Tuesday, July 7, 2020

"One Night with Her Millionaire Boss"--by author Kandy Shepherd--When "country" meets "city", and opposites attract, will it be a match made in heaven? (see my review)

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One Night with Her Millionaire Boss

Always the groomsman, never the groom…

…until one night changes everything...

Ned Hudson has always known his destiny—to inherit and run his family’s rural Australian estate. Now, ready to settle down, his “wife wish list” is exact…so why can’t he get city-girl Freya Delaney off his mind? When Freya arrives to photograph his historic home, a spark ignites. And after one night of passion has unintended consequences, he might just find himself throwing the list out the window!


MY REVIEW:  Author Kandy Shepherd's magical storytelling skills give a delightfully fresh charm to "One Night with her Millionaire Boss". Readers first met Ned Hudson in his brother Wil's story, "Second Chance with the Single Dad". Seeing how his brother has found romance and happiness, Ned makes a list of the qualities he thinks he needs in a wife. Approaching thirty, and settled in to managing his wealthy family's estate, Ned is ready to be a groom, not just the groomsman he has been in numerous weddings of other people. When he meets Freya Delaney, a photographer hired by his mother to capture images of the family home after a renovation, he is enchanted by the city girl who is the opposite of his "wife list". Freya had expected Ned to be a stuffy son-of-privilege, not a ruggedly handsome man-of-the-land whose exterior belies his real warmth and kindness. While these two are opposites in many ways, the attraction between them is immediate and mutual. One stormy night, the passion flares, and the connection they have felt from the beginning becomes a reality. Ned wants a relationship, but Freya has always protected her heart from serious involvement--a defense mechanism created from a troubled childhood and too many hurts. Can Ned make Freya see that she is safe with him? Can "country" and "city" meet in the middle and blend together for a bright and happy future? For a contemporary romance lover's treat, read "Second Chance with the Single Dad" and follow up with "One Night with her Millionaire Boss".

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Second Chance with the Single Dad


 
From long-lost friends…

To newfound family?

Georgia and Wil were best friends until he married and disappeared from her life. Now he’s back, asking Georgia to forget the past and help him secure his future—the daughter he never knew he had! Georgia’s heart goes out to new dad Wil, but there’s an uncharted chemistry fizzing between them and she must protect her heart. Can they confront their unspoken attraction and finally become a family?


MY REVIEW:  A vulnerable hero who grows stronger as his vulnerabilities are revealed highlights "Second Chance with the Single Dad". a touching contemporary romance from wonderful storyteller Kandy Shepherd. Wil Hudson is tall, dark, and handsome--and wealthy through his business success as a genius engineer. His personal life is another matter, and his world is turned upside down when he learns after his ex-wife's death that she had borne him a daughter. Stunned that she would keep such a secret, Wil is determined to care for his infant daughter, Nina, but he can't do it all on his own. He needs Georgia, the best friend he had turned away from when he had married Nina's mother. Georgia is still hurt by Wil's disappearance from her life two years ago. Now he's back, asking for her help, and against her better instincts for self-preservation, she agrees. After all, it's hard to resist two sets of beautiful, hopeful brown eyes--Wil's and Nina's, whose eyes are just like those of her father. Previously, in order not to lose their valued friendship, Wil and Georgia had kept their relationship strictly platonic, each ignoring a glimmer of longing for something more. Now, together again under such emotional circumstances, those longings are growing into a desire for a deeper relationship. However, each of them has their own issues to work through, especially Wil, who has never told Georgia the truth of the trying circumstances of his turbulent childhood. Can Wil and Georgia clear away the shadows of the past and look forward to a bright future with precious little Nina? Kandy Shepherd is one of my longtime favorite authors, and she writes appealing characters whose lives and loves evolve through compelling story lines.

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Kandy Shepherd

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Kandy Shepherd is an award-winning author of contemporary romance. She swapped a fast-paced career as a magazine editor for a life writing fun, feel-good fiction.She lives on a small farm in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia with her husband, daughter, and a menagerie of four-legged friends. Kandy believes in love-at-first-sight and real-life romance--they worked for her!

She won the hotly contested RUBY award from RWA for best short romance novel of the year with Conveniently Wed to the Greek (her May 2017 release from Harlequin Mills & Boon).

Kandy's holiday story from Harlequin Romance is the Christmas-themed GREEK TYCOON'S MISTLETOE PROPOSAL (November 2016).

Also published in 2016 books two and three in the Sydney Brides mini-series from Harlequin Romance, CROWN PRINCE'S CHOSEN BRIDE (March 2016) and THE BRIDESMAID'S BABY BUMP (July 2016). Book one GIFT WRAPPED IN HER WEDDING DRESS was published in November 2015.

Two stand-alone romances from Harlequin Romance were published in 2015--HIRED BY THE BROODING BILLIONAIRE (August 2015) and FROM PARADISE TO...PREGNANT! (June 2015.)

Kandy's Dolphin Bay trilogy for Harlequin Romance is now complete--each book can be enjoyed separately but continuing characters all link to the Morgan family. THE SUMMER THEY NEVER FORGOT is the first (February 2014). It is followed by THE TYCOON AND THE WEDDING PLANNER (July 2014) and A DIAMOND IN HER STOCKING (December 2014).

As well as her titles published by both Harlequin and Berkley Sensation, Kandy is the author of the e-book romances THE CASTAWAY BRIDE (an Amazon best-seller) and SOMETHING ABOUT JOE; and the contemporary women's fiction title, REINVENTING ROSE.

REINVENTING ROSE, was inspired by her Kandy's years working as an editor in women's magazines, in particular the reader makeovers she enjoyed so much. REINVENTING ROSE is about love, friendship and the magic of a makeover.

SOMETHING ABOUT JOE is a heartwarming love story. The hero is hot, smart, great with kids, and he can cook--what's not to love about Joe Martin? But stressed-out executive and single mom, Allison Bradley, fights it all the way when she finds herself falling in love with her little boy's new nanny. Joe is one of Kandy's favorite heroes--he actually came to her in a dream!

Kandy's Amazon bestseller, THE CASTAWAY BRIDE, is a sexy, unashamedly escapist romance about a runaway bride who is shipwrecked on a tropical island with a mysterious stranger.

LOVE IS A FOUR-LEGGED WORD, Kandy's debut novel for Berkley Sensation, is a romantic comedy set in San Francisco about a little dog who inherits a big fortune and the people he brings together.

Kandy's second book for Berkley Sensation, HOME IS WHERE THE BARK IS, is a tale of romance, mystery and dogs. It's a follow-on book from LOVE IS A FOUR-LEGGED WORD, and tells the story of Serena, the heroine's best friend in the first book. HOME IS WHERE THE BARK IS is a stand-alone story that can be enjoyed without reading the first book.

Visit Kandy at her website:  http://www.kandyshepherd.com 

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