An accident stole her memory.
A chance encounter brings it crashing back.
Violet Niarchos can’t recall the affair that gave her a child. But when she runs into Aidan Murphy, she knows the sexy bar owner is no stranger. He was her lover over one amazing weekend. He’s her baby’s father. But will Aidan believe she truly forgot all they shared? Or that the high-class heiress is faking it to save her reputation?
ANDREA LAURENCE is an award-winning author of contemporary romances filled with seduction and sass. She has been a lover of reading and writing stories since she was young. A dedicated West Coast girl transplanted into the Deep South, she is thrilled to share her special blend of sensuality and dry, sarcastic humor with readers.
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One Unforgettable Weekend
Andrea Laurence
ISBN: 978-1-474-07652-4
ONE UNFORGETTABLE WEEKEND
© 2018 Andrea Laurence
Published in Great Britain 2018
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To Eric—
I was lost when you found me.
Thank you for helping me believe again.
Contents
“Miss Niarchos will see you now.”
Aidan Murphy stood, buttoning his suit coat and smoothing his tie. Wearing a suit again felt a bit surreal after so long without it. At one time, it had been like a second skin to him. Then his world fell apart and the way he lived his life changed forever. A bartender had no need for fancy suits and silk ties. A bartender at Murphy’s Irish Pub would be looked at with suspicion by its regular clientele if they walked in wearing this monkey suit.
But today wasn’t about Murphy’s or the life Aidan lived now or five years ago. Today was about his deceased parents, a deathbed promise and the halfway house he needed to open to honor their memory.
Losing both his parents within a few years of each other had left him things he’d never anticipated—primarily