Title: BEST LAID PLANS OF BOYS AND MEN
Series: N/A
Author: Anne Conley
Publish Date: 01.15.15
Publisher: Anne Conley
Category /Genre: Contemporary Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Received from: Anne Conley (in exchange for an honest review)
Tour by: My Family’s Heart
Goodreads link: Best Laid Plans of Boys and Men
Date completed: 01.15.15
Description from the publisher:
The Best Laid Plans of Boys and Men
tells the story of the whirlwind May/December romance between Taylor and
Alexander. While Taylor is completely caught off guard by Alexander’s maturity
and the difference between him and every other boy she’s dated, Alexander’s
busy trying to figure out how to tell her he’s the lawyer suing her pants off.
This is a standalone story of approximately 30 thousand words, not part of any of Anne Conley’s series.
This is a standalone story of approximately 30 thousand words, not part of any of Anne Conley’s series.
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A birthday present from Anne
Conley!!
Not part of a series, this story
shows that Anne Conley is not a one-dimensional author. Her paranormal romance Four Winds series is
fabulous. Every book in her
contemporary, country romance series set in Serendipity, TX is
swoon-worthy. Now we are blessed with
Taylor and Alexander, a May-December romance full of angst, fun, lust, and
love.
It is a well-known fact that girls
mature faster than boys, so it surprises me that a May-December romance is
still found to be odd. Though this is
not the type of relationship that Taylor consciously sought, she is pleased to
realize that dating an older man has amazing perks. Unfortunately for Alexander, one of the perks
is understanding that while he is completely taken with her, there is no way to
avoid the hurt that he will cause her when she discovers why he was in her
salon the day the met.
She knows it, but I’m telling ya’all
– I will not miss a book written by Anne Conley!
Grammar/editing: A – near perfect (book
received as an unedited ARC)
Stories
of Serendipity Series:
- Neighborly Complications
- Dream On
- Chef's Delight
- Hot Mess
- Falling for Him
- Gambling on Love
- My Mistake
- Wrecked
- Saving Charlie
The Four Winds series:
- Falling for Heaven
- Falling for Grace
- Falling for Hope
- Falling for Faith
- Falling for Sin (coming soon)
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Best Laid Plans of Boys and Men
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“Well,
well, well…” Sandra’s gaze turned
mischievous, and Taylor turned to see who had captured her attention. And promptly lost all ability to breathe. She was barely
aware of Sandra’s muttered curses as she wiggled into the pocket of her jeans
to extract the money, throwing it at Tess across the table.
Alexander
had gone home to change as well. Gone was
the suit and tie. A pair of jeans and a
black button-down shirt graced his long, lean body. The shirt fit well over his broad shoulders,
sleeves rolled up to expose tan, corded forearms.
“Holy…” She
took a sip of her drink, sucking it down to the ice to cool the pooling warmth
inside. Her heart was beating fast,
slamming against her chest painfully.
Taylor watched his gaze travel the crowded club before finding them
seated along the edge in the curved booth.
His arctic blue eyes flashed from searching to triumphant to predatory
in an instant, and the pool of warmth spread through her core.
With each
step closer, Taylor found less breathable air.
“Holy
hell. That man can wear a pair of jeans
like nobody’s business.” Sandra was in
awe, and the thought crossed Taylor’s mind that he was closer to Sandra’s age
than hers. She had no business starting
something with him, anyway; maybe she should just fork him over.
Except his
eyes never wavered from hers. As soon as
he’d seen them, his gaze had latched onto hers, leaching inhibitions right and
left. Her tongue snaked out and swept
across her bottom lip, followed by her teeth, and she caught her hand fiddling
with the neckline of her top.
Subconscious signals flowed from her before she realized what she was
doing.
She was
glad to see him.
He flashed
a grin at them before sliding into the booth next to Taylor, and she had a
sudden understanding of the term panty-melting.
His smile certainly did things to her insides that nobody else had
managed to do. Ever.
His
proximity was doing things too. He
smelled clean and fresh, his woodsy aftershave wafting to her unencumbered by
smells of permanent solution, hair dyes, and shampoo. His thigh brushed against hers, and tingles
erupted in her stomach.
