The Stopover by T L Swan was my first book by this author and I'm sure it won't be my last. This book reminded me why I love reading romance. It had everything but I particularly loved Emily. She wasn't a pushover nor was she soft and gentle. She was fiery and said what needed to be said. I loved her interaction with Jameson and how she didn't take any bull. This book featured many of the modern romance novel tropes but I loved how the author twisted them and brought elements that I wasn't expecting. there was drama of course, but it was done in a way that hasn't been done before. The passion Emily and Jameson shared was well written and not over done. The writing was excellent and story flowed really well. there was passion, tension, suspense, and everything I love about romance. The ending was perfect too. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable read and well worth five stars.

This is the first time I've read anything from this author and it will not be the last. The story line was great and both characters of the story got my full attention. The plot was very interesting and the secondary characters were a great add, which made me want to know what happens to them after. It was also very hot!!
I will now retire and read the other published works from this author...

4* Broody Alpha Stars

I was so excited to dive into the story of Emily and Jim/Jameson because you know that you will get a sexy and feisty read and it did not disappoint.

Emily first meets Jim when she is upgraded to First Class on her way to New York for a job interview. As much as Emily tries to ignore Jim who is seated next to her, it proves to be fruitless and after a few drinks and movie watching the flirting begins and the banter between them hilarious. When the flight is diverted to Boston due to bad weather the chemistry between them is ignited and they end up spending the night together with no strings attached and Emily goes back to LA without attending her job interview.

Twelve months later Emily eventually finds her way to New York and lands her dream job at Miles Media, where her job interview had been scheduled before the diversion stopover in Boston. Unbeknown to her she crosses paths with “her” Jim who happens to be the CEO and is known to everyone as Jameson. Once again, their passion is rekindled and as hard as Emily tries to keep it at bay and professional, she is fighting a losing battle.

I enjoyed the “push and pull” between the alpha moody workaholic Jameson and feisty likeable Emily. There was some mild angst to their story as well as sizzling hot romance.

I loved their story and they kept me entertained and laughing out loud too especially the camping scene.

Many thanks to Amazon Publishing UK for my copy to read and review.

Hot! Hot! Hot! This is a type of book that I never read but I am sure glad I made an exception with this one. The characters were all realistic and most were very likable. There are lots of steamy love scenes as well as lots of laugh out loud situations. The funniest being the camping trip. It had me hooked from beginning to end. I loved it!!!
Thanks Net Galley for allowing me to read this arc for my honest review.

The Stopover (Miles High Club series) is my first T.L. Swan book but it won't be my last. I was hooked in just reading the book description and it certainly lived up to my expectations. Great writing, witty banter, suspense, loads of steamy scenes and just enough angst to keep you up late reading. Now I'm off to read the rest of the authors books :)

Oh the drama and the angst and the snarkiness and the sneering and the smirking and the bitchy and the a-holiness. This book had all of that and more!

While I own other books by this author, this is the first one I have read, and I enjoyed her style overall. I looked at her bio because some of the word choices she use are decidedly not American, though all of the characters in this story were American. The title is one of the examples because in America, we say "layover" as opposed to "stopover." Turns out, she's an Aussie, so that explains the inconsistencies with the wording.

Jameson (aka Jim, aka Jay) Miles is a 37 year old American billionaire businessman born into a media empire aptly named for his family who runs the business: Miles Media. As the eldest of 4 boys, he is the CEO, and thus carries the bulk of the responsibilities and stress. While on a flight from the London office back to the New York HQ, he meets a beautiful woman on the plane: mid-20's Emily Foster. Emily was unexpectedly upgraded at the last minute when flying back to California via NYC from a wedding she attended, and after seeing her ex hanging all over the new gf the entire time, she is not in the mood for bs. So when the man next to her that introduces himself as "Jim" starts trying to talk to her, she doesn't hold back with what she thinks about his custom tailored suit, Rolex, intellectual airplane movie choices, assumption in asking for champagne for both of them without her input, and the generally snooty air around him. But for the 6 hours they are on the plane with the champagne freely flowing, they end up flirting outrageously, and when the weather in NYC forces the plane to re-route to Boston for the night, they end up having a very passionate night together. When Jim leaves in the morning, Emily is a little put off that he doesn't ask for her number, and while she moves on, she constantly comes back to that night as the very high standard for all passionate encounters.

Fast forward to a year later.... Emily has finally landed a dream journalist job with the company she has always wanted to work for: Miles Media. It took months and many interviews along with a move across the country, but here she is on day 1 walking through the doors and up to the 40th floor to dive right in. When an HR rep comes by her desk to take her on the grand tour, they stop by the executive offices, and when the CEO (who is rarely around) happens to be in his office, he allows them to come in for introductions. And you guessed it - it's "Jim." Emily is floored, and Jameson is surprised too (though he is able to hide it a little better). How can she work for the man she shared the best sex of her life with? But she brushes it off because she is told he is never around, and her job would not have much intersection with his, as some of her co-workers have never even seen him, so all should be fine. Except that she gets an email when she gets back to her desk. From Jameson. Requesting a "private meeting" at 8 AM the next day. This is going to get interesting....

