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    About Last Night
    About Last Night
    About Last Night
    Audiobook6 hours

    About Last Night

    Written by Ruthie Knox

    Narrated by Coleen Marlo

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    Cath Talarico knows a mistake when she makes it, and God knows she's made her share. So many, in fact, that this Chicago girl knows London is her last, best shot at starting over. But bad habits are hard to break, and soon Cath finds herself back where she has vowed never to go...in the bed of a man who is all kinds of wrong: too rich, too classy, too uptight for a free-spirited troublemaker like her.
    Nev Chamberlain feels trapped and miserable in his family's banking empire. But beneath his pinstripes is an artist and bohemian struggling to break free and lose control. Mary Catherine-even her name turns him on-with her tattoos, her secrets, and her gamine, sex-starved body, unleashes all kinds of fantasies.
    When blue blood mixes with bad blood, can a couple that is definitely wrong for each other ever be perfectly right? And with a little luck and a lot of love, can they make last night last a lifetime?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 21, 2013
    ISBN9781452687087
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    • 5/5
      Charming and dead sexy. A couple things were OTT, and the concept that the V&A would turn down a large gift from an established donor because an assistant had her feelings hurt was beyond silly, but this checked all the items of my personal swoon list and it was cheeky, and smart and erotic and funny. I loved that the MC was named Neville Chamberlain and that the author unironically examined the art and history of knitting. Just the right amount of quirky.
    • 4/5
      In this story, the heroine, Cath, aka Mary Catherine, is truly a tortured soul. As a "favor" to an acquaintance in order to get a coveted straight jacket for her museum exhibit, she goes on a blind date with a stranger. Because the date is so boring and because sad memories of her past are brought back by a Patsy Cline impersonator, she drinks too much. Then, of all the big mistakes to make, tries to get home on her own via public transportation. Thank goodness she runs into City, aka Nev, who comes to her rescue even though she is not that friendly. They had crossed paths for quite a while, several times a week at the train station, and jogging in the park, but they had never formally met, and don't even know the other's name. She gave him a nickname as she did all the people she regularly saw at the train station. For him, she chose "City". He brings her back safely to his apartment, and plays the perfect gentleman while she is incapacitated. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds how truly considerate he is when he leaves her a clean towel and new toothbrush in the bathroom, and cooks her breakfast. The sparks soon start to fly as she sees him in his home environment, as a hot and sexy artist, not the business suit stuffy City. She has a set of rules, and an array of tattoos to remind her of her past mistakes and keep her from making them again, reigning her in to her "new Cath" persona. Gradually City breaks down those defenses, little by little until she realizes she is in love with him. City has his own issues to deal with. He has an inability to stand up to his mother. He is pushed around by his older brother Winston, who you can totally love to hate. One of my favorite parts of the story is when City finally stands up to them and tells them to "Shut up." Although Cath has had a very painful life, filled with tragedies that she blames herself for, I still like the idea that even as screwed up as she is, she manages to overcome it with the help of Nev. With all her emotional handicaps, she still manages to snag a hero. The hero was definitely my favorite character. He was hot, sexy, charismatic, and had the patience of a saint. once he cleared up his mommy issues, he was the whole package. The book contained A LOT of sex, but with a heart throb who was so good at it, that isn't a bad thing.I was given this book for free in exchange for a review.
    • 4/5
      I'm just a sucker for Ruthie Knox/Robin York--at least what I've read so far. My major complaint about the book is that Nev might be a bit too perfect. If you like your heroes sweet, open, persistent this might just fit the bill for you.

