CONSEQUENCES OF PASSION – Yahrah St. John
Locketts of Tuxedo Park , Book 1
Harlequin Desire #2799
ISBN: 978-1-335-23284-7
April 2021

Contemporary Series Romance

Atlanta, Georgia – Present Day

Psychologist Shantel Wilson is only attending the bachelor auction because her best friend Julian Lockett asked her so that she could bid on him as a favor. But he didn't show up and Julian's older brother, Roman, is there and is also one of the “bachelors” to be auctioned off. Roman wants to control who gets him—no giggling society chick for him—and asks Shantel to bid on him and he'd pay the winning bid. She does only too well, which has Roman asking her to have dinner with him. Sparks fly between them, and one thing leads to another. By the time she wakes up the next morning in the hotel room, Roman has gone. Does he regret their night together?

Roman is under a lot of pressure from his father to keep their football team successful. His father expects him to wine and dine the player prospects and their families, all the while keeping himself free of scandal. Roman enjoyed his night with Shantel, but he doesn't have the time right now to explore it further. However, one day, Julian arrives at his house and promptly hits Roman in the jaw. Shantel isn't too far behind Julian and it soon comes out that she just found out she's pregnant. And Roman is the daddy! After finding out Roman slept with his bestie, Shantel, Julian is angry. Roman is shocked at the pregnancy news but does the one thing he knows must happen. He asks Shantel to marry him.

It's an unplanned pregnancy for Shantel and Roman in CONSEQUENCES OF PASSION by Yahrah St. John. Roman is feeling pressure at work and his father isn't helping him by continually criticizing his efforts. Shantel is smart and beautiful, but Roman has only known her as Julian's friend—until the night of the bachelor auction. Seeing her in that amazing dress and realizing how stunning she was, he was instantly attracted to her. When Roman asked Shantel to bid on him, they didn't realize that giving in to their mutual attraction would lead to a night of passion. Shantel resists his marriage proposal at first, but she does want her baby to grow up with two parents. The big question is…will Roman be a man who will stand by her side forever?

Shantel is feeling anxious about her pregnancy because her mother committed suicide when she was eighteen, and she had feared bringing a child into the world in case it carries the same mental illness gene. But now the baby is everything she wants. Roman has turned out to be protective of her and their child, but what about his demanding father who thinks he will be distracted from his job? A relationship that began with a one-night stand and an unexpected pregnancy isn't the best recipe for happiness, but can they make it work? Find out the answer in CONSEQUENCES OF PASSION.

Patti Fischer