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TEMPTED BY SCANDAL – Karen Booth
Dynasties: Secrets of the A-List , Book 1
Harlequin Desire #2662
ISBN: 978-1-335-60364-7
May 2019
Contemporary Series Romance

Seattle, Washington – Present Day

Billionaire businessman Matt Richmond finally gave in to the temptation and made love to his personal assistant, Nadia Gonzalez, but their new relationship is about to explode after a tabloid outs them. With the launch of a new product on the horizon, Matt can't afford the bad publicity. Nadia is also embarrassed by the scandal as it's implying that she's sleeping her way to the top. It is Nadia's idea that she and Matt break off their affair and go back to the way things were before. Yet, the attraction that's been there for months between them isn't dying.

Matt's partner in his business venture is Liam Christopher, who arrives at the resort owned by Matt for a meeting. It's there that Liam runs into Teresa St. Claire, the woman whom he blames for the breakup of his parents' marriage. Turns out Teresa is the planner Matt hired for a big event at the resort, which would also mean that Liam will be working with her too. Liam and Teresa have a confrontation, and he vows to get her fired from her job as the event planner, even as she denies that she was responsible for his parents' breakup. However, just like the first time he met her, there are sparks of the sexual kind flying between them.

TEMPTED BY SCANDAL is the first book in the  Dynasties: Secrets of the A-List , a series that revolves around the upcoming event at Matt's resort. While this tale goes back and forth between Matt/Nadia's scandalizing affair and Liam/Teresa's discovering a mutual attraction, only one couple will find a resolution to their drama by the end. In fact, there is a bit of a cliffhanger involving the other couple. There are three more books to go in the series.

In the months that Nadia has worked for Matt, she has had a secret crush on him but has kept their relationship on the business level. That is, until one night, when one thing led to another and they gave into the simmering passion between them. With the new launch about to be announced, Matt can't afford a scandal to ruin his reputation. But even as he pulls back from Nadia, he can't stop thinking about her. Did he make a mistake by not fighting tor her? Nadia hates the accusations that continue to swirl around her even as she tries to prove she and Matt are just employee/employer.

Liam and Teresa got off on the wrong foot, and now they're slowly building a friendship. But, soon, that friendship turns into desire. Will they give into it? Can Liam resolve his conflicted feelings about Teresa's relationship with his father? Will there be further roadblocks into the upcoming launch of the new product or the event at the resort?

In TEMPTED BY SCANDAL, there's plenty of emotion thrown into the relationships between our couples. Add in a healthy dash of sensuality, and it makes for some enjoyable and intriguing reading. Be sure to grab this tale and keep an eye out for the upcoming books.

Patti Fischer
     
 
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