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About last night--

and Too hot to sleep

by Stephanie Bond

Published 2014442 pagesISBN 978-0-3736-0626-9

About last night: Bride-to-be Janine Murphy is experiencing a few pre-wedding jitters. After all, she and her fiance haven't even, well ... you know. To fix that, she lets herself into his hotel room for a wedding night preview. Only, the irresistibly sexy man inside isn't her fiance--it's best man Derek Stillman! And he seems determined to prove he's the better man-- Too hot to sleep: Georgia Adams can't sleep thanks to the heat wave, her lukewarm boyfriend and nonexistent love life. So she decides to change that by indulging in a little late-night flirtation. Too bad she doesn't realize she's dialed the wrong number--Ken Medlock's number--until it's too late! But the real fun comes after, when she meets the gorgeous Ken face-to-face--

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction · Romance

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Dark tone · Steady pace

Best when you want to settle into a longer reading experience.

Who it may suit

A good fit if…

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ToneDark
LuminousDark

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About last night--Stephanie Bond
Powerful4.9/5

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Before you choose

A quick reading snapshot

Edition facts and catalog signals to help you decide whether this book fits what you want to read next.

Reading lengthA standard-length read442 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2014
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Romance
ISBN-13
978-0-3736-0626-9
Language
English
Edition record
OL26472824M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

This guide uses the edition details and category signals above to help you choose deliberately. It does not replace the author's work or a full review.

Good to know

Best when you want to settle into a longer reading experience.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.