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THE HEIR'S SCANDALOUS AFFAIR by Jennifer Lewis

"A Forbidden Pleasure leads to love"

By: Jennifer Lewis

Genres: Romance Contemporary

Posted: June 22, 2009

Samantha Hardcastle has been married three times to men old enough to be her father. Two ended in divorce and most recently her third ended in death. Her late husband Tarrant Hardcastle had been on a mission to find his children and create a family. Sam encouraged him to do so and also encouraged him to leave inheritance to each of his four children.

Louis DuLac was the only child Sam wasn't able to bring into the family before Tarrant passed away. Now Sam is determined to convince Louis to take a DNA test. Sam and Louis spend an incredible night together, but Sam has no idea that this man is Louis DuLac and Louis has no idea that this is Samantha Hardcastle, the woman who has been bugging him to no end the past six months. When they learn the truth Louis agrees to the DNA test if Sam will have dinner with him.

Silhouette Desire is one of my top five series offered from Harlequin/Silhouette. I love the stories and Jennifer Lewis is one of my favorite authors. I have to say the third book in this series, I had expectations for it, and well Jennifer delivered wonderfully. I loved this story. It truly is a magical and passionate read. The characters are vivid and full of life and I believe every woman dreams of finding the love of their lives. Samantha Hardcastle does just that with Louis DuLac. I also believe that many will never truly know who they really are, Sam finds herself with the help of Louis and his belief in her. He encourages her to find out who it is she wants to be and what it is she wants to do. This book is so relatable to all of us, we are all searching for what it is we can get passionate about and trying to find out whom we really want to be. Yet at the same time it offers that level of a fairy-tale happily ever after we all seek when we read a romance novel.

If you haven't read the first two in The Hardcastle Progeny series you won't have any problem falling in line with this book. But I really recommend that you read the books in order because it's a wonderful story from start to finish. Bella and Dominic fall in love against the odds in Millionaire's Secret Seduction. Susannah turns Amado's life upside down, but they end up falling in love in the second book In the Argentine's Bed. And lastly Samantha Hardcastle never expected to fall in love with Tarrant's son Louis DuLac, but she does in The Heir's Scandalous Affair. Check them all out! Terrific reads!

Book Summary

Young widow Samantha Hardcastle longs to find her late husband's heir and bring him into the family. Even so, restaurateur Louis DuLac won't respond to her calls or letters-or knocks at his New Orleans door. All alone, Samantha succumbs to the sensual refuge offered by a gorgeous stranger. Who turns out to be Louis DuLac.

Louis never knew his father's identity. Now this trophy widow wants him to take a DNA test to prove-or disprove- that he is a Hardcastle. No problem-if Samantha agrees to spend another evening with him..

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The Heir's Scandalous Affair by Jennifer Lewis

The Heir's Scandalous Affair

by: Jennifer Lewis

Hardcastle Progeny #3

Silhouette Desire
April 1, 2009
On Sale: April 14, 2009
Featuring: Samantha Hardcastle; Louis DuLac
192 pages
ISBN: 0373769385
EAN: 9780373769384
Mass Market Paperback

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