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Riley: A Friends with Benefits Detective Hidden Feelings Steamy Small-Town Big Family Romance (Loving a Young Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Stacy Eaton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 71 ratings

Will Riley finally admit that she’s in love with Ethan, or will she lose him forever?
Riley is always the life of the party, and Ethan is there to pick her up and keep her together. He knows her almost as well as she knows herself, and he knows she will never love him as he does her.

Now Ethan wants more out of life and love, but Riley continues to deny her feelings and insists they are only friends with benefits. When a training opportunity comes up that will get Ethan out of town for months, he jumps on it—finally, a way to get over Riley and move on.

With Ethan gone and a new guy in her life, Riley deals with several emotional issues without the help of her best friend. A family emergency has Ethan feeling lost without Riley to lean on, but he refuses to go to her and seeks solace with another.

Will Riley make the right choices and finally admit how she feels, or will she find herself alone and falling further down the rabbit hole?

The Loving a Young Series is a steamy adult romance series comprising of six books. While these books are all standalone romances, the characters will be seen throughout the series. They will also be found in the five-book spin-off Loving a Winston Series. An additional Spin-Off Series is projected to start publishing in 2025 and is entitled Loving a Lancaster Series. It is currently slated for eight books. To read the series in order, follow this list:

Loving a Young Series:
Wesley
Henley
Huntley
Riley
Kayley
Bradley

Loving a Winston Series:
Cara
Evan
Candy
Carmen
Coral

Loving a Lancaster Series – Coming Soon!

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    Loving a Young
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Bad girl romance, friends with benefits

police romance, surprise baby

Siblings romance, small town romance

Riley is always the life of the party, and it's Ethan that is there to pick her up and keep her together. He knows her almost as well as she knows herself, and he knows she will never love him as he does her.

Now Ethan wants more out of life and love, but Riley continues to deny her feelings and insists they are only friends with benefits. When a training opportunity comes up that will get Ethan out of town for months, he jumps on it. Finally, a way to get over Riley and move on.

With Ethan gone and a new guy in her life, Riley finds herself dealing with several emotional issues without the help of her best friend. A family emergency has Ethan feeling lost without Riley there to lean on, but he refuses to go to her and seeks solace with another.

Will Riley make the right choices, and finally, admit how she feels, or will she find herself alone and falling further down the rabbit hole?

Steamy Romance series, Small town romance series,

The Loving a Young Series is a steamy romance series that consists of six books. While these books are all standalone romances, the characters will be seen across titles since this is a small-town romance series about siblings finding forever loves.

Steamy Romance, Loving a Young Series,

The Loving a Young Series:

Wesley, Book 1 Henley, Book 2 Huntley, Book 3 Riley, Book 4 Kayley, Book 5 Bradley, Book 6

If you enjoy the Loving a Young Series, make sure to look for the steamy romantic spin-off series, Loving a Winston Series where the Young couples will make cameo appearances as the remaining Winston siblings find happily ever after’s.

Cara, Book 1

Evan, Book 2

Coral

Cara

Candy

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08MWMVP4K
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 16, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.7 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 254 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 4 of 6 ‏ : ‎ Loving a Young
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 71 ratings

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Stacy Eaton

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Stacy Eaton is a USA Today Bestselling author and began her writing career in October of 2010. Stacy took early retirement from law enforcement after over fifteen years of service in 2016 due to a second serious concussion. Her last three years on the job were in investigations and crime scene investigation. She now writes full-time.

Stacy resides in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, who works in law enforcement. She has a daughter in college and a son who is currently serving in the United States Navy.

Stacy writes a variety of genres, but mostly romance. She enjoys writing real-life stories that people can relate to with real-life problems, emotions, and solutions.

Her favorites: Classic cars, photography, Disney, music, coffee, and her favorite sweatshirt that says, You are dangerously close to getting killed in my next novel.

