A light, feel good romance all about timing and missed opportunities. It took me a while to warm to the characters but once I did, I found this quite charming. By the end I was really rooting for them, despite all of the messiness. Also a rare one where there's no big arguement or massive miscommunication, just two people trying to find their way to each other but life intervenes. Nothing unexpected here but very sweet.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

It’s Ruby’s last night in London before she heads off to university. Nic is escaping to London after a bad break-up. Fate brings the two together for only one night.

One Night With You is a charming take on a second-chance romance. The book mainly centers around Ruby and Nic’s love story but there are several other relationships in the plot: romantic and friendships. The author throws in a few great twists too. She shows that love isn’t always sunshine and conflict isn’t always quickly resolved. I really enjoyed the maturity of this plot. The book is broken up into 3 parts and I do wish the 3rd part was a little longer.

This is the first book that I have read from Laura Jane Williams but I plan to add more of her novels to my TBR.

Tropes: right person wrong time, one night stand, found family.
TW: miscarriage, death.

This book really had me feeling all the emotions - I cried, I laughed and I smiled throughout.

Laura Jane Williams writes vivid, interesting characters that jump of the page. Ruby and Nic's chemistry was off the charts (which was reflected in the steamy scenes - wow)! Their romance was intense and emotional and, as a reader, I truly believed in their connection. A brutally honest right place, wrong time love story. As individual characters, both Ruby and Nic were well developed outside of their romance. They felt like people I would like to know, and I actively was rooting for their success. The side characters were also absolutely brilliant! JP and William were a delight, Harry was the best friend we all want, Ruby's found family of friends were delightful.

Plot wise, this book was fast paced (a contrast that worked well with the slow moving romance). As the two main characters were going through a year of saying yes to new experiences, stuff kept happening to them!! This did keep me on my toes, but towards the end it felt like sometimes the author was cramming in events just to have them in there. Because of this, some of the events lost a bit of their impact.

I do feel the need to mention the one thing I really hated. Throughout, there are mentions of the fact Ruby and her friends were scamming 'foreign students' by getting them to pay above the market value for rent in London. It was barely relevant to the plot and felt really mean spirited. Also not a huge fan of the language used to describe them. No outright racism, but it felt very other-ing.

Overall, I would recommend picking this up if you are looking for a romance-forward chick lit!

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC.
This was a quick and easy ‘read in a night when I should have been sleeping’ read.
I quite enjoyed the dynamic of the characters and the stories.
Nic and Ruby’s story show that some people really are destined to meet at the worst possible time. And still make the best of it.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will be on the lookout for more Laura Jane Williams books!

What a heartfelt story about finding THE ONE in the right place at the wrong time!

The night before Ruby leaves London, she meets Nic who is having his first day in London! They have only one night to share and then they are going to part their ways! Flirty Ruby and shy, nerdy Nic’s attraction is palpable! But they’re so adamant to move on their lives and remember this special night as their unforgettable one night stand! You may guess what will happen next! Of course what happens in one night stay in one night! Faith has other plans for them!

Thoughts:
I was planning three stars because after the strong and entertaining romcom opening, the book lost its charm and I got agitated with Ruby a little bit. She earned ten slap points from me to be so stubborn and feel so sorry for Nick! But I also enjoyed JP’s story line and his journey to find his love of his life! So I added extra half stars! That parts were brilliant!

The characters’ inner journeys, their self discoveries were well written.

So I’m rounding up 3.5 stars to 4 it happened one night stars!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest thoughts.

So if I'm honest it took me a few goes to get fully invested in Ruby and Nic's story. Once I got into it I did thoroughly enjoy it but there were a few parts that left me wanting more. This might just be me being nosy. Although not the main character I wanted to know more about what Candice's little moment was about it felt like more than jealousy.

I did enjoy the thought of the "Year of Me" Ruby decided to have and that she was a strong female character. Really she could have chosen from the get-go to choose not to pursue it. While scarred by her past and her thinking it would cement her future choices, the fact she realised not everything is so black and white was refreshing.
Now Nic is so the hot geek who got the glow up. Sweet with a good heart. Mine did break for him and Ruby at points and I did really want to shake her but I suppose not everything is always crystal clear even if we want it to be.

