I read a lot of Harlequin books. Romance, Presents, Superromance, Historical, Blaze. My mother collected them from the time I was a small child (and she taught me to read when I was 2), so I've always been around them. I have my own huge library of them. They started me on the road to reading romance, way back when.
Mira Lyn Kelly's "Never Stay Past Midnight" has to be one of (if not THE) most perfect Harlequins I have ever read.
From the back of the book--
"You are so wrong for me."
Levi had to agree—he was. He was leaving Chicago in a few short weeks. He didn't do commitment—ever. But everything about this night, this girl, was so good. So right. Until at 11:59 p.m. she got out of his bed, got dressed and left!
What had he done? Things had hardly started and she was off! Yet he was bored with simpering women he couldn't get rid of. Elise was a breath of fresh air. How was he going to find her…and get her back in his bed—for the whole night this time? It seemed Mr. Levi-and-Leave-Them might have found the one woman to leave him begging for more.…
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Two people, each at a point in their lives where they are neither looking for, nor want a long-term relationship, meet by accident. The attraction is instant and they begin a short-term affair. Levi is leaving Chicago soon and Elise is trying to start her own business.
The attraction grows, but both keep saying to themselves and to each other that it's only temporary. But fate has a funny way of giving you what you're looking for, just when you're certain that it's not what you want.
Small crises come and go, each finds themselves leaning more on the other one for more than just "a good time."
Elise gets her business. Levi leaves. But wait! That's not the end. Come, read with me and enjoy these two people who are sure they're not meant to have what they find together. It's a short journey, in terms of pages, but a very long one with a very happy ending.
Mira Lyn Kelly made me laugh and cry, feel every step and beat of these two hearts. A journey I am so glad that I took.
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