Gray Area (Off The Books 3) by Kay Cove-review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 12, 2026
Her ex said she was past her prime. Her younger man begs to differ.
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Two decades designing couture for the elite, and building a billion-dollar fashion brand, should feel like success. Instead, I have an empty mansion, a fresh divorce settlement, and the sinking feeling that I traded everything meaningful for a life that looks better on social media than it does in the mirror.
When my practically estranged best friend passes away, she leaves me with the one thing my ex-husband never gave me a chance to have—a baby. Well, a soon-to-be baby, currently residing in a surrogate’s belly. Surprise!
Guilt-ridden, and scared to face this alone, cue my desperate funeral plus-one hire: Saylor, an escort with bedroom eyes and a smile that makes me forget I’m supposedly “past my expiration date.” He’s over a decade younger and shouldn’t give me a second glance after the check clears.
Only he does.
And while I’m spiraling over surprise motherhood and the thoughts of launching a new fashion empire, away from the clutches of my ex, this way-too-young-for-me man has the audacity to look at me like I’m the only woman in the world.
“Too old” is what society whispers about women my age starting over. Too old for babies. Too old for new beginnings. Definitely too old for Saylor’s salacious advances that make me feel like a teenager in lust.
But what if the happily ever after isn’t lost, just fashionably late? And what if the unattainable escort couldn’t care less about earning his money, because he’s making a play for my heart?
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REVIEW:The next installment in the Off the Books series by Kay Cove is here. Gray Area is the third book in the series and what a book it is. There is a little bit of everything in this book, from love and loss, to starting over again, to surprise baby to starting all over again. I was prepared to like this book, because frankly I really enjoy the author, but I wasn’t expecting to get as emotional about it as I did. It was that good!
Celeste is a woman who has worked her tushie off for the things that she has, but that has come at a cost. After finalizing a messy end to her marriage, Celeste finds herself a surprise guardian to her late best-friend (a best friend she hasn’t seen in forever) unborn baby. Weird right? But Celeste takes it all in stride, this could be her last chance to have the baby her ex always denied her. But before all that she has to get through the funeral, so she does the only thing she can think of. She hires an escort. Enter Saylor, the much younger cinnamon roll who seems to find her completely perfect. Together, these two start a journey that will change each other’s lives, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t test them at times. Saylor has his own baggage, and Celeste, well lets just say age isn’t always just a number.
I LOVE Saylor! The man is a giant, supportive, energetic teddy bear that we all need in our own lives. He loves to love, he is so kind and caring and sees Celeste for who she is rather than her fame and money. He had me smiling and happy for so much of this book, well up until I was crying into my Oreo’s for how sad he then made me. It was a roller coaster, let me tell you. Celeste is a girls girls, she is strong and fierce, but also kinda lonely. With Saylor and the new baby she starts to think that starting new may not be such a bad thing after all. But can she let him into her heart? Does she really want to be a new Mom at her age? Does Saylor really want her? Read and find out fellow readers!
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Reviewed by Sarah
