Beachcombers

First in The Landis Brothers series (and last in the Beachcombers sisters trilogy). Matthew Landis is the eldest son (of 4) of the wealthy SC Landis family. Matthew is running for his mother's Senate seat. Matthew and Ashley Carson have a one-night stand which a slimy photographer got pics of. Ashley is just going to ride out the scandal -- she and Matthew are both single, after all -- but her sister Starr worries that the opposing candidate will get ahead in the close race, so Ashley and Matthew pretend to be engaged. Time spent together makes them realize that they could possibly have a good, permanent relationship. I enjoyed this very much, it's a quick read, which Desires are supposed to be. I wish that this could have been a longer book, though, as I would have loved to see more of the other relationships -- the ones between the siblings and parental units: I'd like to spend more time with them . . . NFM