Leave the Night On by Laura Trentham has all the feels; it’s a sweet tug-at-your-heartstrings friends to lovers romance with an engaging heroine and a kind, sexy hero. The honest conversations between Sutton Mize and Wyatt Abbott are exquisitely written. The storyline in Leave The Night On is perfectly paced and plotted; the story and its characters stayed with me for days.
Sutton Mize brings her fiancés car to Wyatt Abbott’s garage to be restored. While cleaning the car, Wyatt finds restaurant receipts and a sexy, black thong embroidered with a heart. Sutton recognizes the thong as it was special ordered item from her clothing store. She’s crushed when she puts the pieces together; her fiancé has been cheating on her with her best friend! I loved the scene when Sutton confronts her fiancé and best friend – she stays cool, calm and collected when she is told she is boring. Sutton explains that she’s been seeing someone, too—Wyatt! Sutton developed self-confidence and purpose as her relationship with Wyatt deepened.
Wyatt gave up a college scholarship to work with his brothers in the family garage. He is the peacekeeper in the family- the brothers don’t agree on how to run the day to day operations or how to increase the lucrative restoration piece of the business. The friendship and trust between Sutton and Wyatt is apparent when Sutton shows up at Wyatt’s with a homemade dinner after he texted her cancelled their date. The chemistry between the two characters exploded in the next few scenes.




Leave the Night on exceeded my expectations! The unique characters, complicated family dynamics and small town southern feeling appealed to me. Family and community are important to both Sutton and Wyatt. The author does a fabulous job threading Wyatt’s brother Ford throughout the novel. Was Ford trying to get new business for the garage or was he secretly looking to sell his share of the business without giving his brothers the opportunity to buy him out? Loved the characters of Hazel and Hyacinth and their relationship with the Abbott brothers.
Kudos to Laura Trentham – Leave The Night On is an amazing read—perfect for reader who love a small town romance with engaging characters, family drama and a bit of mystery!
Am looking forward to the next book in this series!

Leave the Night On is a well written small town romance. I loved the southern Mississippi setting and really enjoyed the author's writing. I anticipate reading more of her books in the future.

I love small town romances and I really enjoyed Sutton and Wyatt's story along with all the other characters. The book was so good that I will continue with this series because their are so many other people I want to get to know more about. Also, I do want to mention that I did read out of order but surprisingly I was not lost at all.

Sutton Mize definitely needed the lights on to see her fiancée as he truly is in Leave The Night On by Laura Trentham. This is small town drama, probably more realistic in that the bad is shown as well as the good. There is cheating in this story but it is not by the two main characters, though the gist is that Sutton Mize wanted her fiancée to think that had happened. That did not endear her to me.

The town of Cottonbloom has plenty of Dallas drama which gives the residents plenty to talk about even if it is not true. As the story progresses Sutton grows on me so that I want her and Wyatt to find true love together. She may be the upper class with Wyatt as working class but in my eyes, he is the better class.

Cute story that seemed a bit predictable. The most unpredictable events were with Sutton, her ex and her former best friend.

I love visiting the quirky small town of Cottonbloom. The town and the people always come alive for me. Leave the Night On was no different. The story was full of love, both the romantic and platonic kind. It was sweet and touching and I loved both MCs right from the get-go.

Quick Summary:
Wyatt has always had a crush on Sutton Mize but he’s a small town mechanic and she’s the daughter of a prominent Judge. Their adult lives don’t cross paths until fate throws them together. Saving Sutton is Wyatt’s chance to get to know the girl he thought he never had a chance with.

Sutton always thought Wyatt didn't like her when they were younger, but the Wyatt that comes to her rescue is a man with profound depths she can't resist exploring. It's the wrong time to jump into a relationship so suddenly after her last disaster, but Sutton is done being safe, she's ready to take a wild risk.

The role of forgiving nice girl who never rocked the boat would have to go to her understudy tonight. Not only was she going to rock the boat, she planned to blow the mother-flipping thing to smithereens.

What starts as a business arrangement between them to save face and help Wyatt's family garage turns into something much more complicated. Pretty soon Wyatt and Sutton are knee deep in emotions and the clock is ticking down the minutes to the end of their temporary relationship.

