UNTAMED PASSION – Cat Schield
Dynasties: Seven Sins, Book 6
Harlequin Desire #2762
ISBN: 978-1-335-20938-2
October 2020
Contemporary Series Romance

New York City – Present Day

Six weeks ago, model Sammi Guzman spent a magical night with photographer Oliver Lowell after he rescued her from her now ex-boyfriend in a bar. She thinks often of that night but has resisted contacting him—until now. Sammi has discovered that she is pregnant with Oliver's baby. She needs to at least tell him, even if she doesn't expect him to help her. But when she arrives at his business/loft, she is greeted by a woman, which surprises Sammi so much that she accidentally trips and falls, hitting her head.

Oliver had been looking for Sammi, but he only had her first name—incorrectly—so when his assistant calls him to tell him that his mystery woman has shown up (he'd described her to his assistant), he rushes to the hospital to make sure Sammi is okay. It is there that he learns she is pregnant. Can he believe her that he is the father? If so, how will the shocking news that his father is alive change everything between them? Oliver's father has been on the run after stealing millions of dollars from his clients and the scars of the abandonment and betrayal still haunt him.

Sammi is reluctant at first to accept Oliver's offer to help her. But after her mother, who is Sammi's manager and isn't happy at all that her daughter is pregnant, suggests Sammi “get rid” of the baby, she realizes that staying with Oliver might be the right thing to do until she can find her own place. She has no idea how her pregnancy will affect her future modeling earnings. After a paternity test confirms that Oliver is the father, he starts looking at making their living arrangement permanent. Yet, there is no love involved—at least not on Oliver's part. Can Sammi plan a future with a man who doesn't love her and appears to be more focused on hating his father?

Oliver and Sammi had an instant attraction for each other in UNTAMED PASSION, but neither expected their night of passion would end with them ultimately being tied together with a baby. Both are under pressure: Sammi's mother sees her daughter as being responsible for keeping them in a cushy lifestyle, while Oliver is having to deal with the scandal of his father's return digging up the old stories of his crimes. He hates his father with a passion, but could he end up losing Sammi over his anger?  While all the books in the Dynasties: Seven Sins series are connected, each can be read as a standalone. The final tale is out next month.

Find out what happens to Sammi and Oliver in UNTAMED PASSION and if they can make a future together.

Patti Fischer