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The Best-Kept Secret
Book #4 in the Singles...with Kids series
May 2007
Harlequin Superromance #1416
ISBN 0373714165
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Reviews
When former senator Hudson McCloud decides to run for
mayor of San Francisco, his mother asks star political campaignist Rosie DeWitt
to take charge. Although initially reluctant to work with Hudson, Rosie
eventually gives in because she thinks he's the better candidate and she can
help him win. And Rosie will be fine -- as long as Hudson doesn't discover the
secret she's been hiding from his family for the past few years: that her young
son is actually Hudson's nephew, the child of his deceased brother. The
Best-Kept Secret (4.5), by Melinda Curtis, has wonderfully drawn
characters and a compelling plot. Readers won't be able to put this one down.
—Alexandra Kay |
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What do you do when your big career break might lead to your
best-kept secret getting out? If you're Rosie DeWitt, political guru, you
might be willing to take that chance and if you're Hudson McCloud, sixth
generation Senator trying to rebuild your career, you might only want the best.
Excerpt
“It’s a pleasure to meet you.” Many women probably
found Roger Bartholomew attractive, but his highlighted blond hair and average
chin didn’t make near the impression on Rosie DeWitt that
Hudson McCloud’s presence
did. Roger cradled Rosie’s hand in both of his smooth, pale ones without
shaking it at all.
Rosie extracted herself and tried to lift at least
one corner of her mouth in a weak interpretation of a smile. Still reeling from
the awkward scene with the McClouds, Rosie needed Roger to be a stellar
candidate. And quickly, because she had to pick up Casey early today. Once she
settled into a chair across from Roger, Rosie looked up to find Hudson McCloud
at the maitre de stand. Their gazes collided, sending her heart pounding.
He knows.
Why else would Hudson
be here?
Because he’s a conceited
nuisance who wants to be mayor.
Sanity returned, along with a steadier heartbeat.
“Would you excuse me, Roger?” Rosie hurried to the
front of the restaurant, grabbed
Hudson by the arm and
tugged him over toward the restrooms out of Roger’s line of vision should he
look. “What are you doing here?”
“You’re not finished with your assessment of me.”
Hudson thrust his
hands into his raincoat pockets. “We didn’t talk about my ideas for the city.”
“Don’t be a sore loser.” Even in her heels, Rosie
had to tilt her head back to look at
Hudson, to take in his
determined expression on his much too handsome features framed by crisp,
well-behaved dark hair. Although her time with Samuel had been impromptu and
brief, she’d appreciated the fact that the hair at the nape of Samuel’s neck
curled uncontrollably and his nose was a bit crooked. Perfection like Hudson’s
was intimidating.
“I won’t lose. I’ll just wait by the door for you
to realize I’m a better risk than Roger.” True to his word, tall, dark and
annoying went to stand in the foyer.
His political career was so over.
As she walked past him,
Hudson leaned close.
“What did you think of his handshake?”
Rosie didn’t want to admit that Roger’s handshake
gave her the heebie-jeebies. With only two candidates on Walter’s radar, if
Roger had other qualities that were marketable, Rosie was recommending him.
Handshakes could be fixed. Personality flaws like
Hudson’s could not be.
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