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SECRET LIVES AFTER HOURS – Cynthia St. Aubin
The Kane Heirs, Book 2
Harlequin Desire #2898
ISBN: 978-1-335-58137-2
September 2022
Contemporary Series Romance 

Philadelphia – Present Day 

Charlotte Westbrook is the dedicated executive assistant to company owner Parker Kane, who runs a tight ship. Charlotte pretty much knows what goes on at Kane Foods, but she only has eyes for one of his sons, Mason Kane. Mason has the reputation of being a ne’er do well yet is always gracious to her. Besides her job, Charlotte is caring for her mother who has Alzheimer’s disease, and in her spare time, is a romance writer. It is her writing occupation that brings her to an exclusive fight club, where she runs into Mason, who is fighting. Both are stunned to see each other. 

Recently, Mason had been informed by his twin brother’s fiancée that Charlotte had a “thing” for him. It made him open his eyes to her, and now he has a reason to get to know her. It’s clear there’s a mutual attraction between them but it would be hard to get to know one another while his family is watching, so Mason proposes that Charlotte fly away for a week with him to Cote d’Azur to explore their attraction. As luck would have it, her brother is in town and can take care of their mother, so she agrees. Once alone in the hotel suite, the two embark on a sizzling hot affair. But will it only be a holiday fling? 

Charlotte never expected that she would get the chance to act upon her fantasies about Mason, but she finally does in SECRET LIVES AFTER HOURS. They can’t make their affair public because his father would disapprove. But Mason wants her, and nothing will stop him from having her. Mason treats Charlotte with respect, even as his insecurities about his feelings for her give him doubts. Their passion for each other knows no boundaries and they are in their own little world in Cote d’Azur. Yet, despite their “love nest,” the real world soon shatters the quiet, and Charlotte realizes that she must break things off with Mason. 

SECRET LIVES AFTER HOURS features sexy banter and sizzling hot love scenes between Mason and Charlotte. But in the background lurks the real world, one in which they can’t be together unless they are no longer under the control of Parker Kane, a man who wants to pick his son’s wives. Charlotte has too many financial responsibilities with her ill mother to pick a fight with her boss. Besides, Mason is a man known to change girlfriends frequently. She figures once he tires of her, he will move on. But are there deeper feelings between them, more than they ever expected? 

Readers will feel the emotion and the passion between Charlotte and Mason in SECRET LIVES AFTER HOURS. Things won’t always go the way they want but they clearly have a connection. Don’t miss this tale. 

Patti Fischer

 
   
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