      I liked the development of the relationship-it's a bit insta, a bit not. I love the scenes Ruthie Knox paints. Just enough detail you feel like you are seeing it but not anything irrelevant. The dialogue is realistic, the turning points are as well. I felt extremely satisfied and charmed while reading this book.
    • 4/5
      I love books that have knitting in them, especially when it is unexpected.
    • 4/5
      Romance and knitting - good background story with two wonderful characters. A very interesting "meet messy" rather than a "meet cute."
    • 5/5
      Best book I've read in a while. Really loved it!
    • 4/5
      Flawed people unflawwing themselves :) I like the male character City/Nev who really comes into his own and sees himself for the hypocrite he's been deliberately shutting his eyes from seeing. Cath is a little more messy for me. She's in love with self-flagellation. She's punishing herself determinedly for all of her many "sins." City/Nev learns enough about her to see her--not the martyr she's made of herself (how he gains this knowledge is a bit beyond me unless they are having amazing pillow talk after their marathon sex sessions). And, for reasons we never understand, he puts up with piles of her bullshit to teach her that she's paid enough and what she hates as her sins are the flaws that make her human and the person he has fallen in love with.

      That's why I gave it 4 stars. The idea of showing folks warts and all AND their own delusions about their wars is so very not your typical romance book these days. I do think some of it is crazytown with plot, but the core love story and their personal growth makes it worth the read.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this steamy romance because even though it had a common enough theme of a poor girl with a tragic past meets rich boy, the London setting and the characters having different cultures made the story quite interesting. After overindulging, Cath finds she was rescued by Ned, a stranger she frequently saw at the train stop.
    • 4/5
      In this story, the heroine, Cath, aka Mary Catherine, is truly a tortured soul. As a "favor" to an acquaintance in order to get a coveted straight jacket for her museum exhibit, she goes on a blind date with a stranger. Because the date is so boring and because sad memories of her past are brought back by a Patsy Cline impersonator, she drinks too much. Then, of all the big mistakes to make, tries to get home on her own via public transportation. Thank goodness she runs into City, aka Nev, who comes to her rescue even though she is not that friendly. They had crossed paths for quite a while, several times a week at the train station, and jogging in the park, but they had never formally met, and don't even know the other's name. She gave him a nickname as she did all the people she regularly saw at the train station. For him, she chose "City". He brings her back safely to his apartment, and plays the perfect gentleman while she is incapacitated. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds how truly considerate he is when he leaves her a clean towel and new toothbrush in the bathroom, and cooks her breakfast. The sparks soon start to fly as she sees him in his home environment, as a hot and sexy artist, not the business suit stuffy City. She has a set of rules, and an array of tattoos to remind her of her past mistakes and keep her from making them again, reigning her in to her "new Cath" persona. Gradually City breaks down those defenses, little by little until she realizes she is in love with him. City has his own issues to deal with. He has an inability to stand up to his mother. He is pushed around by his older brother Winston, who you can totally love to hate. One of my favorite parts of the story is when City finally stands up to them and tells them to "Shut up." Although Cath has had a very painful life, filled with tragedies that she blames herself for, I still like the idea that even as screwed up as she is, she manages to overcome it with the help of Nev. With all her emotional handicaps, she still manages to snag a hero. The hero was definitely my favorite character. He was hot, sexy, charismatic, and had the patience of a saint. once he cleared up his mommy issues, he was the whole package. The book contained A LOT of sex, but with a heart throb who was so good at it, that isn't a bad thing.I was given this book for free in exchange for a review.
    • 5/5
      Ruthie Knox has the unique talent of writing erotica with a plot. And lo and behold - there are emotions there. A lot of emotions.
      I can't remember the last erotica book I've read that had me in tears more than once (maybe) during the read.

      Cath is, for all intents and purposes, a runaway adult. She's running form her old life and her old self. She's made mistakes and still pays for them, mainly emotionally.
      Nev is, surprisingly (or not) a runaway himself. But he's running away from what he can be. An artist in soul and banker by day, he's infatuated and very soon after they officially meet, in love with Cath.

      And of course, as in all romances, they save each other. But in the sweetest, corniest way possible.

      Highly recommended as a light, sweet, sexy and interesting read.
    • 5/5
      Loved, loved, loved!

