One Night with You
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3.8 • 15 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Their lives are about to change forever…but not how they expected.
Cheramie Johnston-Davies is almost set to embrace the path her family set for her—a handsome and ambitious fiancé, an enviable address, and a guaranteed board position wherever she desires. But when her grandmother passes unexpectedly, Cheramie gets a few more months of freedom while she steps up to secure her family’s legacy by completing the revitalization project her grandmother started.
Former risk-taking, adventurous Deacon Dorsey knows he needs to clip his own wings and create a loving, secure home for his preteen daughter after his ex dies. Considering his own unstable upbringing, Deacon’s work is cut out for him. He decides to settle in his hometown and invest in a local project in Conception Bay. He can’t change the past, but he’s determined to shape the future for his daughter.
An anonymous hookup in a Seattle hotel bar is a last night of freedom for Deacon and Cheramie before they settle into their new responsibilities. Only it’s not so anonymous when they find themselves on opposite sides of the same project…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An uptight mayor falls for a driven property developer in Whelan's gentle second Dorseys of Conception Bay romance (after Stuck with You). Cheramie Johnston has lived in small-town Conception Bay, Wash., for 15 years while caring for her grandmother, Mae, and steps up to fill in as the town's interim mayor after Mae's death. Her overbearing socialite mother does not approve, going behind her back to arrange a socially advantageous marriage between Cheramie and a Boston blue blood she's never met. Cheramie doesn't see a way around her mother's scheming—but she's determined to at least no longer be a virgin on her wedding night. She indulges in a night of passion and exploration with a Seattle stranger—and she's shocked when her one-night stand turns out to be the developer who's signed on to revitalize Conception Bay's neglected waterfront, wealthy single father Deacon Dorsey. Cheramie and Deacon's chemistry is instant and intense, but Cheramie's mother isn't about to see her plans for her daughter destroyed and sets out to break the pair up. Cheramie's struggle to break free from her mother's control rings true, as do Deacon's regrets over not being more present in his teenage daughter's childhood. Engaging secondary characters, especially Cheramie's cheeky assistant, Cameron, add color. Lovers of small-town romance will be enchanted.