Overall I enjoyed this story and all the ones within it and look forward to reading more of Laura Jane William's future books.

Thanks so much to Avon for letting me read One Night With You by Laura Jane Williams! As ever, this was a book I read in one day, keen to gobble up the story of Ruby and Nic, a couple who meet just as Nic's moving to London and Ruby is moving to Manchester – and have the best one-night stand of their lives. With the usual disclaimers for commercial fiction – not especially well-written, not exactly subtle – I thought this was a really strong opening for a rom-com, and I very much enjoyed being introduced to the shy Nic and the flirtatious Ruby. Unfortunately for me, the rest of the book didn't live up to the great start! The story was nothing special, I found the plot twists a bit random, and it was all a bit too earnest and sentimental for my taste (even by the standards of rom-coms). Still, I do really appreciate the low stakes elements of Laura Jane Williams's rom-coms – there's no grand, stupid miscommunications, it's all just about people living their lives, and I wish more rom-coms were like that! 3 🌟

A Five-star read you would give more than a night to. Ruby and Nic will have your heart wrenching at how bad their timing is, when you hear their stories and get to really know them you feel so much for them both, feel them realising what they want and need. Its such a great unravelling, of the strings of life that keep us all together. The thing is its not just Ruby and Nic in this story, it’s the other characters that we can all recognise as people in our lives, those relationships that come and go, it has people who are real and relationships that show us more about their lives. Reading about all of the relationships gives you a warm and deep sense of peace, they each give us a different storyline and add something extra special to this amazing read. Ruby and Nic maybe the main characters of this story, but my personal favourite was JP he was a strong male role model that we could all do in our lives. His story made me smile and chuckle and cry a little as well. Adding his story, just made this whole thing so much stronger, it’s one of the things I love about this author, they bring someone that starts so small and becomes so much.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

4 stars for this amazing story!

Romances with prominent side-plots have me hooked. Why? Because romances don't have to always be the cheesy and corny stories we imagine. Yes, I do enjoy those as well but, books that aren't entirely all about the romance appeal to me as well. And this one had all the ingredients to do so! I just loved Nic and Ruby from the start. Their thoughts, their humor, they made me laugh and also fall in love with them.

I especially enjoyed JP's journey and that part of the plot had me holding my breath. I even needed to collect myself at one point.

Overall, this book has a heart-warming message about love and putting ourselves out there, grasping at the maybes and letting go of the what ifs.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this.
This is a quick and easy read, where the author is very good at making you forget you're actually reading while being immersed in the story. The characters are quite likeable and their living and employment situations make them interesting and different.
I really enjoyed the journey of JP and how they found his long lost love.
I'm always a big fan of 'live in the moment' romances, so when Nic and Ruby make their decision it kind of frustrated me. In the end, I suspect most people are happy with the outcome.

I absolutely adored this book. It was so swoony and reading it felt like a big hug.

Nic arrives in London the day before Ruby is set to leave. They allow themselves one night to be together, knowing they'll never see each other again.

Laura Jane Williams' writing is beautiful and funny. I loved all of the characters in the book - sometimes having a full cast of characters in a romance book can distract from the main couple, but everyone in this book was such a joy and truly added to the story. I loved the personal growth that Ruby and Nic both had, and how that affected them together.

I truly cannot recommend this book enough! Make sure to read it when it's released this summer!!

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books UK, and Laura Jane Williams for an eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley & Avon Books UK for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!!

This book was an excellent and realistic portrayal of the right person, wrong time. Ruby and Nic meet on Ruby's last night in London and Nic's first. Thinking they'd never see one another again, they go their separate ways after spending one night together. But, with connections with a mutual friend, they are bound to reunite at some point in the future.

One Night With You is beautifully written and focuses on the characters as individuals as well as their dynamics together. I loved Ruby's individual storyline and the characters that came with it.

I highly recommend this book, and the ending was just so perfect, extremely suitable for the situation the characters found themselves in!

