This ARC I received from a contest sponsored by Romance @ Random and Ruthie Knox. It was downloaded from Kindle @ NetGalley.
This novel gives us a very unlikely Hero and Heroine. Catherine Marie Talarico is an asst. curator at Victoria and Albert Museum, and is working on an exhibit tracing the history of Hand Knitting. She has moved to London after deciding to start over with her life. She is known, in her head, as New Cath. Bad Cath, her previous life, had a series of pitfalls, heartache and even a short arrest. She has chronicled these mishaps with tattoos of various colors and sizes, to always remind her of these mistakes, and to help her not to repeat the past. She takes a train, every morning to her job, and realizes after sitting every day, there are a series of people that ride with her so she decides to name them. Pigeon Man is the first we meet, but there are several more, including our Hero…City Boy.
City Boy, is a tall, very good lucking blonde , to Cath he is” Prince Charming in a suit.” In truth, he is a very wealthy Londoner, very unhappy as a banker in his family’s business. He would like nothing more than to lose the suit for a pair of well worn jeans, and a paint splattered t-shirt. His name is Neville Chamberlain, preferring to be called Nev.
Cath is suckered into joining her friend for a blind date, which is a disaster as she had expected. She resorts to wine to dull her senses and get her through the night. The drink, K-12, is offered, after she sobs over the classic Patsy Cline song, Crazy. It brings back some of the good memories she had before she was Bad Cath. The K-12 was the last thing she remembers! She wakes up in a strangers bed, (guess who?) realizing she has taken “a pretty catastrophic fall off the reform wagon!”
So, you’ll have to read the book for the details. The back and forth between Nev and Cath is very entertaining. They both fear commitment, and feel neither one is good enough for the other. But…they can’t fight their attraction! The love scenes are plentiful, and HOT! Long before either wants to admit it, we know they are in love.
I so enjoyed this book, even more than her first novel, Ride With Me, which I loved! I would recommend this novel to anyone who loves contemporary Romance, with a side of humor, and even a tear or two. Thank you Ruthie Knox for this wonderful story, and hopefully on to the next!
Reviewed by Pat F.
Is it me who is not seeing the review or is it just a link? Bought the book last night but its not downloading onto kindle for me
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Damn Lucie, you are doing the same thing on the new site. What is it with your super power
Why can’y you download it?
My super power must be defective
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I am not sure whether the prob Is that i bought it from my mobile and it wasnt sent direct to the kndle but i’ve bought books like that before so am not sure what’s wrong.
It might have sent to mobile instead of kindle. Go to amazon and resend it to your kindle. I do that all the time.
Granny is like the steve jobs of our site
Thanks RM. I just try to help.
Did you try resetting your wireless router, and perhaps rebooting your Kindle? Just a thought……
I see it now . Great review Pat! Looking forward to reading it!
*Love* Ruthie Knox. Adore this book. Everyone should read it and shower her with affection.
Loved, loved this book! Ruthie Knox is an autobuy author for me now that I’ve read both of her books. *Sobs* that she does not have a back list.
Her new one is just as good.
What new one??? I thought About Last Night and Ride With Me are the only two complete books.
They are but she let me read her next one which is awesome. It won’t be out for a while.
Yeah, I know braggass.
Is her next one the novella about strangers on a train or something like that?
Well I have to use the blog for something.
Teaser!!! You ALWAYS get to read the new ones!!!
I know I feel very lucky especially since I have forced Ruthie to be my friend now she feels obligated to let me read her stuff.
Thanks crazygranny i thought it might be what happened. Will try doing that.
Great review, Pat! This book is waiting on my Kindle. I read “Ride With Me” because of all of the rave reviews on this blog and loved it. Can’t wait to read this new one.
Good job with the bitch slapping of that crazy women ladybug. I think you and Diane will be my blog muscle.
