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A review by brooksie03051
One Night With Him: Jonathan and Monica by Cd Reiss
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Narrated by Jo Raylan
A Spicy and seductive story of a strong woman who falls for a man who is everything she thinks she doesn't want, but is powerless to resist, however, this songbird is a siren in disguise that puts him under her spell.
In a job Monica hates to make ends meet while desperately trying to get her music career to take off, she finds herself fired after a mishap serving the owner Jonathan. He's a gorgeous, powerful millionaire playboy known for breaking hearts through word of mouth. Jonathan requests a meeting with her before she departs and hears through the grapevine what that will entail. One night of intimacy with a hefty severance payoff. She sets her mind to shut him down before he even makes the offer. Beating him to the punch and also being sexually assaulted by the club manager, she doesn't give him a lot of choice considering it would be a nightmare dealing with harassment in the workplace. He then offers to refer her to a job at another high-end club (not owned by him) that pays well, but he does put another offer on the table.
Jonathan is known to be untouchable when it comes to his heart. He is still in love with his ex-wife and will not commit to anyone for more than a few "dates". Monica has been single and celibate since she left her last toxic long-term boyfriend, Kevin; so a no-strings fling is tempting. She doesn't want to be with anyone who holds her back, not like last time. Her career is all she has time for and getting emotionally drowned again is NOT what she wants.
I've put everything on hold for you. I can't do this. I can't take care of everyone. I can't be there for everyone. I need to go. I need to go. I need to go... I need to go.
Monica's career is all she wants to focus on now and doesn't have room for a relationship or anyone else, but once the game began, she couldn't think of much else than Jonathan. He invades her mind like nothing else, and she does the same for him. He is breaking her into millions of pieces and she is taking him down with her.
If you have never seen beauty in a moment of suffering, you have never seen beauty at all... Friedrich Schiller (some German Poet)
In the words of the author, ***NONE OF MY BOOKS ARE SAFE*** is a true statement. If you can't handle spicy complicated romances, skip this book. If you do, enjoy the ride.
Thank you to Netgalley, Dreamscape Select | Flip City Media for a free audiobook to listen to this story in exchange for my honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Suicide attempt