“Ladies,”
he greeted them. Holding his hand out to
shake the boy’s hand, he introduced himself, “Alexander.”
The guy,
whose diatribe about his hair had trailed off with the women’s shift of focus,
flashed a confident smile. “Lucas. Nice to meet you, man.” Taylor watched the handshake, both men’s
hands white-knuckled with exerted pressure.
She hid her smile behind her fingers.
Lucas wrapped his arm possessively around Tess, who didn’t seem to mind
much, and Alexander visibly relaxed.
Okay, so he
wasn’t threatened by the attention to Tess.
For some reason, that thought comforted Taylor, but not for long. His voice in her ear sent a whole slew of
uncomfortable thoughts racing through her body.
“Can I
crash girls’ night if I buy you ladies drinks?”
“Of course!
I’ll have another margarita, Taylor
needs another cranberry vodka, and Tess is drinking the draft bock.” Sandra had the hearing of a bat. Taylor had always been amazed at how well she
could hear clients talking over the noise in the shop, and tonight was no
exception.
When
Alexander looked at her for confirmation, she nearly got lost in the pools of
blue piercing her, offering a meek nod of acceptance. As he slid out of their booth with the grace
of a cat, she felt a pang of loss at the sudden coolness that replaced his body
heat.
She fanned
herself absently, mentally chiding her body’s physical reaction.
“You gonna
tap that?” Lucas was watching her, an
amused look on his face.
“Excuse
me?”
“That’s a
manther if I’ve ever seen one.” He
tossed back his beer in one motion and settled back with an excited gleam in
his eyes.
Tess
laughed uproariously, and Taylor couldn’t hide her confusion.
Sandra
explained, “The male equivalent of a cougar is what he means.”
“How do you
guys even know he’s here for me? You’re
closer to his age. What if he’s here to
pick you up?” she asked Sandra.
“He’s not,
honey. I guarantee you.”
“Yeah, he
looks like he wants to fuck you senseless,” Lucas added.
“Well, I
wouldn’t have put it nearly that eloquently…”
Alexander slid into the space next to Taylor, replacing the heat which
had left with him. She watched him as a
slight blush rose to his cheeks. Or was
it a flame like the one tickling her insides right now? Or the one that was rippling across her own
skin?
He held out
a hand to her with two drinks in it, one hers, and one a clear amber liquid,
presumably his. The way he cradled both
glasses in his palms lent an intimacy to the glasses flush against each other. She took both and placed his on the table
while he handed the others around. Those
hands…
Grateful
for the drink, she took a rather large sip, not wanting to see Alexander’s
reaction to Lucas. Even though Lucas’s
attention had been diverted to something Tess was whispering in his ear, Taylor
still couldn’t look up enough to gauge anybody’s reaction.
Except
Sandra’s, who loudly announced someone had to get up because she wanted to
dance.
Alexander
gracefully slid back out, holding out his hand to Taylor to help her. When she took it, his smooth fingers caressed
her palm seductively as he lifted her out of the booth. The shudder wracking her body could not be
suppressed. What was it about this guy? Nobody had ever made her body do these
things, and she barely knew him.
An overwhelming
desire to explore the attraction consumed her.
Her eyes lifted to his, and once again, his crystalline blue gaze
pierced her. She sipped on her drink, ignoring Sandra behind her and asked, “Do
you want to dance?”
A rare
uncertainty crossed his features, and Taylor thought it was cute. “I don’t really dance to this type of music,”
he said, looking down at her. His gaze
was focused on her lips, and she licked them nervously.
Setting
down her drink, she took a deep breath and grabbed his hand. “It’s not hard, you just bounce with
me.” Taylor wasn’t used to taking the
lead with guys, certainly not guys like Alexander. He was so put together, so unlike any of the
other guys she’d gone out with. In fact,
it occurred to her, he wasn’t a guy. He
was most definitely a man.
Carnal
desire replaced the uncertainty on his face, and he tossed back his drink in
one swallow. “Sounds heavenly.”
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