Anytime, RM, anytime! I put Ginger (my bitch-slapping alter ego) in timeout until tomorrow. It was beginning to feel like we were going in circles and talking to a turnip
ladybug, I was out most of the afternoon. Thank God you were taking care of things!
LOL yeah I really don’t think you can get through to her
Great review Pat. I have been trying to start this book, but stuff keeps getting in the way.
Did as you suggested and it downloaded. Tnx!
Your welcome! Glad thats all it was.
As usual, my Pat, excellent review!
Ride With Me was very very good but OMG this book was unbelievable. I just love Cath. Nev too, but Cath just grabbed my heart.
She is a great heroine. I love flawed heroines.
Wonderful review! I also really enjoyed this book. Thanks Pat!!
It’s on my ‘to read’ list just as soon as I complete ‘The Dom Who Loved Me’. I did read ‘Ride With Me’ and it was really good. I left a review on Amazon. Writers feed off those reviews like menopausal women to chocolate! Great review you posted RM. Whet my appetite for ‘About Last Night’, and chocolate.
LOL! @ “Writers feed off those reviews like menopausal women to chocolate!”
Actually, any woman to chocolate.
You’re right of course, and it really helps when readers log in to Amazon and click Like on the book and author’s page. On my way to do that for Ruthie.
Great review, Pat! I loved About Last Night, and I highly recommend the book. And Nev. He’s just…awesome.
I REALLY need to get an ereader! LOL…I started out writing ebooks a gazillion years ago and had a reader then, but just haven’t gotten one yet, and Ruthie’s books BOTH sound so great!
Wonderful review, Pat.
Mr. B got me one for my birthday! I was very happy!
Does that stand for Mr. Big?
Oooh – I didn’t think of that. It should! Though I’d meant it as Mr. Barrett.
No Nev was ok Cath was awesome.
Okay, I loved Nev, but I really saw Cath as heroic. She was such a survivor, and I loved her guardedness.
I agree with what you said about Cath she was heroic. The other character was ok
“The other character…” *snort*
Thank you everybody for your kind words!!! I loved the book, and hoped to get that feeling across. Thank you RM for the opportunity!
ps…..I especially like it when our authors like my reviews. Walking on air right now!
You did a great job Pat.
Super review Pat! Off to bed now. Have fun while I am asleep but hope to be able to get a hang of what went on
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Yes, that comes across real well, Pat. Good job!
I loved this book also!
Ruthie can write can’t she?
Pat, great review! I have also read this book and enjoyed it. The COVER is to die for! Nev is certainly a sexy man. Judging by the cover I expected it to be a hot romance book…and it was….but so get much more! I never expected to have to climb out of bed to something to wipe my eyes with and blow my nose…. So sweet with beautiful emotional scenes…. LOVED it!
Great review, Pat! I have both of Ruthie’s books on my to be read list
Will have to bump them up to the top!
I have never read her books so I am excited for a new arthor to explore thanks.
You will love them Kelly. Princess Yoda is awesome!
Thanks RM have I told you lately how much I love this sight everyone rocks
Thanks Kelly!
Princess Yoda??! Did she nickname herself? Christ, I hope so.
Great job on the review, Pat. I am thoroughly intimidated by all of the ladies here to do a review myself. I commend your bravery. Well done!
I named her Kermie and you will be doing reviews. We need more people.
I meant that as a request not a demand.
(Kermie, he meant it as a demand, not a request.)
Now, I just need a book to review….HMMM.
I’v got plenty. What would you like?
She’s right I am the Alpha after all
It’s that cape, it does weird things to a man’s perception.
Great review, Pat. You gave just enough information to intrigue the reader. Well done!
Ruthie, congrats on the release. Looking forward to reading your work.
Add me to the list of people that absolutely love this book. Ruthie is definitely an auto-buy for me.
Yeah she rocks. Wait till you read her next book.
You are rubbing it in now and it is not very attractive.
Diane, he has to brag about something.
From what RM tells us, I’m sure he didn’t get to do the bragging in the locker room!