Visit Stacy's website for more information on her and her books. stacyeaton.com

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  • Shawn Moffett
    5.0 out of 5 stars I was so immersed!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2025
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    I couldn’t put the book down! Read it in 2 days! An emotional, heartfelt, gut wrenching (pun intended) romance that depicts the various levels of maturity in young love. An unexpected death, steamy and erotic make up sex. This book has all the above and ready for the next book in the series! Thank you Stacy Eaton!
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  • Shweet Sandi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Young-Winston Family
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2021
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    I adore the Young Family but man I wanted to shake Riley Young so hard that this girl would get some good sense in her. This is the 4th book in the Loving a Young series and it was one of those books that had me literally wanting to spank this young woman and teach her some manners and good learning. It's a good book do not get me wrong, a really good book and we need all the push and pull from Riley and her best friend Ethan to make it this way. Ethan has been in love with this girl as long as he has walked this earth. Riley has been his best friend and friends with benefits yet she hasn't noticed that her BFF has fallen in love with her. Or maybe she noticed and is ignoring that fact? Anyways Ethan decides it is time to move on past her and takes a job with the country and training for 3 months across the country. Then during this time life throws up a big old hurdle in the young family that Riley is in the middle of two ways. This book will have you crying so make sure you have tissues and a full glass of wine. You might need it. I am so looking forward to the next series the Winston family.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamic Love Story
    Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2021
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    This is a very interesting and dynamic love story with amazing and endearing characters as they chases their happily ever after moments.
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  • Yvonne T. Cruz
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good addition to the series
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2021
    We are back with the Young siblings and this time the story belongs to Riley Young. A story that will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions and a ride in which you suspect many hearts will be crushed.
    During the day , Riley is a fourth grade teacher, but at night she is your typical party girl. Lots of drinking, partying , and late nights. Her one constant is her best friend Ethan. He’s the one always there to take care of her when she’s drunk, and scratch the itch when she pleases. He is also the one that has been deeply in love with her since they were sixteen.
    When he realizes she will never love him back, he takes a promotion in another town that will also keep him away for the four months of training.
    While at first Riley starts dating someone else, some unexpected turn of events and a tragedy starts opening her eyes to Ethan.
    Will it be too late for them? What happens when another tragedy occurs and both feel they are the one at fault?
    As usual, this talented author delivers a great story about family, losses, second chances and love. She also reminders us that life is messing but worth the ride.
    I was entrusted a copy of this book. The opinions expressed are solely my own.
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  • debbie
    5.0 out of 5 stars I love the Youngs!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2021
    I absolutely love the Young family! With each book you learn more about their background and meet many more different characters but it always comes back to family is always there for family no matter what and I really love that . Riley one of the Young girls that comes across as a bit of a rebel in the family and a party girl despite being a teacher and she takes advantage of family friend Ethan who I have to say has the patience of a saint! This book was very emotional and in fact will take you on one hell of a rollercoaster ride as you will laugh, you will cry (a lot!) and you will swoon! Love the Youngs and I can’t wait to find out more about the Winstons. This series is a fantastic small town romance and I eagerly await each book!
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  • Rebecca J. Claxon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ethan is a Saint!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2021
    I love this series and was happy to hear more about some of the characters in previous books while reading Riley’s story. I had a hard time liking Riley. She is a little wild and a lot selfish. Her family and the Winston family have been close and grown up together. I felt bad for Ethan Winston as he has been in love with Riley for a long time. I can’t believe that Riley just looked at him like a friend with benefits. Ethan is a great guy and a good cop. I was glad to see him go away for training for three months for a new job. I was hoping that Riley would see how much she missed him. There are things going on back home while Ethan is gone that broke my heart. Ethan has so much to get through that I wanted to jump in the book to help him! This is a super good book that I strongly encourage you to read. I was given a copy of the book and voluntarily wrote a review.
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  • BevHarro
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved, loved, loved it. Absolutely. Totally.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2021
    Riley and Ethan's families are very close and spend all holidays, birthdays etc. with each other. Everyone thinks that Riley and Ethan should be a couple. But what they are is definitely not a couple. They are most definitely friends with benefits, especially when Riley is drunk, which is quite often. What an absolutely fantastic story this was and I loved it. Love not requited. But he loves deeply. Does she love him or not? A new job. Training far away. Pregnant? Who is pregnant? Really?? OMG, what on earth is he going to say now? Darn I love any book written by this author. Every single one. And this is certainly no exception. Very highly recommended.
    I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
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  • BJ Renczkowski
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2021
    This book was as good if not better than the others in the series. I warn you to have a box of tissues as you read. Each of the characters are believable, though I don’t think there are too many Ethans around. He treated RIley like gold, loving her since high school and putting up with her selfish ways. He was the one that was always there to pick her up after partying a little too much. She loves him as a brother or good friend with benefits but not in the same way as Ethan loved her. When she gets pregnant, he wants to be a great father but still Riley isn’t ready. It’s not till some time later and a difficult time for both of them that woke up Riley to her true feelings. Great book that I couldn’t put down. I look forward to more in the series.
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  • Judi Fletcher
    5.0 out of 5 stars An emotional story about a couple who have known each other most of their lives.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2021
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    Riley is one mixed up lady who has a big problem knowing what real love is. What she dose know is that she needs Ethan in her life. But Ethan has been in love with her for years.
    This is a really emotional story of love, heartache, loss and finding out what it means to be in love.
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  • Debra McDonald
    4.0 out of 5 stars Stubbornness
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2021
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    Riley is stubborn, pig-headed and doesn't realise she's in love with her best friend Ethan. Ethan, on the other hand, has always known he's in love with her but when she fails to reciprocate his feelings he decides that it is time to move away. A load of misunderstandings, a secret baby and a family death are what occur between them. It however takes birth to bring them together properly and to realise exactly how they feel for each other. At points I wanted to strangle them both or bang their heads together. This is a complex love story that proves love is never straightforward.
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