Andrea Laurence

A Beauty Uncovered reached the Harlequin Desire line in 2013 as the second of Andrea Laurence's Secrets of Eden books, after Undeniable Demands. Its hero, Brody Eden, runs his company from behind a shut office door because he will not let anyone see his scarred face, and the story turns on the assistant, Samantha Davis, who declines to work that way. Stirring Up Trouble, third in the Rosewood series, came from Pocket Star in 2015 and sets a meticulous baker against a laid-back bartender whose feuding businesses put them in front of a judge and then onto shared community service.