She shoots! She scores!
Damn, granny, that was such a good burn. It brought a tear to my eye.
That is correct granny. Thank you for understanding.
Sorry, I won’t do that anymore. But wait till you read the one after her next one. Holy shit.
You suck. Just saying.
You guys crack me up. I am off to the CFL season opener. Keep sticking it to RM, the last thing we need his him with delusions of grandeur.
Pat, great review! It is nerve wracking ain’t it!
I loved loved loved this book. Still haven’t read Ride With Me but I’ve got to get it now!
Ruthie Knox rocks!
You’ll love Ride With Me…very different types of characters, and great story, with humor in there too!
What an awesome review Pat! I just finished reading it the other day & I loved it so much I immediately wrote a review for RJ. Looking forward to the next one.
Okay– Ginger calmed down so we are out of timeout
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LOL, I am soooo glad Ginger is here today! I like Ginger. I need to come up with another name too so when I go off I can say, It wasn’t Diane. It was my alter ego –
I highly recommend naming your alter ego. It is really quite freeing. I can’t wait to hear what name you come up with. Then she and Ginger can be the blog muscle
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I recommend Mary Ann
Mary Ann doesn’t sound very ass-kicky
LOL, actually Mary Ann really did kick ass on Gilligan’s Island. And sadly no one would ever mistake me for Ginger. I have always been much more Mary Ann material.
I asked my husband which camp he was in, he said, “Maryanne of course, she bakes pies.” LOL
Well then Mary Ann sounds great. I have only seen a few Gilligan’s Island episodes and I was far more concerned with the professor
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Don’t take this the wrong way bit I really wanted to fu-kiss mary ann.
Clearly I was wildly mistaken and Mary Ann is a kick ass alter ego name
. It just sounds sweet when you first hear it. That could work to our advantage because no one would ever see the beat down coming. As a side note– I wasn’t even thinking about Ginger from Gilligan’s Island when I named my alter ego. I was thinking about all of the nicknames I have been given over the years because of my hair. I will NOT be kicking any ass in a formal gown and perfect hair. 
LOL Ladybug. It’s not in the name, I have a feeling you can kick good ass with any name assigned to you.
I have an alter ego but I am never online at the right time to use it here. In real life though, she kicks ass.
Have a great Sunday all!
LOL Lucie, I don’t have an alter ego, which is why I am restrained on this blog.
Are you watching the soccer game today?
Selena definitely! Forza Azzurri! Hope its a perfect ending to the day!
Little Italy here will be a loud celebration WHEN they win. I’m an optimist. LOL
Enjoy the game, Paisan.
Lucie– what is her name? Maybe we should coordinate an ass-kicking that works better for your schedule. I would be willing to stay up late for that. The more the merrier
LB, its Mave. Kiki gave me the name
. What time difference do you have to LG’s Las Vegas? She’a 9 hours after me. We can coordinate the time once we establish time difference 
I love Mave! That’s an awesome alter ego. I am near Kansas City, MO so we are 2 hours ahead of LG in Las Vegas. If I remember correctly from posts gone by, Diane is 3 hours ahead of LG. I just double-checked my math (time changes challenge me
) and you are 7 hours ahead of me. It is 9:34am here.
So you wrote this an hour ago
. Its 17.34 now. No one believes i kick ass till i get into an argument with them. My looks deceive:)
Wishing the Canuks on this blog a Happy Canada Day. Have a safe and fun weekend. It’s also Soccer finals today. Go Italy! LOL
Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather.
Have had the laziest weekend ever! The heat does not help energy levels!
We will be cheering along together. Hope we will both be wearing a huge smile tonight!
It’s hot here too, spending most of my weekend outside gardening. Okay, I’ll fess up. My husband gardens, I write on my laptop, read and keep him company and admire all this work.
I am great at delegating because I’m not allowed near plants. I killed a cactus once. I have other talents.