      Read this book if you think you'd like an angsty love story between an emotionally damaged, feisty knitter and a rich banker. In the scenes at the end there were tears people...lots of em!
    • 3/5
      So. Hmm. This is not my favorite of Ruthie Knox's novels. It's so, so, so good up until the end, when the romantic hero crosses a crazy fucking boundary in the name of a huge, sweeping romantic gesture, and if I were Cath--and I'm A LOT less sensitive than she--I'd have lost my fucking shit at him. I'm kind of at a loss here, because it was all so beautiful up to that point.

      I'm so bummed. I felt a real kenship with Cath up until the weird ending. Oh, well.

      Side note: I love how charmed Knox is by people eating ice cream cones in winter. This is the second book she's written that has characters doing this.
    • 4/5
      ABOUT LAST NIGHT is divided pretty neatly between a sublime first half that focuses on the heroine's issues and a wobbly second half that focuses on the hero's issues.

      At first glance, you'd think the heorine, Cath, is going to be the one to really screw things up: she's commitment-phobic, barely holding her life together, with a list of major screw-ups that she's tattooed across her back as a constant reminder of how bad her decision-making skills are. The number one goal in Cath's life is to straighten up, to be respectable and responsible, to earn no new tattoos.

      Things have been good for Cath for two years now, but when she goes home with the hero - Neville Chamberlain, who she nicknames "City" and, by the by, massive kudos to Ms. Knox for integrating a cool nickname in a totally believable way - she knows it's a bad sign. Clearly, she's falling off the wagon. Cath can guess Neville's life story at a glance: grew up wealthy, fancy schools, works in a bank. He's so not her type.

      His kindness is what really makes her suspicious. Cath doesn't usually go for nice guys but Neville is so good to her. She tries to keep him at bay, limiting their relationship to the smallest, least significant interactions possible. Just sex, at first, and that's great but she can't resist his insistent demands for more.

      Cath is her own worst enemy, but she evolves in this gradual, believable, deeply moving way. Neville makes so many sweet little gestures and every time Cath allows herself to accept his kindness, to believe it, my heart melted.

      At first glance, Neville seems to have built himself the perfect life. We can tell early on that he has a strained relationship with his family, but he seems totally willing to stand up to them, to live life on his own terms. His confidence is wonderful. And his devotion to Cath is wonderful. As the relationship warms up, he never tries to talk himself out of falling in love with an "inappropriate" woman; he never thinks that she's unworthy. He's falling in love, he wants her in his life, period.

      But as the book pivots away from Cath's issues to Neville's, we realize that even if Neville is certain about Cath, the peace and contentment he's built for himself is founded on a sort of psychological Berlin Wall, and it's about to topple. Cath describes the two sides of his personality by naming them; the cold, privileged, doing-as-he's-told side is City, but the warm, human, mussed and artistic side is Neville.

      Knox shows us how Cath's evolution on the page is just the tail end of a long journey, and she gives us a heroine whose life may be precarious but, inside where it counts, she's figured herself out. With Neville it's the exact opposite. He has too much changing to do in too short a time. He starts the book not yet aware that he's on the verge of a massive crisis, and he doesn't really begin to see what a journey lies before him until pretty late in the book.

      There just aren't enough pages to do justice to Neville's story. To make him grow as gradually and romantically as Cath. So instead, the latter half of the book is full of silly stunts and dramatic gestures. These stunts get increasingly ridiculous and they are increasingly hurried. I hated the end of ABOUT LAST NIGHT. It was a one-star conclusion to what started out as a five-star book.

      I'm giving it four stars overall because I liked it well enough to seek out further books by this author.

      Thank heaven for spoiler tags. Some things that I hated about the 2nd half of the book...

      The whole fake-marriage thing seemed like a farce to me, like a change in tone, but I could have run with it. On the other hand, I have no idea why Neville wasn't up front with Cath about the fact that he could get a raise out of it. That made no sense.

