Hard pass.
This was just very uinteresting, i did not get the chemistry between the characters, it was surely lacking. The story and writing was so and so.

At this time, as I am guessing is obvious by the publication date that was literally years ago, I have decided not to review this title.

Technically, I made this decision a while ago, but was not as prompt with sending feedback as I should have been. My apologies for the delay, as well as clogging up your inbox with this very late review response.

As always, while incredibly late, I thank you for the opportunity to read and review one of your titles.

Laura

This was a pretty good book. The story was well paced. The main characters were really exciting to follow on their journey. I hadn’t read this author before so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was not disappointed! I recommend
**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

4 1/2 STARS!

Undeniable passion! With the second book in her About That Night series, Robyn Grady brings us a story of forbidden romance in ONE NIGHT WITH HIS RIVAL. The characters were easy to like and the story line pulled me in quickly.

Ajax is a kindhearted businessman who isn't afraid to show his softer side to the woman he is quickly falling for.

Veda tries to fight their connection because everybody knows that their father's will never get along ... but temptation is too strong!

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a fast paced romance between two rivals where the family builds a strong background in the story line.

Loved the turns this seemed to keep taking. You know how it will end but the road to the end has many turns. Great story and characters who are well developed.

Mixed feelings here. While I read this book in one sitting and enjoyed many aspects of the story, I do have some negative comments to mention.

The book faces Ajax Rawson and Veda Darnel, whose families have an old dispute, related to items of the heart. Always love gets in the way of a good relationship between friends. I won’t say more. A night of passion brings our main characters together and even if Ajax is willing to try the “relationship route” with Veda, she is not in a hurry to believe him. His reputation may have something to do with it. This combined with an accusation that Ajax has to face and also the family dispute does not help the young couple much.

Ok, I liked the romance, even if it was too much for Ajax. I mean, he spends a night with Veda and then he is all over his head – not very believable, but I can go with it. Still, most of the conflicts in this book are because of lack of communication. The discussions they have, the mistrust Veda has are a result of misunderstandings and not speaking openly. She does not want to believe in the grudge her father has for Ajax’s family, but she does little to prove it.

Somehow, the plot also feels a little thin and I am not referring here to the reason behind the dispute between the families, but also to the incident at the race tracks and who was behind them. How the conflict is resolved in the end feels rushed a bit.

While I would not disregard this book completely, I did find a few issues with it. I liked it, just not that much. Definitely I would continue with the series, as there are characters with interesting personality and I cannot wait to discover their love life 😊 Oh, and I still have to read book 1!

Complementary copy given for honest review and opinion

This book will go down as one of my favorite. Love the story line. Love the characters. Love the book!

An addictive sizzler with a feisty and intelligent heroine and a drop dead gorgeous cowboy who will make readers swoon, Robyn Grady’s One Night with His Rival is a sensuous, poignant and emotional page-turner I devoured in a single decadent sitting.

The Rawson and Darnel families have been bitter rivals for years. Veda Darnel had grown up listening to her father’s frequent diatribes about the family that had ruined his life and although Veda and the Rawsons had moved in the same circles, she had spent most of her life keeping them at arm’s length – until one passionate night when she had found herself unable and unwilling to resist temptation and had succumbed to wealthy horse breeder Ajax Rawson’s expert seduction. Theirs was a night of incendiary passion which had rocked the foundations of both of their worlds, but Veda had made it perfectly clear that this was an experience that was not to be repeated. But the best laid plans do have a habit of being thrown awry by fate as Veda discovers when she is thrown into Ajax’s path again and finds herself tumbling into bed with him once more…

Good-looking, rich and successful, Ajax Rawson is a man who can have any woman he wants. Strong and confident, Ajax has never had any trouble attracting members of the opposite sex and his exploits are frequently splashed all over the tabloids. Ajax has never had any qualms about sharing his body and his bed, but his heart is strictly off limits. Ajax is not interested in commitment or in a long-term relationship and he certainly has never thought about marriage. When he spent a night of love with Veda, he thought that she would be another notch on his bedpost, but he soon realizes that one night with her is nowhere near enough…

Veda is fully aware of the fact that her father would certainly not approve of her speaking to a Rawson, let alone sleeping with one! But Ajax has managed to get under her skin in a way no other man has before. Their affair is dangerous and illicit, but their attraction to one another draws them together like moths to a flame. The two families are deadly competitors in business and when accusations of foul play begin to be bandied around, could their fledgling romance be over before it even got started?

Robyn Grady certainly knows how to write sexy, emotional and captivating contemporary romance and once I started reading One Night with His Rival, I knew that putting it down was simply not an option. Sprinkled with plenty of sass, humor and sizzle, One Night with His Rival is a brilliantly written tale of high stakes passion, big business, jaw-dropping scandal and uplifting romance.

A first-rate contemporary tale that will keep romance readers on the edge of their seats, One Night with His Rival is an outstanding page-turner that kept me absolutely riveted to the page.

This is a basic romance. While it is not great it is not bad. It is what it is. A quick light romance novel.that is perfect for killing a couple hours.

"For years, she had dreamed of Ajax Rawson telling her she was beautiful, making her blush. But that night he'd done so much more than that."

