Rebel Bloom is one of my all-time favourite authors, and her books are my go-to comfort reads because they always have a great plot, wonderful characters, plenty of spice, and lots of laugh-out-loud moments. But among her books, Three Night Stand may have just become my favourite.
Layla grew up in the music industry and wanted to follow in her late parents' footsteps by being a stage manager and working with bands across the country. She's brilliant at her job but is taken advantage of by her boss and boyfriend Matthew, until one day she walks in on him in a compromising position with the lead singer of one of his acts. Devastated, she walks away from him and finds herself in the arms of the popular band JAX, made up of three mountain-sized men who have a reputation for being with plenty of women, but soon realise there is no woman quite like Layla.
I really enjoyed the storyline, as all four characters fell for each other, but Layla tried to fight it because she didn't want to jeopardise her career. She was also worried about getting hurt due to JAX's reputation with women. Rebel did a fantastic job of portraying Layla's thoughts and emotions; it was clear to see that she was vulnerable after her ex and also terrified to risk everything, but she couldn't fight her feelings for the men. I could sense the guys frustrations too, but I loved how soft they were for her. Contrary to common belief about the type of men rock stars are, they really showed how stereotypes can be wrong and that family is everything.
As well as brilliant main characters, Rebel writes some amazing sideline characters, with Gran, in particular, being responsible for so many laughs in this book. They were all likeable apart from Matthew's character, and even Miriam, the woman Matthew cheated on Layla with, had some redeeming factors.
Rebel always adds plenty of spice to her books, but I think this might have been the spiciest of them all, with there being some really delicious dirty talk and even DVP! It was a lot, and I loved it.