I know what I would have chosen….
What will she choose? What decisions and difficulties will she be faced with? Will it all work out in the end?
“I’m lost in you.”
I gasp, nodding frantically.
“Me, too.”
“What you feel, Cerise? I feel it, too. Fuck, Mia, I feel everything for you.”
Hopefully not giving too much away - I liked and enjoyed the story. It was a quick, fun read, with lots of hot melting sex, humor, awkwardness, great supporting characters and the sex and role play scenes were sizzling.
Review by Trish
Sometimes what happens in Vegas just can't say in Vegas.What's a gal to do when she wakes up with a ring on her finger after a wild night with a hot sexy frenchman? Are Mia and Ansel going to be like their friends and get a quick annulment or is there a reason they tied the knot?
Mia and her friends are in Vegas to celebrate their college graduation. Ansel and his friends are in Vegas for a quick vacation. Mia's future looks bleak from her point of view - ever since Mia's accident she can't have the future she wants so she is letting her dad force her into getting a business degree. Ansel's future isn't looking too much different - he's taking a break from a high profile case and knows he will be working himself into the ground as soon as he gets back.
Mia's friends are shocked that she had a wild night with Ansel, you see Mia is very shy and stutters around everybody but her friends and family. With Ansel, Mia is different - she has been chatting up a storm and telling him everything about herself including the details of her accident. Ansel's friends aren't surprised - Ansel has always been getting himself into one mishap or another.
Mia's friends and Ansel's friends go get their Vegas marriages annulled but not Mia and Ansel. During their wild night, Ansel promised Mia that he would not annul their marriage until the fall. Ansel tries to talk Mia into coming to Paris for the summer so they can get to know one another better. Mia has no plans to go to Paris with Ansel and heads home.
After Mia gets home, she can't stop thinking about Ansel and decides to pack her bags and head to Paris. Ansel is thrilled she is joining him. Ansel wants Mia to take the summer and figure out what she wants to do with her life instead of running from what she can no longer do. Mia really wants Ansel to stop working so much and spend time exploring their attraction to one another.
Sweet Filthy Boy is the story of Mia's exploration of Paris and the attraction that she has for Ansel. It's about them falling in like and letting their bodies say what their mouths can't or won't. It's about Mia facing her future as something other than a professional ballet dancer. It's also about Ansel keeping secrets from Mia and whether or not they can overcome the aftermath of those secrets coming to light.
Sweet Filthy Boy has so much more to offer than just steamy romance; the antics of the zany cast of characters had me laughing throughout the book. It was very well written and the author did a good job of keeping the reader (me) engaged in the story. I can't wait to read Harlow's book next.
Review by Carmie
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