Sourcebooks Casablanca One Summer Night Contemporary Romance

ONE SUMMER NIGHT
#1 in the AT THE SHORE Contemporary Romance Series
October 2017, Re-released January 2024
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Reviews

One Summer Night has been named a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Romance! bit.ly/2tYoHRw

RaeAnne Thayne: “One Summer Night is the perfect escape! It’s tender, funny and sexy, with wonderful characters you’ll fall in love with. You can’t go wrong with Caridad Pineiro.”

NY Times: “The sex between Maggie and Owen is . . . delicious . . .â€

Publishers Weekly: In a passionate modern Romeo and Juliet-inspired story (with a much happier ending) that opens a contemporary romance series, Pineiro (Under the Boardwalk) develops the forbidden love between sensitive, spunky retail heiress Maggie Sinclair and stoic real estate scion Owen Pierce. Three decades earlier, Maggie and Owen’s fathers, formerly best friends and business partners, had an ugly fight, supposedly over real estate. They bequeathed that animosity to their children. Inconveniently, Owen and Maggie have been attracted to each other since they were young, and chemistry arcs between the two when they reconnect at their families’ side-by-side beach houses in Sea Kiss, N.J. Owen’s bitter father threatens to disinherit Owen if he dates Maggie, so Owen comes up with a desperate plan: he pretends that he’s only marrying Maggie to gain control of her faltering retail chain. A cast of lovely, imperfect supporting characters–including Owen’s entrepreneurial younger brother, Jonathan; Maggie’s friend Emma, a wedding planner avoiding love; and her friend Connie, a workaholic lawyer gunning for partner–neatly surrounds this endearing hero and heroine as Owen’s father attempts to derail their love story forever. Readers will want to visit the charming town of Sea Kiss again and again. (Oct.)

Kirkus: “A sexy, fun, yet touching summer read.”

Amy Alessio at Booklist: “Modern marriage of convenience stories are tricky, but Pineiro delivers rich emotions, strong lead characters, and interesting business insights.”

Book Riot: “One Summer Night, like Chesapeake Shores, is the perfect mix of urban vs. seaside and work vs. play. Pineiro perfectly sets up the romance between family friends Maggie and Owen in One Summer Night, but the book also introduces readers to their long-standing family feud. . .”

Books for Books Blogspot: “One Summer Night was a well written romance novel that was more than just a typical love at first sight. . . I found the interaction between the characters and the dialogue to be particularly well written. . . I greatly enjoyed this romance novel and it is the perfect book for reading at the beach!”

RT Book Reviews – 4 Stars: “Book one of the At the Shore series is delightful and will be embraced by beach-lovers far and wide. Pineiro’s description of Sea Kiss, NJ, sounds like a place you will never want to leave. But paradise can also be daunting as the author reminds us, especially when it’s inhabited by two feuding families. Readers will appreciate how cautious Maggie and Owen approach their romance. This is a fantastic start to the series!”

Fresh Fiction: “Hot, sexy, and refreshing! ONE SUMMER NIGHT is a wonderful example of contemporary romance at its best! The characters are dynamic and surprisingly relatable. The Jersey Shore comes fully to life; the perfect setting for these characters’ sizzling attraction. Readers will root for Maggie and Owen to open their hearts and fall fully in love.”

Teaser

Maggie Sinclair has been crushing on Owen for years but he’s the one man she can’t have.

There’s been bad blood between the Pierces and Sinclairs for years but Maggie can’t stop wishing things could be different. Whenever she visits her Jersey Shore home, she strolls the sand and remembers the innocent kiss they shared that one special summer night.

Owen has been watching Maggie from afar and when things heat up on the Jersey Shore, it’s hard to resist her temptation. Even if it risks angering his father who refuses to give up the feud with the Sinclairs.

When Owen learns Maggie’s business is in trouble, he jumps in to help. The marriage bargain they strike seems to be the perfect way to solve their problems until their love deepens and it all unravels before their eyes.

Is it possible for Maggie and Owen to break free of their families’ past and find happiness or will that bargain prove to be more than they can handle?

Excerpt

With keen interest, Owen Pierce took note of the three women as they hurried away from the dais and into the Sinclair mansion.

“Put your eyes back in your head, Bro. She’s nothing but trouble,” Jon warned in low tones.

Owen bit back the retort that if anyone knew about trouble, it was his brother. Jonathan had always marched to a different drummer and had set out on his own as a teenager to explore what he wanted out of life. Now a successful entrepreneur, he had captured the media’s attention with his innovative designs and daring adventures. That left Owen to shoulder most of the burden of the family’s real estate business, as well as deal with his father’s anger over Jonathan’s latest newsworthy escapade.

He envied his brother’s carefree spirit and determination, especially as Maggie Sinclair marched back onto the patio with her friends, an angry bride, and an obviously inebriated groom. Both the bride and groom looked far from happy as they approached the elaborate multi-tiered wedding cake that had been wheeled out to the middle of the makeshift dance floor.

He worried the bride might plunge the long knife she held into her new husband, but luckily for the newlyweds, Maggie directed the blade toward the cake.

Jon playfully elbowed him. “Seriously, Owen. She’s not for you. Father declared the Sinclairs off-limits ages ago. He would have a stroke if he thought the two of you were involved.”

Involved with Maggie Sinclair, Owen thought and sighed with regret.

In a way, he’d been involved with her forever. He’d like to chalk it all up to a sloppy, hurried, and stolen kiss at eighteen and the allure of forbidden fruit. But since that kiss, he’d watched her mature into a smart, beautiful woman. One who was willing to work hard for the town and business she cared about as well as friends and family. With every encounter, he’d grown more intrigued with the person Maggie had become.

But his father had come down hard on them about mingling with the Sinclairs right after Maggie’s mother’s death. For years, they’d been unable to come to their Sea Kiss home, and even when they’d returned, they’d done so without their father, who refused to be so close to the family he thought had wronged him.

Not that Owen expected that Jon would kowtow to such rules, since his brother was the kind of man who didn’t hesitate to take what he wanted.

He arched a brow and met his brother’s blue-eyed gaze, which glittered with a mix of undisguised challenge and amusement. “Do you think you’re the only one entitled to a little adventure in your life?” he said.

Jon chuckled. “My kind of adventure is way safer than what you may be considering.”

“Why’s that, Li’l Bro?” he asked, appreciating the sight of Maggie in a dusty-rose gown that hugged dangerous curves. Her chestnut-brown hair fell to her shoulders in soft waves and framed ice-blue eyes and a sassy, sexy face that snared his attention every time he saw her.

Jonathan took a last sip of his champagne and barely stifled another laugh. With a shake of his head, he replied, “Because all I risk is an occasional broken bone, but that!” He jerked his head in Maggie’s direction as she stepped back beside Connie and Emma. “That will break your heart.”

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The AT THE SHORE Contemporary Romance series was originally titled the Jersey Girl Bridesmaids. The series is still set along the fabulous Jersey Shore in the lovely town of Sea Kiss.

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