And yes, Lucie, I’ll be right there with you, cheering. Here’s hoping we will be shouting real loud at the end of the game.
We have another thing in common then – black fingers! I got two plants as gifts and taking care of them is in the hands of my seven year old. under my care they wouldn’t survive three days. Happy writing!
BTW, just bought your book! it has great reviews on Amazon!
Nobody would ever buy me a plant, they know better. My family calls me the “Garden Widow Spider.” LOL
My husband never sends me flowers, and that’s okay, he plants me a rose garden, he’s practical that way.
Lucie, thank you so much. I hope you enjoy the book.
I don’t visit Amazon often, only when someone says there’s a good review on there, and I was humbled that the reviews came from review sites and some people that I don’t know.
Thanks again.
Hey no need to thank me. Love supporting author friends and if the books are great? Added bonus!
Happy Birthday Lucie! I sent you an email last night hope you got it.
Didn’t know it was your birthday, Lucie.
Have a wonderful day and year ahead. What a great day to celebrate.
Happy Birthday, Lucie and Mave! I hope it has been a fabulous day!
Thank you for the Canada Day wishes. Its pouring buckets here right now – we are hoping it will clear off for the fireworks tonight. The saying around here goes: if you don’t like the current weather, just wait a minute.
How did you know about the holiday?
I want to second Selena’s wishes for a Happy Canada Day! Americans don’t say it enough but thank you Canada for being the best next door neighbor a country could have. Group hug! I fuckin’ love you guys!
And you gave us hockey! How righteous is that?! Please stand for the singing of the Canadian national anthem. O Canada, Our home and native land …..
Don’t forget Canadian Bacon.
I had Canadian Bacon yesterday. It was quite tasty.
Wow…missing the girl bonding here!!! I don’t have an alter ego name.
I do have an alter ego though. She’s a lot more fiestey ( sp.) than the regular me! Sigh…I’m feeling kind of inadequate, can’t grow a thing, can’t knit or sew.. I CAN give give great baby shots, sometimes they didn’t even cry! I can throw on a pretty good bandage also!
Luci , I am reading Selena’s book, and your going to love it…lots of laughs, and I anticipate some HOT scenes coming up! Happy Birthday Luci…you and my daughter are the exact same age! ( gulp)!!! Hope it’s a great day…wish all the BBL could have a party for you!!! <3
Well, I'm going to contemplate my alter ego name , Diane has " seen" her, maybe she can help me out!
First of all since I got it wrong last month…..Happy Birthday Luci!
Oh, Pat, you have lots of skills. “Scout”, nothing gets past you. You see all and hear all!
Thanks Diane!
It should be Boo.
RM…we’re you saying Boo should be my alter ego name…? How the heck did you come up with BOO?
Yes and think about it SCOUT
Ohhhhh, I got it, I like Boo. Thanks RM.
Pat, way alter ego.
“Boo” Radley
Thanks for the wishes Pat! Am glad i bought Selena’s book am sure i will love it!
Happy birthday to your daughter Pat! That year was a great one!
Pat– Don’t worry. I can’t grow anything either and I am the least crafty person I know. The ability to knit and sew just completely skipped right over me. I am not even the best cook in our house. Manbug is far better than I am, but he works a lot so I have to do the best I can. Trust me– as the mother of 2 who still get shots, I appreciate your ability to give great baby shots. Sewing and knitting are easy compared to that.
Y’all have to stop about Selena’s book. I just bought it on Amazon, but I am so far behind on my TBR pile (electronic and paper). I keep reading everyone’s comments and her book is working its way to the top of the pile
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When I first got engaged, my future MIL made her own wreaths and swags to decorate for Christmas and offered to show me how to go in their backyard, cut the pines, and make a wreath. I told her, “Oh no. If I do that, then I won’t buy a wreath from the wreathmaker, and without that money, his children won’t get toys for Christmas.” (I was secretly thinking, your son is not marrying me for my decorating skills.) So you see, those of us who aren’t crafty, are actually stimulating the economy by buying from the crafty people.