Can Wyatt show Sutton he's ready to settle down, with her? Or will Sutton let her past cloud her chance at a real HEA with Wyatt? Lol, this is Cottonbloom, so although the ending is predictable, the road leading to that sweet ending will have some unexpected twists!

What I loved:
Sutton and Wyatt were great MCs. They complimented each other and I loved their easy, almost instinctive trust and emotional pull. Not to say they didn't have enough heat, because they generate some crazy intense heat between the sheets - just saying! Their romance was not without it's bumps but it was worth it in the end.

There are three more Abbott brothers waiting in the wings that will hopefully have their own stories soon! Mack was intriguing, Jackson and Willa - I'm anxious to read ASAP! and Ford, well idk how I feel about him . . . lets just say, he needs to be redeemed but I have faith LT will be able to pull it off!

A few things felt off for me . . .
The whole Bree thing, I felt Sutton was way too easy on her, not only because of what she did and with who, but the selfish way she behaved after the fact. I didn't buy into her remorse, she was just a terrible person and I wanted Sutton to break all ties with her. Granted this isn't Sutton's style but still I wanted less Bree time all around.

Something else that stuck out as odd to me because the behavior felt so out of place, was Sutton's reaction to Ford baiting Wyatt at the gala. It was odd because she and Wyatt had always been upfront about their situation. The fact that they had just cleared the water and she was finally ready to take that next step with Wyatt, only to over-react (in my opinion) to Ford's accusations was a bit frustrating for me. TBH I was already a bit miffed with the way she had left things with Wyatt before this, so my frame of mind was not very forgiving when she puts him out of his misery and than soon after, pushes him away. Again.

Lucky for me, the drama was downplayed and not drawn out for drama's sake. It was low angst and except for those few hiccups, I really liked Sutton and loved Wyatt. Can't wait to stop by and visit Cottonbloom again soon with Jackson and Willa's story next!!!

This was my first book by Laura Trentham. How did I miss her before? It says this is the fourth book in the Cottonbloom series, so I've got to go back and catch up. I really liked her writing style, the plot and the characters. Not only were the main character, Sutton and Wyatt likable, but the secondary characters were also fun to get to know. Wyatt brother's had the "not always so harmonious" thing going on, just like any family. They really gave Wyatt a hard time, but for the most part had his back as well. Sutton's parents were very supportive of her in a way that even surprised me. Her best friend definitely broke the best friend code, but even she was redeeming herself by the end of the book.
Wyatt was just a sweetheart (as well as super sexy) from the very beginning of the book. He takes a moment that could have been the complete demolition of Sutton's dignity and really tried to help her through it. He stepped up to the plate immediately and I loved him for that! Their love/hate relationship from their childhood added another layer to the plot. It was kind of amusing that Sutton had never figured out that all the "evil things" that young Wyatt had done to her were stemming from his puppy love for her.
All in all, a great small town romance with great characters, steamy sex and the heart and romance to send me back for more!

I was given an ARC of this book by the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest opinion. All opinions are my own.
What would you do if the mechanic who is about to start work restoring your fiancé’s car pulls out a lacy thong from beneath the front seat of said car? What if said tiny scrap of underwear didn’t belong to you, but you knew exactly who the owner was? Not forgetting that you were about to send out your wedding invitations…..
This is precisely the situation that Sutton Mize finds herself in at the outset of the new romantic novel from Laura Trentham. The garage is on the opposite side of the river to her own home and is a family business run by the Abbott brothers, all whom Sutton remembers from her childhood. But today Sutton needs to keep her head held high having just realised that fiancé, lawyer Andrew Tarwater is having an affair rather too close to home. So the obvious thing to do on confronting the guilty parties, if you are Sutton Mize, is to say that you have been having an affair yourself with…with…..the man who has just offered you support and comfort. This man is Wyatt Abbott, mechanic.
I don’t want to give away too many spoilers but…..put into the mixing pot the rich girl, daughter of local Judge; the grease monkey attractive, muscled and sensitive; the self absorbed, double crossing lawyer and fiancé; the “best” friend; and a sprinkling of family histories with a run-away mother, a superstition about the family line of Abbott twins and some very extreme weather conditions – you have the makings of a perfect chick lit romance novel!
I love a good old romance as much as the next person, but I always worry that there will be no character development and that the lead figures (particularly the women) will end up annoying me. Not meaning to sound too pompous here, but there are some of those English literature lessons that I can’t shake off! But I am pleased to say that Sutton proves herself to be more than just the pretty faced daughter of the local states man! She is a savvy business woman with a hidden talent that her estranged sister and Wyatt help to nurture and her personality goes from strength to strength. Wyatt also develops through the course of the book and I loved the relationship with his slightly eccentric twin aunts, which ran alongside his with his own twin and brothers.
If you are looking for a book to stick in your suitcase for a great summer read, this could be the one! There seem to be enough a loose ends for the story to continue……Ms Trentham, do you have another up your sleeve?
For me this was a light hearted enjoyable 4 star read!