Jameson ("Jay" to family and friends) shared the most passionate night he has ever had with Emily a year ago and has been a little fixated on her since, but he has a complicated life (both professionally and personally), so while he is very interested in hooking up with her, he is not able to be in a committed relationship. This does not keep him from doggedly pursuing her, including watching her while she is working via surveillance cameras (creepy much?). And when Emily comes to him with a major problem she inadvertently stumbles across, it is the perfect chance for Jay to keep her close. But can he convince her to agree to his no-strings sexcapades? What happens when the connection becomes deeper for both of them? And when a rival threatens damage to the woman he has come to care about, will he be able to protect her?

What I liked:
--- Emily was likeable as a "normal" girl in a material world, and as a reader, you definitely found yourself rooting for her
--- The problem Emily unearthed added some twists to the story
--- Oh the steamy goodness, and just the way I like it

What I didn't like as much:
--- The author was constantly using words like "smirk," "sneer," "snarky" in the responses with each other - all of those (to me) have negative connotations, so I was a little put off with the constant attitude
--- For me, there were a lot of unanswered/unaddressed issues ***BEGIN SPOILER*** What was Claudia's role in this? She was the only one that Jameson told he was going to marry Emily, and then the set up with the kiss with Jake had a headline of "Miles CEO's finacee found carrying on with another man..." so she had to have been involved, but there was never any hint of any of that. And then, what was the deal with Jake at all? He was brought in as part of a professional corporate "spy" group to unearth the mole, but he basically acted like a flirty jackass the entire time and then set Emily up? What the hell was that about and how did it even come about? There was no explanation at all on that very critical plot point. I guess we are supposed to assume that Gabriel Ferrera orchestrated everything? It just seemed unlikely bc the spy group was hired by the Miles Media attorney, so how would Gabriel (who was in this book for all of 2 scenes) have known? So many unresolved/unanswered plot points. ***END SPOILER***
--- Emily was 100% focused on getting a job with Miles Media for years -- there is no way in the real world that she would not have known who the CEO was, and there is equally no way that there wouldn't be photos of him anywhere... especially since it was described as the top MEDIA company in the world (eye roll)
--- Jameson was very hard to like - some of the things he did were terrible, and one (which I will just call "stopover 2" so as not to spoil anything) was straight effed up unforgivable
--- I had a very strong personal reaction to Jameson's behavior ***BEGIN SPOILER*** when he would freeze Emily out completely and be totally cold, then out of the blue get all "I need you/I miss you" and be "all or nothing," then be a total dick again... I had the exact same thing happen to me with the only man I have truly loved - one day, he would be "I love you so much/I need you" and talk about us getting married, etc. and then (for literally no reason), he would block me on his phone and work messenger (yes, workplace romance situation also, though no reporting relationship between us) and was straight hostile to me in meetings; I'd be miserable for days/weeks (just like our h in this story), and then he'd show up on my front steps out of the blue begging me to forgive him... After things finally ended (very badly and to the extent that I had zero self-esteem bc I couldn't understand what was wrong with ME that made him treat be so badly which led me to a very dark place for a long time), he found me on social media 10 years later and asked me to give him another chance while promising he had his shit together and that this time would be all about me, he'd never hurt me again.... So I did go back (this was not very long ago). And he shattered my heart yet again and severed all contact --- and, once again, I did absolutely nothing to deserve any of it. So the character of Jameson brought that back and opened a major wound for me. I did not like Jameson's character at all once he started to pull that bs on the h ***END SPOILER***

Overall, a solid office romance/second chance story with some steamy goodness but a lot of unresolved and unanswered questions along with a H that was inexcusably cruel at times.

Plot --- 3/5
Main Characters --- 3/5 (Jameson 1/5; Emily 4/5)
Supporting Cast --- 4/5
Steam Level* --- 4/5
Violence --- none
Language --- the f word makes appearances early & often
POV --- Dual POV (but mostly from Emily's)

*Note that steam level is not a rating so much as a how hot was it: 0/5 - clean; 1/5 - mild; 2/5 - sensual but nothing descriptive; 3/5 - now we're getting somewhere; 4/5 - yes please! ; 5/5 - they did EVERYTHING in this one, y'all

Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for this ARC.

I enjoyed this book but I found it was very similar to other erotic novels. The author did make this one hard to put down though and I enjoyed the comedic parts of the story. I liked the characters in this book, however they were rather predictible.