      I liked that Cath bonded with his parents, but Evita's change of heart was too sudden and too complete. The father as a guy who's never stepped in to defend his son but decides to make a stand after knowing Cath for two days made me sad, not happy.

      I didn't like that Cath decided she had to righteously turn down the donation to the museum but mostly I hated that her "solution" to the funding problem was to make herself into some sort of popular sexpot, which was wrong on so many levels - unrealistic but a much greater betrayal of her conversion into "New Cath" than her relationship with Neville had ever been.

      I hated that Neville took the route of winning Cath back by turning his life upside down. That NEVER GOES WELL. I would have loved to see him show his art in a gallery and take steps toward becoming a full-time artist, but the timing and sudden drama of his decision felt, to me, like a desperate gambit to win Cath back, not personal growth.
    • 4/5
      Catherine Talarico has a past that few would guess (as she calls - her "Bad Cath" years, as chronicled by her tattoos) but "Good Cath" has been in control for the past couple. She takes a train daily and people watches during her waits. She knows those who she sees regularly on her commute...including "City." City (Nev Chamberlain), is a banker that has the same commute as Catherine although they never speak. A banker by family business but an artist at heart. Cath after trapped in a blind date that is as bad as she expected it to be, she finds herself drinking a little more than she should. Next thing she knows, she wakes up in "City's" apartment and finds there is more to him than his smokin hot good looks and a business suit. He brings the "Bad Cath" out in a good way. As they learn more and more about each other, things get complicated and they both are faces with the decision of what is real and if they have more than attraction for one another.The is a great read for those who love comtemporary romance. The chemistry between these two are HOT (think first love scene of the movie Unfaithful) even if the drama is a little much a times. Plenty of humor throughout as well. I am looking forward to reading more by this author.I received this ebook in exchange for honest review from Netgalley.
    • 4/5
      I was really surprised by how much I liked this book. I am not usually a big contemporary romance fan, but I saw an interview with author Ruthie Knox (from Bea’s Book Nook) where she talked about romance and knitting, two of my favorite things, that convinced me to give this one a try. Luckily it was still available on NetGalley and I was able to get an e-ARC of it. I am so glad I did, too. This is probably one of the best contemporary romances I’ve read all year. Sweet and funny, with great dialogue, About Last Night will leaving you wanting more of Cath and Nev and Ruthie Knox’s writing.This is one of those romances where it starts off as “just for fun,” sex with no strings, even though it’s pretty obvious to all parties that it’s not. In this case it’s Cath who keeps Nev at arm’s length. Having made some pretty big mistakes in her life, a reminder of which she tattoes onto her body, Cath is reluctant to get involved with Nev. Her instincts have always been wrong and if her feelings for Nev are any indication, he could be her biggest mistake yet. And sweet, charming Nev plays along with this game while pursuing Cath relentlessly. Let me just say that I am kind of in love with Nev. A witty Englishman with an artistic streak who’s also a beast in the bedroom? Yes, please! He’s not perfect by any means, with an uptight and overbearing family and some mommy issues, but he is pretty dreamy overall. And the love scenes are HOT! I definitely felt the chemistry between them and the sex is intense but also tender and playful at times. Cath is a more difficult character of the two. While Nev has some issues to work through, he’s not as emotionally guarded as Cath. It’s hard not to get frustrated with her as she keeps pushing Nev further and further away. She can be pretty pig headed and sometimes I felt that her actions towards Nev bordered on cruel. But hidden behind her smart mouth and attitude is a very insecure person who doesn’t believe that she deserves love or happiness. It was really interesting to see her character evolve over the course of the book and I was rooting for her and Nev to have their happily ever after. Just a brief note about the knitting. Yes, I love when my worlds collide and there’s a bit of knitting in a book. I loved the small knitting references and the fact that Cath is working on a knitting exhibit for the V&A. It’s clear that Knox knows what she’s talking about but non-knitters won’t be put off by it. I would not consider this “knit lit” but a book that happens to have some knitting references in it. Those who do knit will get a little kick out of having some insider knowledge (Tudor Roses, indeed).If you’re looking for a fun, contemporary read that still packs an emotional punch, look no further and pick up About Last Night ASAP.*I received this book free of charge from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This, in no way, affected my opinion or review of this book.