Leave the Night On by Laura Trentham was my first read by this author and I really enjoyed it. A betrayal of the worst kind and a fake relationship that becomes so much more.

Sutton Mize finds out her fiancée betrayed her not only with someone else, but with her best friend. How does she know this? Because she knows exactly who she sold those panties too that she finds in his car! When she confronts him, she decides payback is in order and informs him she has been having her own affair with Wyatt.

And so, the shenanigans begin, because Sutton wants to prove this fake relationship to save face. But Wyatt is more than willing to play along. I loved Wyatt. He was so sweet, caring and sexy. A good man with a big heart. He has always been attracted to Sutton and is more than willing to help her out now.

As Sutton and Wyatt begin to spend time together they begin to see how real this can be for them. Even so, there was some drama around being from different sides of the tracks, or river, per se. But it was nice to see them build on what they had and not let others interfere. Though at times Sutton was a bit frustrating as well, with some of her comments or thoughts on Wyatt, but she quickly got passed that once she really saw him.

I do love small town romances and this one fit the bill nicely. This was a fun read. A fake relationship that suddenly becomes less fake with two people who are really nice, sweet and just good together. I enjoyed the story, the characters and am looking forward to reading more of this series.

Ya'll know how much I LOVE fake to real romances, right?  Well, I might have squealed a little when I realized that was what this is ;)

Sutton has decided to get revenge on her fiance after finding a pair of lace underwear in his car that was not hers.  She enlists Wyatt Abbott to help.  Wyatt goes along with her story since he's always crushed on Sutton.  Wyatt was sweet and caring and just plain perfect.

*thanks to Tasty Book Tours for sharing a copy of this with me*

Wyatt Abbott works with his brothers Mack, Jackson and Ford at the Abbott Brothers Garage and Restoration, a family business. All four brothers own 25 percent of the garage which is located in Cottonbloom.

Today, Sutton Mize drives a red Camero convertible into the garage. Wyatt has not seen Sutton in 18 years when then used to go to school together. She is there to have the interior of the older car redone as an engagement present to her fiancé, Andrew Tarwater. He has been driving the car but it does need a makeover. Sutton and her sister own and run Abigail’s Boutique and Andrew is an attorney in town.

Sutton is cleaning out the glove box of the car and checking for other personal items before leaving the car at the garage. Wyatt is helping her and they find receipts for dinners to expensive restaurants where she has not been with him and - lo and behold - under the seat they find a fancy and expensive thong that Sutton knows belongs to her best friend, Bree. Shocked, she accepts Wyatt’s offer to drive her home while Andrew’s deception sinks in. When Wyatt returns later to see how she is, they hatch a plan to make it appear that they have been having an affair to anger both Andrew and Bree.

As Wyatt and Sutton continue seeing one another, they spark an attraction. Could this be the real thing for both of them?

This is a clever story but somewhat predictable. However, if you like hometown, cozy love stories, this book is just for you.

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

4 stars

Leave The Night On by Laura Trentham was a sweet, fun and heartwarming read.

The writing was well done, the storyline kept me turning the pages and I enjoyed watching Sutton and Wyatt's relationship develop.

Wyatt was a sweetheart, I loved his honesty, his big heart and how much of himself he gives to the people he loves and cares for.
Sutton took a little longer for me to like, the more time I spent in her head the more she grew on me.
By then end of the book I had no doubt these two were going to have a long and happy life together.