I feel extremely privileged to have read an advanced copy of this stunning book by the incredible Laura Jane Williams. She must just have the hugest heart and cleverest mind to create such beautiful stories. Her books just get better and better - One Night with You is my favourite so far! It couldn't have been more perfect. I just love what LJW has to say, and how she says it, about the world, and about humanity. An extremely relevant and life affirming read. Loved every second, even the heartbreaking bits! Highly, highly recommended reading for anyone and everyone. Thank you Avon and Laura for the chance to read this wonderful book.

this is a fun, quick, easy and cute read that I finished in one sitting. It was well written with good characters that I was rooting for and a good storyline. I was gripped and engaged all the way through. I cannot wait to read more by this author.

Dashing of romance and feel good that carry you through this lovely connection between Ruby and Nic. Felt really happy reading this and enjoyed. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review this book.

Enjoyable read with characters you can relate to, could have done with a bit better ending, it felt a bit half hearted

Thank you to Avon Books UK and Netgalley for an ARC of this book which I voluntarily read and reviewed. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

ONE NIGHT WITH YOU is my very first Laura Jane Williams book, despite having a few of her previous works on my never ending TBR list, but it certainly won’t be my last. I absolutely loved the writing and the pace of ONWY, and the concept was so unlike anything I’ve read previously.

Ruby and Nic are immediately drawn to each other when he comes to her apartment to purchase her couch. The only problem with this is that they meet on their last and first, respectively, days in London. She’s moving closer to where she grew up to get her Masters in filmmaking and he’s just moved to the city after the breakup of his long-term relationship. After spending the night together, Ruby and Nic agree to go their opposite ways—Ruby’s following her dreams and focusing on herself for the year and Nic is intent on recapturing the carefree twenties he missed while in a relationship—even though there’s a strong connection between the two of them.

Though their plan to have only one night together gets dashed pretty quickly as Nic becomes friends with Ruby’s former roommate and best friend, their timing never seems to align in a way that would allow them to have the relationship they both feel destined for.

I loved how the characters all felt so real, their struggles so relevant and the situations they found themselves in bittersweet. And though I would say ONE NIGHT WITH YOU skews more toward Women’s (don’t even get me started on having to make this differentiation) Fiction rather than Romance, I was invested in the story the entire time, rooting for Ruby and Nic’s relationship and hoping their lives would finally settle in a spot where they could be together once and for all, for longer than just one night.

TWs: Miscarriage, toxic relationship, serious accident with talk of injuries

Ruby’s leaving London – she’s not running away from her ex per se, but an exciting opportunity in a new city has landed at the perfect time.
Nic is moving to London. After a bad break-up, he’s excited to see where big-city life could take him.
When a chance meeting throws the pair of them together for just one night, it’s clear that this could be the start of something special. But there’s one problem: she’s leaving, and he’s just arriving....

A funny meet cute story. :) Love Nic and Ruby. She is so cute and funny and he's dreamy and sweet. They are wonderful together. The story is so romantic. Love the descriptions of the city too. :) Totally charming!

Thanks to the publisher for the arc.

Laura Jane Williams has done it once again!! You just have such an amazing and fun time reading her books and this was just like that! She's one of my favorite authors.
This is an amazingly fun contemporary romance, the story was delightful, charming, romantic, and hilarious, which should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever read a book by this author.
Ruby was ADORABLE and Nic was just an all around an amazing guy! Seriously loves these two.
I read this book yesterday in two sittings and I don't regret none of it! So fun!
Highly recommended as a quick, light escape, with Williams delightful signature humor and a lovely, tasty, relaxing trip to London.

Avon,
Thank you for this sweet eARCl

Thrilled and privileged to be reading this gorgeous book.
Ruby & Nic and heir chemistry had me turning the pages well into the night. I love stories that involve unexpected meet cures especially in London so this was definitely a must read for me! I loved their chance meeting and how the story played out to see how/if they were going to land up together in the end! I love these types of beautiful feel good books! The descriptions, characters, and storyline were stunning. Thank you very much for the opportunity to red this book in advance.. strongly will be recommended to others and considering this as my top pick for my next book club pick.

Premise
It’s his first night in London. And her last…

Ruby’s leaving London – she’s not running away from her ex per se, but an exciting opportunity in a new city has landed at the perfect time.

Nic is moving to London. After a bad break-up, he’s excited to see where big-city life could take him.

When a chance meeting throws the pair of them together for just one night, it’s clear that this could be the start of something special. But there’s one problem: she’s leaving, and he’s just arriving. So, after tonight, they’ll never see each other again . . . will they?