Hartwell After Dark The One Woman He Couldn't Charm: A Steamy Small-Town Romantic Suspense, Book 2, (Paperback)

<p><b>He can charm an entire town. She's the one woman trained to see through him.</b></p><p>Declan Broussard has built his life on knowing exactly what people need-a joke at the right moment, a favor before anyone asks, or a smile persuasive enough to keep trouble from reaching the people he loves.</p><p>But when the FBI raids Hartwell's unfinished community center and uncovers federal documents bearing his signature, the town's favorite fixer becomes the center of an investigation that could destroy his brother's company, devastate his family, and expose the secret Declan has spent two years hiding.</p><p>Special Agent Nadia Osei does not trust charming men.</p><p>She trusts evidence.</p><p>Sharp, disciplined, and impossible to distract, Nadia arrives in Hartwell determined to follow the paper trail wherever it leads-even when every clue points toward the infuriatingly irresistible man everyone else believes is innocent.</p><p>Then a violent storm leaves Nadia with nowhere to stay except Declan's house.</p><p>Her rules are simple: </p><p>Separate bedrooms.<br>No discussing his case.<br>And under no circumstances is he allowed to charm her.</p><p>Declan agrees to every rule.</p><p>Keeping his hands off her was never one of them.</p><p>As suspicion spreads and buried betrayals begin surfacing, Nadia and Declan are pulled into an alliance neither of them can afford-and an attraction neither of them can control. Every answer draws them closer to a truth powerful people would kill to protect. Every touch threatens Nadia's objectivity. And every secret Declan keeps could cost him the only woman who has ever seen past his smile to the damaged man beneath it.</p><p>Now Nadia must decide whether Declan Broussard is the most convincing liar she has ever investigated...</p><p><b>or the only man she can trust when the danger finally comes for them both.</b></p><p><b>The One Woman He Couldn't Charm</b> is a steamy, emotionally charged small-town romantic suspense featuring forced proximity, opposites-attract chemistry, a morally complicated hero, a fiercely competent heroine, family betrayal, found family, buried secrets, and a protective Louisiana town that never lets anyone face trouble alone.</p><p><b>Return to Hartwell-where the secrets run deep, the nights burn hot, and falling in love may be the most dangerous thing of all.</b></p>

• Hartwell After Dark The One Woman He Couldn't Charm: A Steamy Small-Town Romantic Suspense, Book 2, (Paperback)
• Author: P Harlow
• ISBN: 9798184627717
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-28
• Page Count: 390