I just can't fully explain why this one didn't completely gel for me but ... *sigh* ... it didn't.  I liked the hero, heroine and the other characters in the story but I struggled with the fact that the story felt rushed.  We get a beginning where the two meet, have their interlude, she disappears and then they really meet....  We get a middle where she struggles with the results of their interlude and what to do/say.... and then we get the end where we get more about what he's gone thru in the middle and where we get our resolution.  It felt a bit rushed but as I said I really did like the characters...

Sloane is the heroine of this one and I admit to understanding where she comes from when it comes to making a change in your life.  She's decided to come back home and make it clear that her ex is just that... an ex.  I loved seeing her spunk when she in no uncertain terms showed him that she was capable of taking care of herself but when a man at the bar steps in to help... well how can she turn him down.  She also cannot turn him down when he brings out a side in her that has never seen the light of day so when she agrees to go to his room she's surprised but oh so ready to enjoy what he has to offer.  As the title suggests she is a virgin but she does enjoy herself other than what sets up the rest of the story.  I liked her strength about what she was going to do and how she followed thru but did not agree with the secret she kept.

Boone was someone I would've loved to get to know better.  I think what we saw of him was someone who was already attached to Sloane before they met but he doesn't know what she looks like at all.  When he runs in to the woman at the bar he can't resist tasting her or taking her...  finding out she's a virgin... well that was a surprise!  As he deals with an unexpected issue he is struck by the fact that he wants to know her but she's gone by the time he gets back out there.  He finally sets eyes on Sloane at her brother's wedding and while he knows he isn't the man she deserves he is still drawn to her.  He is a man who has his own issues to deal with but we don't realize how badly he is hurting until we see him at the end.  He does see her briefly before things go to hell but even then they both don't show/tell each other what they want.

I have always enjoyed stories from Shiloh so I was sad this one just didn't work for me as much as I had hoped.  Please don't get me wrong...  the story wasn't horrible but I just felt that it was a bit rushed and wish we had more time with the main characters.

Sloan Redding is a shy girl that has just been dumped at the alter by her now ex. With Sloan being so timid and shy, she tucks tail and runs away to Alabama to escape her humiliation.

Sloan ends up getting a job there and sets out to remake herself, but really only succeeds on the outside. Inside she is still the same shy, timid girl she has always been. When Sloan decides that she wants to go out the night before her brother's wedding, she not only sets out to make her ex jealous, but to let loose a little. Sloan had no intentions of meeting someone and actually sleeping with him that night.

When Boone gets to the bar, the same bar as Sloan, he only has one goal in mind for the night and that is to get wasted. His plans will abruptly change and take a turn. Sloan and Boone hit it off immediately and Boone ends up taking Sloan back with him. Neither one of them knows the other's name and they intend to keep it that way, a one night stand. When Sloan and Boone meet up the next day at Sloan's brother's wedding they know that they will never be able to forget what they have done together.

When Boone ends up having to leave, a situation will make it to where there are obstacles that when he sees Sloan they will both have to overcome and work through. Not only does Boone have his problems, but Sloan does as well. Will these two be able to work through these things together and get beyond all this? You have to read this one to find out. I loved how Sloan and Boone connected in this story.

I enjoyed this story between Sloane and Boone. They were great characters and their story was an interesting one.