Veda Darnel, the one woman Ajax could not have. A long and bitter family feud between his father and Veda's ensured that the two of them had no business being together. But, when he kissed her, when he made love to her, the feud seemed irrelevant, stupid even.

Ajax Rawson was all kinds of wrong. He was renowned for his beautiful women, and it was well-known that the chase was his thing — even his sister agreed with that. And what would happen if her father found out? And yet, when Ajax looked at her, when he smiled just for her, Veda found it increasingly difficult to stop herself from wondering if the two of them had a future — a real happy-ever-after future.

However, before their relationship had even begun, a scandal hits the Rawson horse breeding and racing ranch which could have disastrous consequences for not only the Rawson family but the Darnel's as well.

From an illicit night of passion to a promise of forever, One Night with His Rival by Robyn Grady is what romance stories are all about.

With a narrative that is comfortingly familiar and enough obstacles for the dashing hero and determined, yet insecure, heroin to overcome, One Night with His Rival was everything I had hoped this book would be.

Grady has given us a ruggedly handsome cowboy in Ajax Rawson. He has a reputation of being a bit of a lady’s man and has been bestowed by the rather cringe-worthy name of Stud. And although he shies away from serious commitment, he does this out of fear, and not because he disrespects women. Ajax suffered deeply when his mother died when he was younger, but as his father crumbled beneath the weight of his grief, Ajax had stepped up, taken over and got his family through it. Ajax is a man of deep emotion, but he never wants to find himself in the same position as his father had been — if he should love, and for whatever reasons, he lost her, how would he survive it? But along came Veda, and all the promises he had made to himself seem somewhat irrelevant, for his heart is telling him, in no uncertain terms, that she is the one. I really adored Ajax, he is honourable and so incredibly compassionate, that it was no wonder that Veda almost swooned every time she saw him. He is also a character who is willing to not only listen to another's point of view, but also make judgements on his own life, because of that point of view. I thought he was a wonderful hero, that really drove this story forward.

Veda has many demons to slay through the course of this novel. Her childhood was not a happy one, and even now, she is still paralysed by panic attacks. Veda has been fighting her own demons all her life, and I thought the way Grady portrayed her anxiety, and how it affected not only the mind but the body was particularly well-drawn. Veda is also incredibly insecure, and spends the whole of this book thinking the worst of Ajax — she is convinced he will become bored with her and to avoid a hurt that may come later, she tries to guard her heart by convincing herself that what she feels for Ajax is just a physical reaction. I really felt for Veda, she is such a lovely, wonderful heroine, who at the end of the day, just wants to be loved. Her attempts to push Ajax away, was understandable, considering her past. But, with small steps, she comes to realise that love doesn't quite mean what she thought it was.

One Night With His Rival is a classic romance, with everything a reader would come to expect from such a book. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it, and I simply could not put it down. In fact, I read it in one sitting.

If you are looking from some wonderful escapism romance, then check out One Night with His Rival by Robyn Grady.

I Highly Recommend.

Review by Mary Anne Yarde.
The Coffee Pot Book Club.

While this book was a pretty good read for some reasons it fell flat in parts I found I was skimming along in parts other parts kept my attention Think it just needs a do over.

They should be enemies after all she is the daughter of his biggest rival but for some reason Ajax Rawson can't walk away from Veda Darnel. Can they have a future together or is there too much bad blood and conspiracies between their families for them to ever have a chance of a HEA You will need to read to see

What an interesting book loved the hero and heroine, Awesome friendships family drama, sizzling relationship, sparkled with a little intrigue

It’s always a refreshing surprise to find an endearing love story. This storyline has the majestic background imagery, a budding friendship, family drama, sizzling relationship, sparkled with a little intrigue. It easily draws in the reader from the beginning. The storyline is well written, with a secondary storyline as well; which enhances the overall story appeal. As the story continues you can feel the growth and change of the relationship. I would definitely recommend this story, and would read more by the author.

I tried to enjoy it but for me the story didn't follow well, the MC was insecure but didn't have any growth throughout the book which was to frustrating. The love interest did a 180 and just changed who he was and did to win the girl rather than chase his own dreams. It all didn't work for me sorry.

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To begin with, I was quite enjoying this book. I tend to enemies friends to lovers in romance books, but for some reason with this one, it began to fall a little flat. It wasn't that I hated the book, just that it didn't really grab me and leave me having to know what was going to happen.
Part of the problem was the characters. Veda spends half her time not trusting Ajax, only to decide that she can a second later. There didn't seem to be much reason for the way that she thought or acted at any time. Her relationship with her father was also odd. It went from strained and really difficult to him being loving and supportive for no apparent reason and Veda just accepted her father's change of heart as though he hadn't been awful in the past.
Ajax also finds himself facing questions professionally. There is someone behind all of this, but why is never really explained and the whole thing makes little sense. Ultimately, One Night with His Rival just didn't do it for me.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Oh why, oh why, oh why did I bother?

I skimmed more than I actually read. It was uninspiring and lacked that something something to immerse me in this family rivalry type of romance. It was all too instant and too dull and boring for my liking. I’ll probably forget I even read this by the end of the day.