A review by booksabrewin
The Stopover by TL Swan

5.0

Emily is headed to a job interview in New York after a horrendous time at a wedding watching her ex all over his newest girlfriend. She was ready to get to New York, knock the socks off her potential new employers, and head home for some rest and relaxation. During her flight though she meets the most unusual man after an unexpected upgrade to first class. He is handsome, older, and has the most beautiful eyes. But Emily is determined to not be distracted by such a pretty face. That is until they have grounded and she decides to spend her downtime with him. After a romp in the sack they know this is the end of the road for them. They were to be on two separate flights to New York and never to see each other again. It was chalked up as just a fun experience that Emily would remember for the rest of her life.

Fast forward twelve months and Emily finds herself back in New York starting her new job. It is her dream job working for a media company she has always admired. But when she is introduced to the CEO she comes face to face with her stopover sex partner. Now she has to continue to fight her attraction for him while keeping her job. But it proves to be harder than she ever could imagine with Jameson Miles decides he wants her to warm his bed again.

If I am to be blunt here. I kind of thought Jameson was a tool. I think that while he did have some sexy qualities about him, he was just far too misogynistic for my liking. I felt like he only had one place for women and that was in the bedroom, other than that what was the point? I did like that Emily kind of awakened him a bit to the fact that women were good for more than just sex. It was like watching a caveman evolve.

The book had a lot of funny parts. The entire scene of Emily and Jameson camping gave my highlighter and "funny" annotation flags a work out. I loved every second of the scene and there were several others that made me giggle. I do like that Emily wasn't a wilting flower. She was sassy. But if Jameson kept calling her a bitch I was about to come through the book swinging. When he was his alter-ego "Jim" he was a laugh riot.

"Sweep the dirt," he repeats.
"Yes, Jameson. Hurry up, or you will be doing it in the dark."
"Jesus Christ... now I've heard it all," he mutters as he begins to sweep a patch of dirt to clear it. "Who sweeps fucking dirt?"

"Well, this all makes perfect sense now."
"It does?" I frown. "I couldn't work it out at all."
"This isn't directions to put up a tent--this is a map for an escape from Alcatraz."

"What are you doing?"
"I'm getting plastered so I don't remember getting eaten by a bear." He shakes his head. "It's the only way."

I think that this book was a delight. It had everything you could want. Hot characters, hotter sex, and a light-hearted wit to it all its own.