E. J. Noyes

Stockbroker Isabelle Rhodes has a lot of money, a lot of trust issues, and a whole lot of reasons to believe her ex-girlfriend was right when she said that Isabelle sucked at relationships. With that accusation stuck in her head, Isabelle throws caution to the wind and dives into her first one-night stand. Checking that off her bucket list should be something to celebrate--except it turns out that the woman she just spent an earth-shattering night with is actually her newly hired company pilot, Audrey Graham. Ms. Never-See-You-Again just turned into Ms. See-You-Constantly. Concerned about the stigma of workplace dalliances, Isabelle vows it can't go further than the one night. Good plan--if not for an insistent libido and an even more persistent Audrey who conspires to break Isabelle's resolve. Soon their no strings arrangement starts to feel a lot like dating, and Isabelle finds herself wanting more than just casual nights together...

Turbulence

Izza

4.5 stars | I don't think EJ Noyes can write a bad book. She's just so damn talented.

Renee

Decent sexy romance. Not on the same scale as Ask, Tell, but Iz and Audrey's need for each other feels believable. It's a typical lust to love plot with a nice balance between dialogue and Iz's POV. I agree with other reviewer in that I have little in common with the main characters. I am curious how Audrey could mingle with Iz's crowd. Audrey mentioned from her mother, but didn't elaborate any further.

E.J. Noyes

Stockbroker Isabelle Rhodes has a lot of money, a lot of trust issues, and a whole lot of reasons to believe her ex-girlfriend was right when she said that Isabelle sucked at relationships. With that accusation stuck in her head, Isabelle throws caution to the wind and dives into her first one-night stand. Checking that off her bucket list should be something to celebrate—except it turns out that the woman she just spent an earth-shattering night with is actually her newly hired company pilot, Audrey Graham. Ms. Never-See-You-Again just turned into Ms. See-You-Constantly. Concerned about the stigma of workplace dalliances, Isabelle vows it can’t go further than the one night. Good plan—if not for an insistent libido and an even more persistent Audrey who conspires to break Isabelle’s resolve. Soon their no strings arrangement starts to feel a lot like dating, and Isabelle finds herself wanting more than just casual nights together…

Lucia Correa

4.75 Stars rounded up to 5 STARS

So how long before the next E.J. Noyes book? I'm know her debut novel,  Ask, Tell will make it on my Best of 2017 list and this, her second will too. This book differs from her first as it is a romance through and through. If you love romances, you will most probably love this book.

As with Ask, Tell Noyes writes it in the First Person. I haven't read many in this style, but this maybe the 3rd in the last month or so. I'll have to add a tag. In this case the narrator is Isabelle Rhodes.

Isabelle, is a star stockbroker, on the top lists as one of the wealthiest woman and successful business person. She started the company with her best friend Mark, also a broker, he takes care of personnel and as Isabelle describes it, "he is the showman, all about company image while her talents were the actual money-making side of the business."

On a business trip, Isabelle has her first one night stand only to find out the next morning that her one night stand is Captain Audrey Graham, her newly hired company pilot. And off we go!

I loved Audrey, but maybe because Isabelle does too? They keep their relationship, no strike that, their no strings arrangement quiet from everyone to avoid problems at the company and because you know, this was just casual, fun, sex. But wow. There is no denying their chemistry, and add to that their growing friendship and you have a fabulous romance.

There are well written minor characters - especially Isabelle's Southern Mom and her driver/un-official bodyguard, Penny. It was fascinating as we learn about Penny in little bits and for that matter, so does Belle.

One of my favorite quotes - "I'd always prided myself on treating employees respectfully. Did orgasms count as a respectful employee treatment? If so, color me super-respectful." Isabelle after recognizing their new pilot, Captain Graham.

Carol Bailey

I feel like I've become one of those cliche women you see on the Lifetime Movie Network. I want more out of my relationships but I keep falling for the same guy over and over again. In this instance it's LGBT romance novels. I see a blurb, it reminds my of the good old days when I was a baby lesbian and just finding lgbt romance books. What could possibly be better than the heart wrenching girl meets girl, girl falls for girl, she loses the girl and then Yay.... wins her back. Oh and the fun sex scenes that no one was getting in real life. I grab the book, and damn it all its the same stuff I was reading forever ago and it's boring and predictable. Did I say boring? I find myself reading these things thinking "Who would put up with this crap? This doesn't happen in real life." Oh and in this day in age, someone's ass would be sued/fired faster than you could turn the page. One of us hasn't grown up even a little bit. Oh and don't you be saying CAB it's you. Fine it is me. I want MORE but I keep falling running back in the hopes the relationship can be rekindled. This is my crying out for an intervention. I'm either going to have to keep re-reading a few old faithfuls or find an RA (romance anonymous) group to keep me on track with other genres.

Jude Silberfeld

I read this book years ago (maybe not years but for me, more than a couple of months ago is years ago) and had never found the time to listen to the audiobook version. After introducing my wife to audiobooks with Satisfaction Guaranteed, written by Karelia Stetz-Waters and narrated by Lori Prince on the first leg of our little road trip, I had to give her the gift of one of the best combos, E. J. Noyes and Abby Craden. She’s heard me praise Craden’s narrations for a while now, so we drove home listening to the queen telling Isabelle and Audrey’s story.

Isabelle Rhodes isn’t used to one-night stands. In fact, she never had one-night stands until now. And she loved it and said goodbye only to find out that the woman who made her feel so good last night is Audrey Graham, the new pilot of her jet. Isabelle tries to fight the obviously mutual attraction, not completely comfortable with the idea of dating one of her employees, but when Audrey suggests keeping things casual, Isabelle can’t resist. Feelings will be caught on the way, as feelings tend to do.

I write this every time I review one of her books but it’s true and I feel the need to repeat it: E. J. Noyes is one of the best authors at the moment, in wlw fiction but not only. And Abby Craden is one of the best narrators. I’ve been told there’s no such thing as too sexy, yet I have on occasion been distracted from the story by Craden’s voice, most notably in Noyes’s Ask Me Again. That’s absolutely not a problem here. Turbulence is full of sexiness and Craden is perfect. My wife called her a Rolls Royce and it’s accurate.

It’s funny how sometimes when I love a book I don’t have so much to say about it except that I love it, it was fun, it was extremely sexy, it was perfect. I had forgotten Isabelle’s mother and I loved getting to know her again. I also loved Abby Craden’s accent for her. I loved everything, to be honest. That’s a lot of love in not many sentences but it’s all true.

Turbulence

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