    • 5/5
      ABOUT THE BOOK:Sure, opposites attract, but in this sexy, smart, eBook original romance from Ruthie Knox, they positively combust! When a buttoned-up banker falls for a bad girl, “about last night” is just the beginning. Cath Talarico knows a mistake when she makes it, and God knows she’s made her share. So many, in fact, that this Chicago girl knows London is her last, best shot at starting over. But bad habits are hard to break, and soon Cath finds herself back where she has vowed never to go . . . in the bed of a man who is all kinds of wrong: too rich, too classy, too uptight for a free-spirited troublemaker like her. Nev Chamberlain feels trapped and miserable in his family’s banking empire. But beneath his pinstripes is an artist and bohemian struggling to break free and lose control. Mary Catherine—even her name turns him on—with her tattoos, her secrets, and her gamine, sex-starved body, unleashes all kinds of fantasies. When blue blood mixes with bad blood, can a couple that is definitely wrong for each other ever be perfectly right? And with a little luck and a lot of love, can they make last night last a lifetime?Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Because of You, Ride with Me,and Midnight Hour.REVIEW:What a surprise! This book was amazing. It started out a little weird but within pages I was caught, gripped, and pulled in. Ms. Knox sure does know how to tell a story. She builds characters that are believable and creates drama that you want to sink your teeth into. I loved Cath and Nev, these two were made for one another. I found myself laughing out loud so much and truly enjoyed this piece.I would recommend this book for anyone looking for something out of the normal, some hot scenes, and a downright great read. Five out of five stars for an AMAZING job!
    • 5/5
      This ARC I received from a contest sponsored by Romance @ Random and Ruthie Knox. It was downloaded from Kindle @ NetGalley.This novel gives us a very unlikely Hero and Heroine. Catherine Marie Talarico is an asst. curator at Victoria and Albert Museum, and is working on an exhibit tracing the history of Hand Knitting. She has moved to London after deciding to start over with her life. She is known, in her head, as New Cath. Bad Cath, her previous life, had a series of pitfalls, heartache and even a short arrest. She has chronicled these mishaps with tattoos of various colors and sizes, to always remind her of these mistakes, and to help her not to repeat the past. She takes a train, every morning to her job, and realizes after sitting every day, there are a series of people that ride with her so she decides to name them. Pigeon Man is the first we meet, but there are several more, including our Hero...City Boy.City Boy, is a tall, very good lucking blonde , to Cath he is" Prince Charming in a suit." In truth, he is a very wealthy Londoner, very unhappy as a banker in his family’s business. He would like nothing more than to lose the suit for a pair of well worn jeans, and a paint splattered t-shirt. His name is Neville Chamberlain, preferring to be called Nev.Cath is suckered into joining her friend for a blind date, which is a disaster as she had expected. She resorts to wine to dull her senses and get her through the night. The drink, K-12, is offered, after she sobs over the classic Patsy Cline song, Crazy. It brings back some of the good memories she had before she was Bad Cath. The K-12 was the last thing she remembers! She wakes up in a strangers bed, (guess who?) realizing she has taken “a pretty catastrophic fall off the reform wagon!"So, you'll have to read the book for the details. The back and forth between Nev and Cath is very entertaining. They both fear commitment, and feel neither one is good enough for the other. But...they can't fight their attraction! The love scenes are plentiful, and HOT! Long before either wants to admit it, we know they are in love.I so enjoyed this book, even more than her first novel, Ride With Me, which I loved! I would recommend this novel to anyone who loves contemporary Romance, with a side of humor, and even a tear or two. Thank you Ruthie Knox for this wonderful story, and hopefully on to the next!