Heir To Scandal
Andrea Laurence
Harlequin Desire, Sep
2 2014, $5.25
ISBN: 9780373733392
Congressman
Xander Langston returns to his Cornwall, Connecticut hometown to begin his
reelection campaign. Thankful to
strawberries and understanding the importance of avoiding scandal, Xander needs
to limit the fallout from the human remains found on Eden Farm where he and
three other boys (see A Beauty Uncovered and Undeniable Demands)
were raised as foster children.
When
Xander and his high school sweetheart Rose Pierce meet for the first since she
ended their relationship over a decade ago; both realizes they remain attracted
to each other. However, he struggles to
adhere to his mantra of no scandal; while she is a single mom raising a son Joey,
whose age implies Xander is his father.
When Rose’s brother Craig calls her that Joey was injured, Xander takes
her to the hospital where he asks the Big Question.
The third Secrets of Eden is an exciting second
chance romance that moves forward the overarching premise and stars a likeable
cast. Although the motif of hiding the
fact from a father that he sired a child has been overused and unfair even when
the rationale is altruistic, the efforts to keep the potential out of wedlock scandal
from exploding make for a warm family drama.
Harriet Klausner
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