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8 Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Just
One Night by Lauren Layne
- Riley's older brother was originally named Jack until I realized I had a brother Jack in a different series. Jack became Liam, and as soon as I made the change, Liam came alive in my mind and started begging for his own story. Crazy what something as simple as a name change can do!
- The scene with Riley and Sam and their new puppies was a very late addition. It wasn't part of my outline, and I had no idea that Riley wanted a dog. I snuck it into the very last draft, and my editor was like, "Wait what? Oh, okay!"
- The epilogue was originally meant to wrap up the Stiletto series, but I deliberately planted the seed for a fourth book. You'll know when you read it :)
- I lived in NYC while writing the Stiletto series, but Brooklyn's a mystery to me, so I had to reference the subway map with this book more than any of the others!
- Riley's pink dress on the cover was originally white. What's up, Photoshop!
- Riley's the only one of the "Stiletto girls" whose name was the same from conception to publication.
- The bar that Riley and Sam go to after the softball game is based on the whisky bar, On the Rocks in Hell's Kitchen (NYC neighorhood), which was close to my home at the time I was writing the book.
- Sam named his distillery ROON, which is a play on the Irish word a rún, (loosely) meaning "secret." He had his secret/forbidden feelings for Riley in mind when he named it. Awwwww, right?!
By Lauren Layne
Sex,
Love and Stilettos Series, Book 3
Publisher:
Loveswept (Random House)
Release
Date: April 22, 2014
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Length:
252 Pages
ISBN: 978-0345547279
ASIN:
B00F8F3JZK
About the book:
New
York’s hottest “sexpert” has been living a lie—and it’s up to one man to keep
her honest . . . all night long.
Riley McKenna knows sex – good sex, bad sex, kinky
sex…Her articles in Stiletto magazine are consistently the
publication’s most scandalous—and the most read. But Riley has a secret…all
that sexy talk? Not an ounce of it comes from personal experience. Her own
bedroom escapades are more limited than even her best friends know. When her
editor requests that all columnists write something more personal
for Stiletto’s anniversary issue, Riley turns to the one man she’s
always been able to count on and calls in the favor of a lifetime.
Sam Compton would do
anything for Riley McKenna. Anything except be her experimental sex toy. He
refuses her request. At least until she tells him that it’ll either be him or
she’ll go to someone else. And that, Sam can’t accept. Reluctantly he
agrees to her terms—one night of completely meaningless sex in the name of
research. Riley thinks she’s prepared for what awaits her in Sam’s bed.
After ten years of writing about sex, actually doing it shouldn’t be
that different, right? So wrong. What starts as “one time only” becomes “just
one more time.” And then one more. And before they know it, Riley and Sam learn
first-hand that when it comes to love, there’s no such thing as just one
night.
Author Info
Lauren Layne graduated from Santa Clara University with a
B.S. in political science that she has yet to put to good use. After dabbling
in an e-commerce career in Seattle and Southern California, Layne moved to New
York City, where she now writes full-time. She lives with her husband and their
plus-size pomeranian in a tiny Manhattan studio.
Thank you for hosting today! Love the fun facts!!
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