Fans of other erotic fiction would love this book.

So I was looking for a story with a bit of age gap, enemies to lovers and office romance. The Stopover has all of that so why wasn't I happy. I don't know. The formula didn't work.

I got so annoyed with the two characters bickering over nothing and then having sex like animals. Just to do it again. By 34% of the book, I was exhausted and didn't care about them any further but I was hoping that the whole mystery issue would keep me entertained but nope.

This may work for some but it didn't hit my sweet spot. Since I loved the other books by this author, I still look forward to Tristan's story.

ARC provided for honest review.

My heart sighed and cried with this romance novel- in fact, it is one of my favorite romances this year! Push this to the top of your reading list! Just insta- buy this! You will not regret it- just please treat yourself and buckle yourself in for one hot ride!

Emily gets boosted to first class where she meets her seat mate, Jim. Flustered and sexually charged, Emily and Jim have instant chemistry. With the help of an extended flight and layover, Emily and Jim spend a steamy and forever altering night together. The one con?! He doesn't ask for her number... A year later Emily gets her dream job and runs into the one who got away. But Jim is definitely not what she expected, he is entirely different and more...

This novel was very well done. It was relatable yet made me laugh. The author did a great job in pulling apart what makes relationships work and what makes them tick. I loved everyone in this book not because they were perfect but because of their innate flaws. I rate this a 5 out of 5 stars!!! This is my first book I've read by TL Swan and I would be interested in reading more.

This is definitely worth the buy! I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. #NetGalley #TheStopover

4 stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This was my first read by this author and I was really pulled in by the burb but I had no idea that this book was 500+ pages long!!!!
Strangely enough that didn't seem to matter much to me once I started reading it, as this was essentially a pretty good story and I really did enjoy the writing. I was hooked almost immediately!!!

I really loved and enjoyed the chemistry and flirtatious interactions between Jameson and Emily, there were definitely many hilarious and laugh out loud moments here as well as some eye rolling and twitchy moments but I felt that this was mainly due to the inclusion of more drama than I necessarily would have cared for in this otherwise engaging and entertaining read. Overall though this book did have a really good vibe for me and I will definitely be reading more books by this author.

A SOPHISTICATED ROM-COM WITH A GENEROUS SIDE OF DRAMA.

We have a sassy heroine (Emily) and a slightly bipolar hero - Jameson and his alter ego Jim.



An ARC was received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first book by this author and I have conflicting feelings. The story had lots of potential and I thought the first part of the book was cute and funny but as it progressed the characters became unlikable and mean. The writing style was not my favorite either, there were so many plot holes. I finished it mostly to see how bad it could get.... Just no!

I received a free ARC from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion. All thoughts are my own.

This book was fantastic. The characters captured you from the first page and kept you going throughout the book. Looking forward to reading more from this author.

I loved this book. It was funny and full of romance. Great story and great characters. I will definantly be reading the rest in this series.

Emily and Jim meet on a flight to New York, where Emily is finally going to have her chance to take an interview for her dream job as a reporter for Miles media!
But fate is not (or maybe it is on her side) when due to a storm the plane is diverted to Boston and she spends the hottest sexiest night of her life with Jim, the hottest guy she's ever met and a one night stand she can't and probably won't ever forget!!
Move on 1 year and she's in New York again for her 2nd chance at a job with Miles Media! Of course she walks into the interview to none other than Jim, who is actually Jameson Miles, the CEO!!
I was thoroughly entertained by this book. Jim was definitely a man with issues!! over the top, jealous, alpha, that most of the time had me in giggles. He was definitely a handful and not only in the bedroom if you get my drift!!! Beneath his issues he really was a good guy!! T
I really liked Emily, and her no filter, she definitely wasn't letting Jim have an easy time and challenged him at every step!! She pushed at every one of his boundaries and i loved it !!
Super supporting characters and at times even with my frustrations with Jim and Emily i found myself in fits of laughter. We get it all in this book, the serious side, the fun, and the emotional upheaval along with a mystery!

4.5 stars
I don't usually go for office romance but this book ticked off all the right points in my list for a great story.
Quirky heroine, demanding boss and a banter to die for. The chemistry and intimacy were out of charts and there's always a mix of good angst, suspense and love above all.
The dominance and power balance is very well done in this story as I know some people may have a struggle with that. I really recommend this story to all my bookish friends.
Another great story from the author.

What a wild ride The Stopover was. I found myself completely caught up in the story. In fact, I feel like I hardly put the book down. Not to mention the romance! There was definitely a lot of steamy scenes. A lot.

I found Emily to be an incredibly witty and fun main character. Her snark made me smile. Plus, the banter between her and Jameson had me laughing out loud on many occasions. I could definitely see how opposites attracted in this book and found myself enjoying it.

