Hard to Regret — Kris Pearson

Heiress Anna Wynn is hiding a secret â€" a secret that has blighted half her life and forced her to become an unfulfilled over-achiever. Even preparing for her wealthy family's summer break in their idyllic New Zealand holiday house, Anna has to be all business and is strung tight as piano wire. Finding her bedroom appropriated by an over-muscled, overbearing, testosterone-soaked tower of annoyance is the final straw. Dragged up under the callused thumb of his dirt-poor father, Jason Jones regrets his choice of security over his dream. His ambition to work as a freelance photographer has been ruthlessly supressed in favour of setting up his own construction company. He has a pre-Christmas deadline looming on the current project, and the last thing he needs is constant surveillance by the owner's sharp-tongued daughter â€" or the lure of her hot body and big blue eyes. Forced to endure each other's company in the small-town beach house, mutual frustration and undeniable chemistry pull Anna and Jason together for a few stolen days. Enemies become lovers â€" but how long before secrets are revealed that will change everything? HARD TO REGRET is the first in Kris Pearson's new Scarlet Bay series of sexy, funny and heart-warming romance novels and is intended for mature readers. If this is the first time you have read one of my novels be assured they can all be read as stand-alone stories with no cliff-hangers. If you would like to know when my next book is published, please go to my website krispearson.com and sign up for my newsletter. Thank you for your wonderful support! Contemporary romances by Kris Pearson: The Scarlet Bay Series: HARD TO REGRET (Anna and Jason) Also in paperback. The Wellington Series: 1. THE BOAT BUILDER'S BED (Sophie and Rafe) Also in paperback. 2. SEDUCTION ON THE CARDS (Kerri and Alex) 3. RESISTING NICK (Sammie and Nick) 4. OUT OF BOUNDS (Jetta and Anton) 5. THE WRONG SISTER (Fiona and Christian) Also in paperback. 6. RAVISHING ROSE (Francesca and Jake) 7. HOT FOR YOU (Melanie and Cody) The Heartlands Series: 1. MELTING HIS HEART (Kate and Matthew) 2. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY HEARTS (Ellie and Tony) 3. COWBOY WANTS HER HEART (Alfie and Rory) Sheikhs of Al Sounam Series: 1. TAKEN BY THE SHEIKH (Laurel and Rafiq) 2. DESIRED BY THE SHEIKH (Stacy and Akil)