Do a single mom and a playboy stand a chance?

Synopsis

After a heartbreaking betrayal, Lily ends up at a party where she drowns her sorrows in the bed of a sexy stranger.
In the light of day, Lily wants to forget her mistakes, including that sexy stranger. With nothing and no one left to keep her in Corvallis, she packs her entire life into her car and moves miles away from home.

Two years later, and now a single mother, Lily meets Jake, a handsome, confident young man to whom she is instantly attracted. If the rumors are true, Jake is a playboy with commitment issues, but his attentiveness to both Lily and her daughter suggests otherwise. Before long, they fall for one another.

It soon becomes obvious why they’re so attracted to each other, and this revelation threatens their new relationship. To make matters worse, Lily’s ex tracks her down and demands a second chance.

Will Lily’s past overshadow her future with Jake, or can their love survive the rough road ahead?

My review

Two years ago, Lily discovers that her boyfriend Tony was a married man. She went to her sister’s place, to only discover her sister was out for the night and the roommate was having a party. What better way to forget your heartbreak to get drunk? But that is not all that Lily does that night… she ends up in bed with a total yet sexy stranger.
So now Lily finds herself being a single mother, living together with her other sister and miles away from Corvallis, where she used to live.
When she meets Jake, she is immediately attracted to him, but the rumours tell her that he is a playboy with commitment issues. So with her little girl as top priority, Lily is wary of seeing and dating Jake. However, even if Jake is not at ease with a baby nearby, his kind and tender actions towards Lily and Ellie make it impossible to resist him.
Even if Lily and Jake are just starting to date each other, how is it possible that their attraction feels so familiar? And what when Tony suddenly reappears on the scene? 

I always truly enjoy reading about stories with a single mother in it. Because such stories always show us the strength of the women, as they, for one reason or another, are raising a child on their own.
So obviously I just had to read this story.  

The story immediately begins with a bang, as we are at the point where Lily discovers that her boyfriend is actually married. But Tony, the sleazebag that he is, doesn’t see it as a problem and just wants to go on as things were.
But I immediately liked how Lily, even if heartbroken, tells him to just get lost. Even if she wasn’t aware of Tony being married, she does not want to the ‘the other woman’.  

Ending up at her sister’s place with a party going on, and shares the bed with a total stranger, made me initially think that she doesn’t have any problems with just doing that. But I liked her even more when she realizes that she has done something so out of character for her.
Now, don’t understand me wrong, I am not judging people who do that, each to their own and whatever makes you happy.  

But what I liked the most about Lily is her courage and her determination. She not only decides to keep the baby after being shocked by being pregnant, but she also decides to move miles away and start all over again. Starting all over isn’t easy, and I can only imagine the more difficult is it when you’re pregnant and are having a baby to take care of.
She is also determined to make her new situation work. Ellie is her biggest and only priority, and Lily for sure doesn’t need a man in her life. 

Feeling an immediate attraction towards someone is something I find it hard to completely comprehend, maybe perhaps I haven’t experienced it myself. But I could understand why Lily and Jake are attracted to each other.
It was really nice to see how Lily and Jake are growing closer together, with Lily being initially wary but starting to realize how amazing Jake is. And also seeing how respectful Jake is towards Lily.
He may have a history of quick flings and thinking more with that male body part, but with Lily everything is different.  

It was funny yet sweet to see how Jake doesn’t know how to behave towards a little girl, but it warmed my heart to see, despite him being out of depth, how he starts to love this little girl and her mother. 

With reading the blurb, I had thought that the return of Tony would take up a bigger part in the story, so I was happy that the focus was more on Lily and Jake and their lovely romance.
Seeing how these two total different people get to know each other and beside the physical attraction, truly start to fall for each other, warmed my heart. 

What I pitied a little bit, was how the title gave away what the big twist was. I already knew what the revelation was, even if throughout the whole story there would be no other tips.

But beside that, I loved reading this story. And while it is intended for adult readers, I found the more heated moments not that overheated at all. But that shows how the author manages to keep the focus on these two lovely characters!
She shows us that sometimes one crazy night can be the best thing that could ever happen and that sometimes Fate has a strange way to make things work, but it will always manage to let people have their happy end.
I cannot wait to see what story the author has in store for the other sisters!