As for the story itself, it was interesting and entertaining. The back and forth did frustrate me a bit just because there was so much bouncing between being together and not. Although, admittedly a lot of the emotions and actions were believable. There was a lot of hot and cold, hot and cold, and so on. It was tough to keep up with at times.

In the end, I really did enjoy this book. I stayed up way past my bedtime because I could not put it down. Not to mention, I almost woke my husband up a couple times from laughing so hard.

The stopover
By: TL Swan

Hot, Steamy and funny

📚💕⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💕📚

In the first book in The Miles High Club series we get a look into Jameson and Emily’s love story. When a chance meeting during a flight the chemistry is palpable but nothing comes of the attraction. Fast forward a year and Emily is now working for Jameson. Yikes😳! Can they work together? The writing is flawless, and the words are so captivating, the plot had so many twists and turns and none that I was expecting, and many shocking moments. I really enjoyed this book and it kept me engrossed throughout. I really loved the characters and the way they interacted with each other. This is a fun, hot, romantic must read book and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

Authors Blurb: I was upgraded to first class on a flight from London to New York. The food, champagne, and service were impeccable. The blue-eyed man sitting next to me, even better. He was suave and intelligent. We talked and laughed, and something clicked. Fate took over and the plane was grounded, and we had an unexpected stopover for the night. With no plans, we made our own. We danced and laughed our way around Boston and had a night of crazy passion that no woman would ever forget. That was twelve months ago, and I haven’t heard from him until today. I started a new job and met the CEO. You can imagine my surprise to see those naughty blue eyes dance with delight when he saw me across the mahogany desk. But I’m not that carefree girl anymore. My life has changed, I have responsibilities.I just got an email. He wants to see me in his office for a private meeting at 8:00 a.m. Naughty blue eyes have no place in the workplace. What kind of private meeting does he have in mind?

This book has everything I love in a book. Then you add that it's beautifully written and believable. It is easily a five star read. Written in dual POV my personal favorite this story flows so incredibly well that the next thing you know your 80% into the book and loving every second of it. The believable way the characters interact is perfect. Run, Hop, Jump or use your (1 click) finger to do whatever you have to do and get this amazing book. It'll break your heart, you'll want to scream with frustration and it'll let you discover that love just might conquer all. The chemistry is steamy and sweet and oh so romantic.

Thanks Netgally for letting me read and review.📚💕

A great start to a new series!

Emily meets Jim on a flight from London to New York. But when they can't land in New York and have a stopover in Boston, they share a night of passion that will haunt them both. A year later, Emily gets her dream job at Miles Media in New York and comes face to face with Jim ... who is really Jameson Miles the CEO of Miles Media. Will Emily and Jameson be able to capture that same chemistry in their real lives?

Like Emily ... I loved Jim, but I really didn't like Jameson ... what a jerk! And I'm being nice when I say "jerk" ... I was really thinking something more like a$$hole! I can't believe that Emily kept going back to him. I laughed so hard when she took him on that camping trip. I could just see him turning his nose up at Bessie, the tent and the air mattress. But as the story went on, Jameson began to grow on me and by the end, my opinion of him was totally different from the beginning. But from the start, I really like Jameson's brother Tristan and I can't wait for his book!

I received an early copy courtesy of Amazon Publishing UK through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

The book was entertaining and the romance had a few unexpected roadblocks. I liked the chemistry between Emily and Jameson, but the way he treated her pissed me off at times and I wanted to smack him every time he referred to her as a bitch. I loved Aaron and Molly and how supportive they were even when dealing with their own personal drama. The author repeated the same phrases over and over which got annoying, but overall this was a good read and I'm interested to see how the series plays out with the other Miles brothers.

I haven't read anything from Ms Swan before but after devouring this one I will be back for more. I thought that this might be a light and fluffy quick read but I was wrong it was so much more.

Emily meets Jim an amazingly hot businessman on a plane. When their flight is grounded they spend an scorching hot night together then go their separate ways the next morning. Emily never forgets him and imagine her shock when arrives for the first day at her dream job and finds that Jim is no more than the CEO of Miles Media Jameson Miles.

Jameson has never forgotten her either and persuades her to embark on a passionate friends with benefits relationship with him. The story becomes more when reporter Emily realizes that something is very wrong at Miles Media. An article that she wrote turns up in a competitors newspaper and it becomes obvious that someone is trying to bring Jameson and Miles Media down with help from an insider in the company. This corporate espionage puts Emily and Jameson's future in jeopardy as he fights to save his company.

This is a very intriguing story with a great cast of characters. Emily is incredibly strong and determined and a great match for Jameson, who underneath his corporate tough guy persona is very insecure about falling in love. I couldn't put it this book down until I found out who the villain was a secret that is not revealed until the very end.