Leela and Elliot have a night of passion and know they will never see each other again. But they do run into each other again and the heartache starts. You can't help but like Leela and hope she finds the love she deserves. But will she?

Lady Delilah Chambers and Elliot Townsend, Duke of Huntington, find themselves stranded at the same ramshackle inn during a horrible rainstorm. They are instantly attracted to each other and give in to one night of anonymous passion. But things turn sour when they meet again the next day and its revealed that Leela is actually the stepmother of Hunt’s prospective bride.

This appears to be the first book in a new series, and it’s my first time reading this author. The writing was enjoyable and I would try this author again, but this story felt like a track meet with SO many hurdles for the couple to overcome! Leela is Hunt’s would-be stepmother-in-law, she doesn’t want to hurt her beloved stepdaughter, her stepson both loathes and lusts after her, she’s “not accepted” because she’s half-Arab, and she’s also the secret author of travel journals. If that wasn’t enough, Hunt is driven by being respectable and scandal-free because his dead brother, the previous duke, was a spendthrift rake. For me, it was all a bit much.

* I received an ARC and this is my honest review. #HerNightWithTheDuke #NetGalley