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ONE NIGHT SCANDAL – Joanne Rock
The McNeill Magnates  Series
Harlequin Desire #2614
ISBN: 978-1-335-97174-6
September 2018
Contemporary Series Romance

Creek Spill Ranch, Wyoming – Present Day

Actress Shelby Arthur only went after the role in a movie because it would give her an opportunity to get dirt on the director, a sleazeball who sexually assaulted her younger sister, Hope. The man is hard to work for, and after a horse nearly tramples her head, it's the sexy cowboy, Caleb, who rescues her. Sparks fly between Shelby and Caleb, which soon leads to a sexual tryst one evening. Afterwards, Shelby asks for his last name and learns to her horror that he is one of the owners of the Creek Spill Ranch, Caleb McNeill. And Shelby may know something that could affect the McNeill clan. Just as she's about to spill the beans to Caleb, a freak accident injures him—and he ends up with no memory of Shelby.

Caleb isn't happy that the film crew is on their property, especially since his stepmother is going through a horrible time and a blackmailer is threatening to expose some deep, dark secret. When he wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the last six months, he struggles to remember what has been going on. But the beautiful Shelby is at his bedside and he latches on to her. Why, he doesn't know. As his family deals with the scandal that soon unfolds, more questions are raised. Who is the blackmailer? And what is his stepmother's role in all this?

Readers who haven't read THE FORBIDDEN BROTHER and WILD WYOMING NIGHTS might not know what is going on with the McNeill family in the latest of the McNeill Magnates  trilogy by Joanne Rock with the looming scandal about to break. However, ONE NIGHT SCANDAL could be read as a standalone as it focuses mostly on the romance between Shelby and Caleb. But by the end of the tale, everything is wrapped up in this trilogy, including what happens with Caleb's sister Scarlett and her love for an actor who has been a minor plotline in all three books.

Shelby has basically raised and supported Hope, and when her sister got assaulted by the famous director, she wants revenge. Her sister won't file charges, especially since it's her word vs. his. Shelby hopes to investigate the director under the radar by talking with people on the set. Meeting Caleb temporarily distracts her from her plan, but what a sexy distraction he is! The sexual chemistry between them is smoking hot. While Shelby isn't a one-night kind of gal, she's ready to hit the sack with her hot cowboy. But learning who he is—and that she may have something his family might want to know—dampens her ardor.  Though…only momentarily.

Caleb is a diehard cowboy and isn't appreciative of Hollywood types running amok on his family's ranch despite the family's approval. But one look at Shelby and he's hooked.  Even after he loses his memory, he can't get her out of his mind. Their connection runs deep, and readers know it's only a matter of time before they're making love again. But, will the fact that Shelby is hiding something from him ruin their relationship?

Sexy cowboys are heroes in just about any romance book and ONE NIGHT SCANDAL doesn't prove this theory wrong. Caleb and Shelby are destined for one another and readers are in for a sizzling and enjoyable ride as they find happiness together.

Patti Fischer

 
           
 
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