Leave The Night On introduces us to the Abbott brothers and for me the brothers relationship added to my overall enjoyment. Each brother brings something to the book and I'm looking forward to watching them find their own happily ever after.

In closing, Leave The Night On is a good addition to the Cottonbloom series, each book can be read as a standalone and I highly recommend them all.

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This is an age old plot done very well. Sutton is the wealthy daughter of a prominent judge who finds out her fiancé has been cheating on her with her best friend while taking his car to the garage where she is going to have it restored. Wyatt is one of four brothers who own the garage, and he has loved Sutton from afar his whole life. With the humiliation of finding out about the cheating while at the garage, Wyatt and Sutton decide to fake date to keep her from feeling embarrassed to the small community they live in. One of the things I liked about this book was the slow burn to a real relationship. Even when Sutton has insecurities about whether Wyatt truly loves her, it did not feel forced. An enjoyable book and I can see Ms. Trentham continuing this as a series. What I didn't realize is that this is the fourth book in this series and I may have to go back and read the others.

3.5 stars.

If you’re looking for an easy summer read with small town charm and a lovely romance, then this is a fairly good bet. Mixing a good girl from one side of the river, with a bad boy from the other, there’s a lot of facing down expectations, mixed up feelings and family drama, but at heart it’s mostly about Sutton learning there’s so much more to herself and her life than she’s let herself feel so far.

I loved Wyatt. He’s sweet as well as sexy, good at what he does, yet has a streak of vulnerability about who he is and how he fits in, not just with Sutton but with his own family. His feelings for Sutton go way back and pretty deep, but he tries so hard not to show it in case he scares her away. He’s adorable and I really liked him.

I liked Sutton too, even if she frustrated me at times. The joint betrayal that kicks things off did make me sympathise with her, but some of the things it leads to made her seem a bit immature. She uses Wyatt throughout and is clearly getting the better end of the deal, yet somehow she doesn’t trust him because of the mess she made of everything. However, when there’s no artifice or bad ideas hanging around and it’s just the two of them, I did think they made a great match. They definitely have plenty to offer each other, especially when it comes to support, so I was happy to keep reading in the hope that Sutton would sort her own head out.

Away from the romance, this book definitely has a feel of the first in a series about it, despite being the fourth book set in Cottonbloom. Which is great if you’re new, because a lot of the book focuses on the introduction of the four Abbott brothers, giving glimpses of the things that bind them together and the stresses that threaten to break them apart. The only problem I had with this was that so many threads were hinted at about the wider Abbott brothers’ story that a lot of it was left unfinished by the end, leaving me a little unsatisfied – especially the Ford issue. Throw that in with the half-hearted bit of drama right towards the end and this didn’t end as strongly as I might have hoped. I did like the epilogue, but the overall feeling I had at the end was unsettled rather than content, mostly because the Abbott brothers have got a lot of work yet to do.

Overall, I enjoyed this. It didn’t sweep me up as much as I’d hoped and the beginning was a lot stronger than the ending, but I loved Wyatt and thought Sutton was a good match for him. The romance was easily enjoyable, the characters interesting and I definitely want to know what happens next.

4 “I heard you’re good with your...wrench.” Stars

It's no secret that Cottonbloom is one of my happy places, so I'm happy to pack my bags and head off there at any given opportunity and this time around the series shifts focus from the Fournette siblings to the Abbott's: four brothers, with very different personalities, who joint own the town's garage and vehicle restoration business.

“She was Southern femininity and grace. And he was a grease monkey.“

I'll be honest, I was as nervous going into this after reading the blurb because I'm not a fan of the fauxmance trope. But it quickly became apparent that my reservations were unfounded as whilst Wyatt and Sutton's romance may have an expiry date, the countdown to it is a heated and heartfelt one.

“...she’s going to rip your heart into little pieces and feed it to the gators before she goes back to her old life.”

What made this the story it was was the lack of drama and how the difference in social stature wasn't heavily played upon, as with Sutton being the daughter of Cottonbloom's judge, residing on the affluent side of the river and expected to marry someone of equal stature, and Wyatt coming from the less wealthy side and being less polished, that could have easily not been the case. And this is precisely why I love Laura Trentham's writing because she knows how to create a couple to fall in love with; regardless of their situation.

