Her Best Friend's Lover

by Shiloh Walker

Book Overview

Dale Stoner loved women, and women seemed to love him right back. He danced around the line that led to seriousness, but any time one woman got too close, he two-stepped back, quick and pretty as you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141995041X
• ISBN13: 9781419950414
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Ellora's Cave
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Her Best Friend's Lover

Lauren Spencer has been in love with Dale Stoner for five long years. She had a longing for him that she had not ever had for another living soul, but he had relegated her to friend status, and although she lived with it, she hated it. Lauren had a horrible life growing up in the foster care system, and as a result, she didn't trust anyone or share personal things from her life. She just couldn't risk it or the hurt that would surely come from it. Dale loved women, and women definitely loved Dale, but there was only one woman that had captured his heart many years ago. Nikki had been in possession of his heart, and there was nothing he could do about it. He was glad he had his best friend to lean on, and someone that understood him. He had been close to Lauren since he moved in next door, and was flabbergasted when she announced her pregnancy. Dale didn't even know she had been seeing anyone, and he never saw anyone hanging around. The more time Dale spent with Lauren the more involved he became with her pregnancy. He found he was enjoying the experience, and after Nikki, he didn't think he would ever be part of a family. When he began having more than friendly feelings toward Lauren, it confused but excited him. He was looking forward to exploring a relationship with her, but one thing really bothered him. She wouldn't disclose who fathered her baby. His identity was purposely kept secret, and she was adamant that no one know. This is a good old-fashioned romance with a good mix of erotic scenes and story. Lauren has lived a difficult life, and has survived the best way she knows how to. She is a complex well written character that has found her soul mate in Dale. He lives his life in the past on the premise of "what if's". As these two try to put together the pieces of their lives to start anew, lies and misunderstandings threaten to destroy them.

5 Star Romance

This is one of the best erotic romances I've read in a long while. It's a simple premise. Lauren's in love with Dale. Dale's still in love with an old girlfriend. One night when he's drunk, the two of them sleep together. After that night, memories of Lauren haunt him, but he doesn't remember who she is. Both have their personal issues to work through and you're sure to enjoy the tale. Simple premise or not, Her Best Friend's Lover is well written and hard to stop reading. The balance between romance and erotica makes for steamy sex scenes. Dale could be domineering--but in a good way. And Lauren was so sweet. They were easy to like. I highly recommend this one.

This sexy story will touch your heart

Love at first sight. That is what Lauren experiences the first time she sees Dale Stoner, and has been living with those feelings ever since. After years of loving Dale, Lauren knows something has to change. It hurts too much to even be around him anymore when all she can do is wish he felt the same way. She tries to lose herself in her art, creating visions of sad beauty that echo what's in her heart. But Dale is not in love with her. Instead he sees her as only his best friend, his rock. The one constant in his ever-changing world of women. No one will ever take the place of the one who owns his heart. It will never be his to give to another anyway. However rather than live a celibate life like his friend Lauren, he chooses to drown his sorrows in temporary encounters where there are no strings attached and no one gets hurt. With both experiencing the pain of unrequited love, eventually something was bound to happen. A bittersweet reminder from Dale's past leads to a night of passion, only Dale is too drunk to remember who he made love to. Now he's haunted by erotic dreams of a sexy mystery woman who fulfills his every fantasy, and he can't stop thinking about her, wanting to be with her. If that wasn't making him crazy enough, now he's constantly struck by sexy images of his best friend Lauren, and to make matters worse, he's beoming irrationally jealous of this mystery man she's so desperately in love with, whoever he might be. Lauren's not talking. "Her Best Friend's Lover" will touch a chord with anyone who's ever been intensely in love with someone who didn't feel the same way. It will break your heart and make you smile, and ultimately have you believe that sometimes love does grace us with its presence when we need it the most. It's moving, sexy, and erotic. Definitely a keeper.

Shiloh Walker's first Ellora Cave's book

is a mesmerising page-turner. It is no accident that she is now a fast rising star in the romantica genre. Lauren and Dale are neighbours and the best of friends, only Lauren wants to be much more than that. For five years, she has lived with the painful knowledge that she is in love with someone who can never love her back and watched as Dale ran through a succession of women. Then one night of mind-blowing sex changes everything. Both Lauren and Dale must overcome insecurities and shadows from the past before they can be happy together. The plot device may not be new but Shiloh Walker's unique voice and strong characterisation gives the story an exquisite poignancy. Lauren and Dale are sensitively drawn with layers that are slowly revealed as the story progresses. Their journey to happiness is by turns heartwarming and heartwrenching. While the sex scenes are incinerating, they never come across as indulgent. Infused with tender emotions, they reflect how Lauren and Dale's relationship have evolved. This is a story that will linger in your heart long after you have closed the covers on the book.

A Delight to the Senses

I think most of us have experienced that feeling of being the best friend to a person we liked much more then a friend. This story is classic in that Shiloh Walker has found a way to put this into words to make a charming, sizzling tale that ends up being a real page turner. Two best friends fighting the pull toward one another. The thrill of newly discovered feelings versus the familure comfort of friendship. Love conquers all its said. Surrendering to such a conquest has never been sweeter.