PROMO EVENT: REVIEW: Wednesday by Clare James

Clothing optional.

Twenty-one-year-old Aria Prince has just moved back to her hometown to start over after a painful divorce. She’s always prided herself on being an early bloomer, but had no idea she’d be married, divorced, and the mother of a toddler by twenty-one. Surely menopause was just a few months away, especially considering the hot flashes and night sweats. Or was that just exhaustion?

Unlike her friends who were at school, going to parties, and sowing their oats—wild and otherwise—Aria’s days were measured in the number of orders she took at her family’s restaurant, the chapters she read in her nursing text, the amount of Cheerios she cleaned up off the floor, and the wet kisses she received from her son.

And that was just fine with her.

But when she began running into her former best-friend Tristan Green—who was home taking care of his sick father—at every turn, she remembered what it felt like to be just Aria. Not a single mother, or sleep-deprived nursing student, or royal screw up. And though she didn’t even have time to shave her legs, let alone consider a sex life, Tristan makes an offer she’d be a fool to refuse.

Each day they’d give themselves to those who needed them. Every day – except Wednesday. Wednesday they’d take what they needed from each other.

Did she forget to mention Tristan was gorgeous?

Or that they hated each other?

Well, you know what they say about the line between love and hate … it’s a skinny-ass bitch. The question was, could they keep their feelings out of it?

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What happens when the girl who got away…the girl who broke your heart returns to town, and every feeling that you ever felt for her comes flooding back?

What happens when you come face to face with the guy who always held your heart but you had to break his in order to give your baby a chance at being a family, and the way he treated you leaves you feeling nothing but hate despite the desire to get close to him again?

These are the exact questions that Tristan Green and Aria Prince ask themselves when they see each other again after three years of no communication, and while the hatred and disdain between them consumes the air around them, so does the sexual tension, threatening to overwhelm them if it’s not acted upon, and that need for each other is what makes Tristan offer Aria a once a week no strings attached sexual relationship – one where no emotional feelings factor in – it’s just two people finding the release they need, due to their stressful lives, in the arms of each other.

But here’s the thing about two people who once had strong feelings for each other embarking on a purely sexual relationship – it NEVER works because the emotional investment is there from the start. So as one Wednesday leads into the next and both Tristan and Aria find themselves yearning for the other on every other day of the week, both are going to have to decide if risking their hearts again is worth the price they’ll pay if it all goes wrong.

Clare James really knows how to bring the smut, and Tristan and Aria’s story is no exception. From the I hate you fucks to the I want to own your body playtime, the sex scenes between them burn up the pages of Wednesday. Because once a week is the only time they’re supposed to be together, Tristan and Aria’s relationship centers around the one night a week where they get to explore each other’s bodies and give into the desires that have always consumed them. But as their feelings for each other slowly morph into something deeper, James uses their Wednesday night romps to illustrate that change and then continues to show it through Tristan’s attempts at gaining more time with not only Aria but her son, Cade as well.

I really enjoyed Wednesday. It’s a quick and steamy read that offers firsthand accounts from the hero and heroine of how their time together both helps them and tortures them, thinking that that’s all they’ll ever have together. I did feel like the ending was a bit rushed and there’s still an unfinished feeling to the story because of the situations that were left open-ended, but it does make sense to not give Tristan and Aria a happily ever after because not much time has passed and there are still big obstacles to overcome. I guess I just wanted to see how they handled those situations and if they stayed and fought or ran away. Despite my need for a bit more closure, overall, Wednesday is a great read; it’s a sexy storyline to get lost in for a few hours, and Clare James’ sex scenes definitely deliver.

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

4 poison apples

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