“I don’t want to think about us being over when we’re just getting started.”

Wyatt was perfect: thoughtful and protective but not overbearing he wears his heart on his sleeve and was attractive all round. Sutton was as frustrating as she was loveable and although early on I could understand her thinking, towards the end I started to want to shake her. Yet she brought many of the more surprising moments in terms of character and there's no question that Wyatt brings out the best in her.

“My fantasies are plentiful and varied.”

All in all not my favourite couple of the series so far but still a strong addition and one that can be easily read if you're unfamiliar with the previous books. I can't wait to see what Laura has in store for Wyatt's twin, Jackson in When the Stars Come Out.

Sweet, Southern Charm, & Passion!
This was the first story I have read by Laura Trentham and I cannot wait to read so many more. This was such a charming, sweet and sexy story. That captured my attention from the first page till the end. I loved Wyatt and Sutton. I thoroughly enjoyed watching them connect and learning about their histories.
Wyatt is handsome, but even more potent than his looks was his intangible confidence and ease with himself. He is sweet, kind, caring, charismatic and such a southern gentlemen when it comes to Sutton. He has been smitten on the sweet, shy, Sutton that had a spark of spirit in her, that he met years ago when her daddy, Judge Mize brought her to their garage.
When Sutton is humiliated, by finding her best friend lingerie in her fiance' car at the Abbott Brothers Garage, she asks Wyatt to help her save face by letting her fiancé think that she has been seeing Wyatt behind his back. But as Wyatt and Sutton soon realize the chemistry between them is sizzling hot!
I loved their flirting and the build of heat they had between them. Wyatt made her feel beautiful and sexy with his naturally sensuous nature and he offered Sutton pure physical pleasure with a sprinkling of hope and laughter. Swoon worthy romance with all the feels. Fantastic, Heartwarming, Southern Charm!
I Loved this story! Get yours now!
Received a ARC through Tasty Book Tours via NetGalley and voluntarily wrote an honest review.

I have read and enjoyed Trentham's work in the past, so when an opportunity to review something new came up, I jumped on it. I was a little concerned when I realized that Leave the Night On was in the middle of a series, but I shouldn't have worried. I had no trouble following the story line.

I love a good Rom Com and Leave the Night On certainly fit the bill. This story was full of feeling, with enough humor and adult situations to keep things interesting.

I enjoy romance as much as the next person, but I get a little squeamish, some might say prudish when it comes to overly descriptive sexy times. Thankfully, Trentham brought us to the brink without making me want to bury my head under the covers. The private moments between Sutton and Wyatt were steamy and sweet and utterly enjoyable.

I loved the rivalry between the siblings as well as the rivalry between the towns on both sides of the river. The brothers were great in their love and support of each other. The problems within the family were absolutely on point and really helped to create drama and interest.

Besides the romance, Trentham has her characters growing by stretching comfort zones, stepping out on faith, and forgiving seemingly unforgivable sins. What looks and sounds like a light fluffy read has an unexpected depth of character and a sweet heat that will have readers coming back for more.

Leave the Night On is the fourth book in the Cottonbloom series by Laura Trentham. This book is an amazing stand alone book. Thankfully, the Cottonbloom series are all stand alone with a new couple each book. Sutton just found out that her fiance cheated on with her best friend when she takes his red Camaro to Wyatt, a mechanic, for a restoration. When Sutton confronts her fiance, she says she has also been in affair with, the mechanic across the river, Wyatt. Knowing that it was a lie, Sutton tries to convince Wyatt to pretend to date her for a while, and of course, he agrees. Through flooding rivers, parties, and confrontations with friends and family can they make this fake dating real.

Leave the Night On by Laura Trentham
Cottonbloom #4

Sutton Mize is engaged…until she finds her BFF’s scanty panties under the seat in her fiancé’s car. After that she wants to get even so says she and Wyatt Abbott have been seeing one another for some time – though they have not been. What begins as a way to prove to her ex-fiancé that she is desirable and has been dating or can happily be with someone else turns into a real relationship as she and Wyatt spend more and more time together. There are others in the story and having come into this series on the fourth book wasn’t a problem although I do wonder about Cottonbloom and all the people that were mentioned.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC – This is my honest review.

3 Stars