Heiress Anna Wynn is hiding a secret – 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 suppressed 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 – or the lure of her hot body and big blue eyes. Forced to endure each others' 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 – 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.

Fireworks from the moment they meet… Lawyer Josslyn Wynn secretly yearns for a husband and family, but a shocking accident made children impossible, and her sharp manner and workaholic lifestyle make landing a man unlikely. When Cameron Mackay ran out on Jossy’s pregnant housemate, Jossy fought for a protection order to prevent him from seeing his son. She couldn’t forgive him for throwing away something she wanted so deeply herself but could never have. Because Cam was the opposing client in the court case, she should have nothing to do with him, but when they meet at a dinner party, his knowing grin and sexy suggestions scrape over her soul like sandpaper and she finds him impossible to ignore. It sticks in Cam’s gut to be forced to play nice with the bitter, beautiful lawyer, but soon he sees he must re-assess everything he assumed about her, and everything he thought he wanted in his own casual, free-wheeling life. Can Cam save Jossy? Or will Jossy save Cam?

Scarlet Bay – where passions run deep and surely everyone deserves a summertime treat? Oliver Wynn was fascinated by Meifeng Chan from the moment he was old enough to know what girls were for. Mei was too realistic to ever accept a date with him; Ollie from the billionaire Wynn family and the Chinese girl from the takeaway shop? Not going to happen! Fifteen years later fate has slammed them together. Ollie’s cousin Anna has asked him to keep Meifeng hidden in the family’s new beach-house so her abusive boyfriend can’t find her and beat her up again. Ollie is furious and protective and spoiling for a fight, but Mei is wary and defensive and no way ready to trust another man. They have three long days to keep their hands off each other. If this is the first time you have read one of my novels be assured they can all be read as stand-alones with no cliff-hangers. If you'd 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 romance by Kris Pearson: The Scarlet Bay Series SUMMER SPARKS (Anna and Jason) Also in paperback. SUMMER SECRETS (Jossy and Cam) SUMMER SPICE (Meifeng and Ollie) 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)