Book review: Late Call by Emma Hart

She’s a high class call girl. He’s taking over his father’s business.

Seven years ago, they fell in love in Paris.

They walked away at the end of the summer, never imagining they’d meet again.

Now he’s her client.


We fell in love the way you jump from a cliff. Hard and fast with a reckless sense of abandon. The six weeks we spent together changed my life, but at seventeen, I was naive. I was a dreamer. A believer.

Now I’m twenty-four and cynical. I don’t believe in love. There’s no place for such emotions as a high class escort. The only things I’m allowed to feel are physical – and that’s why it’s so damn hard when the client of a last minute job turns out to be the man I left in France seven years ago. When he buys me for six weeks at triple my rate, my agent makes it clear I have no choice but to take the job despite our previous relationship. And my heart makes it very clear I have to stay firmly on top of the cliff this time.

Because for six weeks, I once again belong to Aaron Stone.

*I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this wonderful book in exchange for an honest review.*

Late Call is the first book in the Call series.

Seeing their first and only love again unexpectedly after seven years was a surprise for both of them. So much has changed. Aaron Stone is about to take over his father's company, Dayton Black is a high class call girl. She hasn't experienced love or real pleasure for so long she can barely remember how it feels like.

When Dayton sees Aaron again he is not her lover like he was seven years ago, he's her client. She tries her best to see it that way, even after he hires her to travel with him around the world as his girlfriend for six weeks. Aaron uses every chance to remind her of the weeks they spent together in Paris seven years ago. He wants her to want him, waiting for his chance to give her everything she needs, showing her how it feels to feel loved.

“Believe in what?” “Love. Always believe in love.”

I couldn't put this book down and it's been some time since I read a book this fast. Emma Hart's writing style is simply wonderful. Dayton is a cynical woman and kinda frustrated when it comes to her life. Aaron only adds to that frustration and she insults him more often than she is nice to him.

“So bad that if you don't kiss me right this fucking second I might hit you!” - Dayton

Emma Hart describes her characters in a great way. Aaron is a rich man who works hard to take over his father's company. Dayton works as a call girl, first to support herself during her college time, and then she just made it her life. Aaron is the lovely man every woman would swoon over, but Dayton tries everything to be professional and see him as a client. He pays for her time and she is sure she wouldn't stay if he wouldn't pay for it. Or would she?

“I can't believe he's fucking with my twenty-four-year-old mind as easily as he stole my seventeen-year-old heart.” - Dayton

It's not your typical romance book, it's erotic and hot, but what did you expect from a call girl and a rich guy who pays his ex-girlfriend to be his pretend girlfriend. I enjoyed this book so much. It was fun and Dayton is a strong character who knows what she wants until Aaron tries to make her want more. Everything.

There's a major cliffhanger, but I expected that after chapter twenty-three. Damn, I never expected that. Everything else but not that. Trust me when I tell you that this book will hold your attention.

I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys reading about women who know what they want, men who try to give them the world, and a big secret that will change it all.

I read a few of Emma Hart's books but this has been by far my favorite.