PLAYING MR. RIGHT – Kat Cantrell
Switching Places , Book 2
Harlequin Desire #2616
ISBN: 978-1-335-97176-0
September 2018
Contemporary Romance

Chicago, Illinois – Present Day

Investigative reporter Laurel Dixon is going undercover to expose fraud at LeBlanc Charities in order to redeem her reputation after her last article was debunked. While her experience working for charities is limited, she is hired by the head of the charity, billionaire Xavier LeBlanc. But once Laurel gets close to Xavier, she begins to doubt if she can write the article if she finds the evidence she's looking for. That is because Laurel is now attracted to the man she thinks is bilking donors to his own charity…Xavier.

Xavier doesn't really want to be running a charity but as part of his father's will, he and his brother, Val, have to switch places for a year and meet a financial goal. Val gets to run the jewelry company while Xavier is stuck with the charity. When the services director quits after battling with Xavier, he ends up hiring Laurel despite his initial misgivings. She turns out to have several great ideas which he implements, and soon sparks of the sexual kind are happening between them. Xavier wants to bed Laurel, but she keeps resisting him. Will he finally have his way? What happens when he finds out she is investigating him?

Readers first met Xavier in Val's tale, WRONG BROTHER, RIGHT MAN and knew then that he preferred to run the jewelry division of the family empire. But their old man is running their lives from the grave with his outrageous stipulation. Xavier has no clue how to run a charity, which is why he leans on his employees to help him. Enter Laurel, who offers ideas that he takes her up on. He wants her as more than just an employee, but she fears that if she gets too close to him it will jeopardize her investigation. But the harder she tries to resist him, the more she wants him.

For Xavier, Laurel is like a sexy nymph who waltzes into his life. She has the “do not touch” vibe that only turns him on even more. For a man who has kept his life free of romantic commitment, Xavier is starting to think seriously of having Laurel with him permanently. But as their romantic entanglement gets more intense in PLAYING MR. RIGHT, it's only a matter of time before something happens to break them up. Which will it be: Laurel finds dirt that incriminates Xavier, or he learns of her investigation…and untruthfulness.

PLAYING MR. RIGHT is a steamy tale of a couple instantly attracted to each other and knowing both are walking a tightrope. If Xavier doesn't raise the required money that allows him to get his inheritance or Laurel ends up stymied in her search for a newsworthy story, then both fear the future of their careers. How will it all play out? Discover the answer in the intriguing and entertaining PLAYING MR. RIGHT.

Patti Fischer