For some reason not all comments allow me to reply to them. Is it my super powers at work again RM?
Selena thanks so much for the birthday wishes. Hope to have a perfect close to my day. Am already in front of tv watching the pre-game
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RM – I did not receive the email
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Will be MIA today of course. My family is patient and compassionate with my nervousness tonight
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It was just an email wishing you a happy birthday.
oooh thanks so much! Would have loved to receive it!
No super powers at work. Follow the lines on the left side up to the comment you want to comment on, then it will go in that column.
Shouldnt it say ‘reply’ below the comment to be able to reply to the comment?
It does for the first 1 or 2 then you have to follow the line. Why? I have no clue. But was trying to figure it out and thats what I found it to do.
Tnx!
Okay, how does everyone like this Avi? I liked the other one but this one was so cool with a knife and all.
Love it……Granny!
I like it! The knife really works
Love it!
Thanks guys. I will keep this one.
@mylilypad, I’m a Canadian. We usually go downtown and celebrate, but the soccer game is on, so we’ll be heading down to Little Italy to see the festivities.
@Diane – thanks, but, we also gave you Justin Bieber, please forgive us for that. LOL We love our American neighbors too. A group of us increase your economy in several states for our monthly shopping outings.
@Pat – Happy birthday to your daughter as well.
@Ladybug, thank you I hope you enjoy it.
I hear you on the TBR list, since visiting this blog I’ve given my credit card a good work out on Amazon.
I have purchased Ruthie’s books, Kate’s and a few other authors mentioned. I read a lot, so I should be going through my TBR list quickly and then I can load up my Kindle again. And this from someone who thought she’d never read an e-book. I’m a total addict now.
Also saved my marriage. LOL Any time we traveled, my husband insisted my luggage was too heavy with all the books I would pack and we’d argue, I’d win of course. LOL He’s now proud of himself that he bought me a Kindle and can download hundreds of books. But we still have disagreements on the amount of shoes packed.
Granny, love the Avatar.
Oh Selena, you are talking to a shoe crowd here!! I have a friend that takes a separate suitcase for shoes!!
I knew I’d find some soul-shoe-sisters, or should that be sole-sisters?
I have a magnet in my office that says, “Will write for shoes.” LOL
I have to say, I have a collection of flip flops that range in style and color. I have dressy Yellow Box, to my favorite comfy Rainbows!! We wear flip flops here way into the fall, and even in the winter if we have a warm day! Love them…and you can pack them easier, there pretty flat!!!
I love flip flops as well, however, I live in a city where we experience four seasons in a week, sometimes in one day. LOL
Spain is trashing Italy. Sigh….
Trashing complete
. Night people.
Hard game to watch. Spain played well, Italy looked tired.
We’ll get them next time.
Hi! Well, I missed the game completely
but I was legitimately at work. I thought we were doing well with our pseudonames and remembering who was who, now we’ve got alter ego names to keep up with! The main population of this blog won’t know what is going on!!
I am the boss after all, when the boss isn’t there.
My personality is quite changing due to this blog, the books I am choosing to read, and the people I work with bringing out the Domme in me! I’m getting a ‘big girl’ voice and using it to achieve submission
I just finished Amber Lin’s Giving It Up and it was phenomenal! Very dark subject but what a writer! It is her first.
Did you read that because of me?
yes I did, and I will read whatever you recommend, if they are that well written!
knocked my socks off (not the sex part either)
LOL I’m glad you liked it. I liked it a lot too. She is very talented.
Sounds like a great rec. Wish my TBR pile would get smaller….
Strong recommendation if you say it’s better than Ride With Me. I loved that one!
Agree with your review. I loved this book especially the ending. Looking forward to her next book.
I finished reading it today. I absolutely loved it. It stands out as one of the best I’ve read in a very long time. I left a nice juicy review and I hope it whets the appetite for more sales on Amazon.