"Great story about navigating career and relationships with hot guys thrown in!"
Reviewed by Miranda Owen
Posted June 3, 2015
Romance Contemporary
OPERATION ONE NIGHT STAND is Book one in the
Operation>
series by Christine Hughes. This is not a traditional
romance. OPERATION ONE NIGHT STAND is more in the vein of
SEX IN THE CITY. There is a lot of sexiness and a happy
ending with a thoroughly charming guy, but the focus is on
one woman's journey navigating a career and relationships
with a lot of support from her friends.
Caroline Frost is a flawed and sympathetic character. The
five years spent with a jerk of an ex and the subsequent
messy breakup threw her for a loop and messed with her
self-
confidence. I love the strong relationships Caroline has
with her two best friends Sarah and Melody and the support
they give each other. Rather than wallowing in self-pity,
bitterness, or male-bashing, the advice Caroline's friends
offer is often very pragmatic and helpful -- and just
sometimes a little goofy.
I like that Caroline gets herself together professionally
and her focus isn't just on finding a new romantic
relationship. That being the case, there are a lot of sexy
encounters she has along her path of self-discovery which
make OPERATION ONE NIGHT STAND fun to read. I like that
there is a lot of humor throughout the story. The
relationship Caroline develops with the man she eventually
winds up with happens very organically and I love the
chemistry between them. Once they finally get together,
the
sparks really start to fly. One scene in particular is
incredibly erotic and satisfying after so much flirtation
throughout the book. The ending wraps up some loose ends
and makes sense for the characters.
OPERATION ONE NIGHT STAND is a fun, seriously hot story
about a woman's journey through life. I liked the pacing
of
this book and never thought it lagged. There is a good
balance of romance, sexiness, and the trials of everyday
life. I look forward to the next book in this
Operation
series by Christine Hughes to see what's in store for
Caroline's friends.
SUMMARY
Caroline Frost had it all—until her boyfriend banged the
superskank intern. Now it’s been six weeks of weeping, a
mountain of ice cream, and a permanent buttprint on the
couch. Enter Operation: One Night Stand: Find a man who
is
hotness personified and have some much-needed sexy time.
The
only problem is that Caroline is torn between a
flirtatious,
well-built guy and the ridiculously hot bartender serving
her shots. This was supposed to be all fun and no games,
but
like the perfect scotch on the rocks, no good fling
finishes
without a twist…
ExcerptNone of it mattered. As soon as I gave notice, the great weight of sadness that weighed me
down lifted off my shoulders and my attitude changed. In that moment, I decided that “poor
me” was no longer my battle cry. Melody and Sarah were right. I was twenty-eight with my
whole life ahead of me. Who was I to ignore that?“Did you have to get her fired?” Steven interrupted my silent hear-me-roar mantra. “I didn’t do anything. I just quit my job. Looks like she had the same idea. End of story.” “Care—“ “Steven.” I glared at him, wishing actual daggers would shoot from my eyes and hit him in
the face. Dropping his shoulders, he looked at me one last time. “It didn’t have to be this way.” “There is no other way for it to be. You made sure of that when you fucked the intern in
our bed while I walked around oblivious with a two-carat engagement ring on my finger. Who
does that? A douche bag, that’s who. Now, please, close the door on your way out. I have
work to do.” “Who are you? My Caroline doesn’t talk like that.” “Your Caroline doesn’t exist anymore. Read the obituary. It reads: ‘Here lies Steven’s
Caroline. F**ked over by a pretentious douche bag and his plastic intern.’”
I was a bit alarmed at how good it felt to tell Steven what was on my mind. His gaze fell
to the floor and his shoulders sagged. He opened his mouth to speak again but must have
thought better of it. It felt even better when I watched him close the door. As soon as he left, I picked up the phone and dialed Sarah, knowing she was on her way
home. “Did you do it?” Sarah asked in reference to part one of the plan. “I did. And Betsy the Wonder Slut quit too.” “A nice extension of the plan. I wasn’t expecting that.” I heard her chewing. “Neither was I. And I told off Steven. I am so amped.” “Excellent. Adrenaline is a beautiful thing.” “What are you eating? It’s awfully loud.” “Carrots. Not everyone can eat six million gallons of ice cream in a six week period and
still have a great ass.” “True. So listen, I’ve been giving it a lot of thought and I think part two of the plan
would be good for me.” “So you’re in?” “I’m in.” “Excellent.” All weekend, I was inundated with a three-part plan. Melody and Sarah had done quite a bit
of thinking and came up with, what they deemed to be, a full proof method for helping me to
move on. Part one was complete. I quit my job. I’ll find a new one. Especially with the
help from the very kind human resources manager. “Just so you know,” Sarah continued, “there is an addendum to the plan. Chapter one point
five if you will. You gave two weeks notice? You don’t have to stay longer than that,
right?” “No. I’m done the Friday before Thanksgiving.” “Good because the three of us are spending Thanksgiving in Jamaica.” “What?” “We all need to decompress, Care. I need to get away from school, Mel needs to back away
from her job for a bit and you need, well you need this too. I’m not taking no for an
answer. I’m booking the second I get off the phone with you.” I guess spontaneity was the lesson for chapter one-point-five of the plan. “Book it.” Part two was a little dicier, a little less old me and a lot more new me. But then again
Operation: One Night Stand was a go and I had two weeks to get up the nerve to go through
with it. At least I’d be on a plane out of town soon after so I’d be able to obsess about
it in a different country. I was going to step out into the sun and live my life. And I’d spend a week in Jamaica with
my two best friends doing just that.
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