5-STAR REVIEW: WITH ONE KISS by Cheryl Holt

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About The Book

A Sisters Duet: Book 2
Publication Date: June 19, 2024

Fall in love with CHERYL HOLT all over again! She delivers the companion novel in her fun and dramatic SISTERS duet! It’s another tale of passion, forbidden romance, and love forevermore…

CHARLOTTE CRONENWORTH was born into a rich, prominent family, but after her father’s death, her fortunes plummeted. To support herself, she’s been teaching at a girl’s boarding school. Just as she’d begun to feel secure and complacent, the school went bankrupt, so it was closed and the students sent home. She’s been cast to the winds of fate, and she’s hoping to find employment as a governess, but she’s not optimistic. A woman on her own is never safe in her personal circumstances.

WINSTON WAINWRIGHT is Earl of Dartmouth. His title is one of the oldest and most esteemed in the kingdom, and he’s a rich, pompous snob. He takes his high status for granted and he’s confident of his elevated spot in the world. He was raised to believe that lesser mortals should bow down to his exalted self, and he never regrets his conceited attitudes or haughty habits.

When Winston meets Charlotte, there’s an instant attraction, and he’s enough of a rogue to feel entitled to act on it. He’ll be delighted to trifle with her, but she’s so far beneath him. He would never have honorable intentions. But with one kiss, he’s totally ensnared, and she just might be the one woman who can make him happy forever…

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The Review

When Charlotte Cronenworth shows up on Lord Dartmouth’s doorstep trying to find the relatives of one of her pupils, she is utterly disgusted with his behavior.

Winston Wainwright wants nothing more than to be left alone to sulk before a lavish wedding he doesn’t want. Charlotte’s arrival with young Polly is an unwelcome distraction, but he can’t deny there’s a family resemblance.

Charlotte and Winston face off in With One Kiss, the conclusion of Cheryl Holt’s A Sisters Duet. As the pompous earl plans a casual seduction, he quickly learns that Charlotte is a force to be reckoned with.

No one can deny the connection between the two, especially since Charlotte has no problems speaking her mind and knocking him down a peg or two. As noted in the first book, the sisters carry the emotional scars of being abandoned by their mother, who ran off with another man.

However, the author skillfully continues the story arc that started in the first book, which provides additional depth. It’s not merely a Regency love story—it’s a story about an entire family reunited.

With One Kiss delivers an unexpected attraction that threatens to upend carefully laid plans, complete with a conceited earl and a feisty young woman.

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About The Author

CHERYL HOLT is a New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon “Top 100” bestselling author who has published over sixty novels.

She’s also a lawyer and mom, and at age forty, with two babies at home, she started a new career as a commercial fiction writer. She’d hoped to be a suspense novelist, but couldn’t sell any of her manuscripts, so she ended up taking a detour into romance where she was stunned to discover that she has a knack for writing some of the world’s greatest love stories.

Her books have been released to wide acclaim, and she has won or been nominated for many national awards. She is considered to be one of the masters of the romance genre. For many years, she was hailed as “The Queen of Erotic Romance”, and she’s also revered as “The International Queen of Villains.” She is particularly proud to have been named “Best Storyteller of the Year” by the trade magazine Romantic Times BOOK Reviews.

She lives and writes in Hollywood, California, and she loves to hear from fans.