Midnight Highlander
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4.8 • 5 Ratings
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- $6.99
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Publisher Description
Xavier Campbell needs a miracle. If he doesn't want to lose the life he's worked so hard to build, he must get married, and quickly. Trouble is, there is no woman in his life. Not even a friend with benefits. As a regular Dom at Eternal Eros, he gets what he needs and goes home. And a wife? Hell, no. This Highlander is single for a reason. So when his entire existence threatens to come crashing down, he realizes he might have to make some adjustments…or a bargain with the she-devil who beguiles him, body and mind, from the first moment he touches her.
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Emma Morton wants a man. To play with. Watch television with. Cuddle with. And yes, God help her, she wants him hard, naked, and in her bed. More than once. What she doesn't want is complications. Expectations. She is dedicated to her work, to building her business. She's worked too long and too hard to change her plans for something as fleeting as love. No matter how much she wishes otherwise, life has repeatedly proven that romance is a myth. Pure fairytale.
But passion? Yes. She could definitely go for a 'Single's Night' of play—and release—at the infamous Eternal Eros.
After one scorching night of pleasure, a reckless bargain is made. Marriage with an expiration date. A business arrangement. Nothing more.
But what starts as a farce becomes a bit too real and Xavier realizes this is no game. Telling Emma the truth would be dangerous…especially when he realizes he is playing for keeps.
Customer Reviews
Two Tarnished Souls, One Fake Marriage
From Denver to Scotland and back again (and again), this book spans the globe while melting my heart. Oh, my heart just broke for Emma for the pain in her past (Xavier’s past wasn’t roses either) and how she kept trying to hold herself back as she fell for Xavier. The ending…sigh… (no spoilers!!). Eros Pit is a place I’m enjoying visiting in books again and again!
Oof! These two.
Both Xavier and Emma have enough emotional and relationship baggage that it could sink a fleet of ocean liners; neither one is prepared to trust a partner anymore. Will this pair of commitment-phobes be able to get over their previous hurts, or will they only reinforce the lessons of their pasts? This story was a prime example of what happens when porcupines mate. All those sharp pointy defences stabbing outwards to keep everyone away, protecting the soft vulnerable hearts within. Oof! These two. I spent half the book wanting to cuddle them and the other half wishing I could smack some sense into them. I loved Xavier and Emma together, but their desperate need to protect themselves made them kind of frustrating at times. I may have only just finished reading this installment, but I already can’t wait until we can come back for the next dungeon fantasy night.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Booksprout.
Thoroughly enjoyable
Emma and Xavier have never done anything but snipe at each other, but that is often a cover for attraction and when they are paired together at Pagan Night fireworks explode. Xavier needs a wife to fulfill the provisions of his grandfather’s will and Emma is brave or foolhardy enough to say yes. Their love story is a slow burn but the physical aspect is off the charts. A love story different from the rest in this series because most of it is set in Scotland, it is beautiful in location and in the story.
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