BLACK TIE BACHELOR BID – Karen Booth
Little Black Book of Secrets, Book 2
Harlequin Desire #2873
ISBN: 978-1-35-73562-1
May 2022
Contemporary Series Romance 

New York City & Connecticut – Present Day 

Taylor Klein is desperate to talk to billionaire hotelier Roman Scott for advice about a boutique hotel she is planning to open. The man proves elusive, so Taylor takes the dramatic step of bidding on Roman at a bachelor charity auction—and she wins. She informs him right off the bat that she doesn’t want to go on a date with him but wants to pick his brain. He agrees, but only if they visit the mansion she wants to turn into the hotel. They fly to Connecticut and plan to spend the weekend chatting and going over her plans. Alas, the attraction that has been building between them since they met leads them to making love. 

Roman prefers to keep his life private and free of romantic entanglements after a devastating relationship years ago, but Taylor is part of the wealthy society he runs around in, so he trusts her to not be a gold digger. She intrigues him as no other woman has in years, so it’s inevitable that he turns on the charm. Roman will help Taylor with the project but will also enjoy the side benefits it provides. A little trip to a nearby property to learn more about the deceased woman that Taylor and her friends believe is behind the salacious Little Black Book social media account brings an unexpected problem. The site sends them both a mysterious warning and then later prints secrets about Roman that he had only just told Taylor about. Secrets he wished could have stayed buried. 

Taylor had to plunk down a bunch of money to win Roman in BLACK TIE BACHELOR BID, but it was worth it after she secures his advice. She has drifted from career to career, but as a wealthy socialite, she doesn’t have to work, though she wants to achieve something. Converting an old family mansion into a boutique hotel is her latest project and Roman would be the perfect one to get advice from. The sexual chemistry between them rocks them, and it doesn’t take long before they’re taking advantage of the attraction. Of course, their weekend idyll must end, but not before they begin to feel a deeper connection between each other. This leads to them discussing their secrets, which later turns out that someone overheard—in the mansion where they were supposedly alone. Was it because they were getting too close to the truth about the identity of the Little Black Book while investigating the nearby abandoned mansion? 

As the scandal unfolds, will it bring Roman and Taylor together, or break them up in BLACK TIE BACHELOR BID? Readers will be glued to the pages as our couple explore each other and discover love. But will it all end up coming apart? Find out the answer by picking up this sizzling tale. 

Patti Fischer