ONE LITTLE SECRET – Maureen Child
Dynasties: The Carey Center , Book 4
Harlequin Desire #2846
ISBN: 978-1-335-73535-5
January 2022
Contemporary Series Romance

La Jolla, California – Present Day

Fifteen months ago, Sadie Harris and Justin Carey were two-week lovers, but the minute she told him that she loved him, he left her. At the time of their affair, Justin was attempting to take over her father’s hotel, but her father wouldn’t budge. Now that Sadie’s father has retired, Justin is back, only this time they are partners in remodeling the hotel. While their relationship has been businesslike, things change when Sadie finally lets Justin know about her little secret, that he is the father of her six-month-old son. Justin is furious at her for not telling until now. Will he retaliate by trying to take their son away from her?

Justin wonders why Sadie didn’t tell him about their son, Ethan. He could have spent the months since birth watching his son grow. While he is angry with her, he isn’t planning to sue her for custody…yet. Of course, now that they have a child together, the old feelings of sexual attraction resurface. It isn’t long before they’re making love. Justin believes that if he can win her hand, then they can marry and become a family. The big question is whether Sadie will go along with the idea, even if they are sexually compatible. All she wants is to hear from him are those three little words. He’s not sure that he can.

Sadie and Justin were immediately attracted to each other in ONE LITTLE SECRET, the final book in The Carey Center series by Maureen Child. It soon led to an affair, and she thought that she could have a future with him. Alas, Justin is gun-shy when it comes to declaring love and walked out when she said, “I love you.” Now that he knows about their child, he wonders why it took her so long to tell him since he’d been around while they worked together. He figures the best way to make sure Ethan is in his life daily is to marry Sadie, but she demurs. Meanwhile, they have a hotel to get ready for the grand reopening. Then, his family learns about the newest Carey grandbaby and descends upon them. How will Sadie react feeling the pressure to marry a man who doesn’t love her?

ONE LITTLE SECRET is filled with a lot of emotion on both Justin and Sadie’s part as they deal with the fallout from the revelation of Ethan’s parentage. Both have their reasons for being stubborn at wanting things to go their way, but can they forge a truce—and become a family? Will Justin finally tell Sadie that he loves her? Find out by picking up a copy of the sizzling hot ONE LITTLE SECRET.

Patti Fischer