Virgin's Night Out

ARC provide by Shiloh Walker, Inc. via NETGALLEY for an honest review!

The Virgin's Night Out: 4 stars (if I could rate higher, I would!)
What an incredibly sweet and sexy story this was! I absolutely love Shiloh Walker's style of writing. Her stories are always sexy and sweet with characters you just can't help but love and root for. In this story, I myself found that I cried a lot! There is a lot of back story to both Boone and Sloan that shape who they are in the present and their decision making and that past was not revealed to us until almost the very end BUT, you still knew throughout the whole story. You knew they had baggage and issues and you could deduce the where/why/how of it all. It's things like that that separate GREAT writers from GOOD writers. I find that the more i read of Shiloh Walker's work the more she becomes one of the GREAT writers. The story of Sloan and Boone is not an easy one, but if ever there was a story of love at first meet, this is it. Sloan has come back home for her brother's wedding. She hasn't been home in a while because the last time she was there, her fiance pretty much left her at the altar! But she was ready now. She wanted to come home. The night before the wedding, she decides it is high time she meets up with her ex and show him what he's missed out on! CUE .... chance meeting with Boone! When Sloan met Boone is was firework chemistry times a billion. And Shiloh Walker made me FEEL that chemistry. Sloan propositions Boone and the rest is as they say, history .... :) But NO, it's not that simple. I'm not going to give you the plot, but just know that destiny is a very powerful thing. These two were destined for each other. I believed it from the moment I started reading this story. But life threw them a HUGE bushel of lemons, and the lemonade they made was not exactly smooth ;)
***SPOILER ALERT***
[The only negative part that I feel I should point out is that the transition period during Boone's captivity was not smooth at all or even explained. I turned the page and I was reading about some person named D.B. AND the whole reason he was where he was and any conclusion to his little 'trip' was never dealt with even in passing. This last part didn't take away from the story, but the D.B. part was important, HUGE actually and it was just thrown at us ... I dunno, it was badly done for sure. (hide spoiler)] SO that is why it rates 4 stars because I'm telling you, the rest of this love story hit the ball OUT OF THE PARK!

We got a BONUS story with this novel, Tempt Me. THIS story was like a 10 star for me. GAH, I cried thru an entire chapter! I loved everything about it! Roxi was the perfect character to play a heroine who falls in love at first sight. Really! And that goes to show you how good Shiloh Walker is at character development and overall structure. She didn't miss a beat with this one. It's such a short story, but it packs a punch like I havent felt in a while. Ive never really been one to enjoy short stories because there's never enough time to either develop the story properly or bring it full circle properly or the characters are lacking. Yea, not here. This story was about second chances, seizing the moment, growth, love, support ... it's just EVERYTHING! LOL I dont want to give you any details about the story itself because it IS short, and I would end up telling you everything, just know that you need a few tissues when you read this :)

Loved this book, amazing mix of love, list, angst, fear and redemption for all!