BLACK SHEEP BARGAIN – Naima Simone
Billionaires of Boston, Book 4
Harlequin Desire #2897
ISBN: 978-1-335-58136-5
September 2022
Contemporary Series Romance 

Boston – Present Day 

Businessman Nico Morgan needs to get close to the family that doesn’t know they’re related to him. Nico is the unacknowledged son of the late Barron Farrell who had refused to admit he fathered Nico and even tried to take over his company. So why is Nico wanting to get close to his “family?” It is all for revenge for the way Barron treated Nico’s late mother and he is secretly buying up Farrell company stock with plans to take over the corporation. The strategy is for Nico to attend swanky parties alongside the Farrell brothers—his half-brothers—and he will need a woman he can trust as his date. The first woman he thinks of is his ex, Athena Evans. 

Athena is like Cinderella as she toils away working at the family bakery while her brother goes off on his own adventures instead of running the business that was turned over to him after their grandmother died. A couple of years ago, she felt like a princess while she dated Nico, but he broke it off. Now he’s back in her life, along with a promissory note showing that her brother has borrowed a lot of money and put the bakery up as collateral. The loan is due and if not paid, the bakery will close. She loves baking and the bakery is a homage to her late grandmother. All Nico wants her to do is pretend to be his fiancée and attend soirees with him. In exchange, he will pay off the loan. 

Athena agrees to Nico’s offer, hoping that she won’t give in to the passion she once experienced with him. He broke her heart once and she doesn’t want that to happen again. Yet, they are seemingly perfect together—and the Farrell brothers fall for their relationship hook, line, and sinker. They’re soon enfolded in gatherings with the family, but will Nico change his plans for revenge once he sees how nice the men are? After all, they are not like their father. Meanwhile, Athena is dealing with her brother and his refusal to take responsibility for the bakery and its finances. Unknown to her, Nico broke off their relationship before due to interference from her brother. Will he try to do it again? 

Both Athena and Nico experience a journey in BLACK SHEEP BARGAIN. She has mostly seethed but not confronted her family over the way they treat her. She is adopted and her brother is the natural-born child of her parents. As such, she is seen as “inferior” and undeserving of running the bakery despite her devotion to it. Will Athena change her mind about working there? As for Nico, once he gets to know his brothers, he begins to like them. Will he drop his plan of revenge? Can Athena and Nico get past the obstacles which try to ruin their happiness together? 

An engaging tale about a couple reuniting and rediscovering the magic of their passion. Can they get their happily-ever-after? Find out by picking up a copy of BLACK SHEEP BARGAIN. 

Patti Fischer