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HIDDEN HEIR WITH HIS HOUSEKEEPER – Heidi Rice
Harlequin Presents #4178
ISBN: 978-1-335-59327-6
March 2024
Contemporary Series Romance

England & Italy – Present Day

Bea Medford is known as the Ice Queen as she is reportedly as cold as ice when it comes to passion. Men would love to melt her in bed. But is it more fiction than reality about her reputation? Her father is trying to find a suitable husband for her. Suitable means a man with lots of zeros in his bank account. Self-made billionaire Mason Foxx is at a party and encounters Bea. He feels a sudden attraction to her, but he has no plans to be her groom. Yet, there is something about her that pulls him to her, and he attempts to charm her. His goal is to make love to her and then walk away. Mason’s plan works all too well but a broken condom makes him uneasy. After learning that her father has him on a short list of potential husbands, Mason freezes Bea out. She runs away. In fact, she disappears, and he doesn’t know if she is pregnant. He finally tracks her down—in Italy. To his surprise, Bea is now a maid at a resort hotel. She’s also pregnant. 

HIDDEN HEIR WITH HIS HOUSEKEEPER takes place over several months starting with the night Bea and Mason meet and make love. What he doesn’t know is that she isn’t planning to go through with her father’s plans to trap a man into marriage. She genuinely is attracted to Mason. Yes, he is mysterious and handsome, and she’s willing to give up her virginity to him. A one-time chance to experience lovemaking with an expert. Neither expected the condom to fail. After learning that Mason thought she was part of her father’s plot, she sneaks out of his apartment embarrassed. She can’t return to her father, so she takes her passport and as much money as possible and ends up in Italy. Months later, she has a job she enjoys, or at least feels satisfaction in that she is doing something meaningful. Then, Mason tracks her down and demands that he be there for the birth of their child. Does Bea dare get ensnared in his web again?

There is a lot of emotion throughout HIDDEN HEIR WITH HIS HOUSEKEEPER as Bea’s pride is hurt and Mason’s distrust of love helps put up a barrier between them. He clearly is attracted to her, but he can’t see that it’s more than lust. She is afraid to give her heart to him because he is normally cold to her, though their passion in bed takes her to new heights. Readers will cheer for Bea and Mason to finally give in to their love. They deserve happiness—and each other. For a passionate tale filled with emotion, don’t miss HIDDEN HEIR WITH HIS HOUSEKEEPER.

Patti Fischer

 
   
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