A review by plottrysts
One Dangerous Night by Cathy Maxwell

4.0

What a fun, low-angst road trip romance! One Dangerous Night is the second book in the Gambler's Daughters series. In the first book Elise, youngest of the Lanscarr sisters, expected a proposal from Michael Brogan only to be shocked when he married her older sister Dara instead. Even worse? Now she has to live with the disgustingly happy couple and get her nose rubbed in the fact that she's single. So, she runs away with all of the sisters' pocket money. Carriages sure aren't built the way they used to be, because there's a giant accident on the road, and she's suddenly stuck with Kit Cox, the only other passenger. Kit might smell kind of bad and wear ugly clothes, but he's not a bad guy, so she decides to stick with him for a while until she can buy another fare to get back to Ireland. After a few days of travel, their close proximity, banter, only-one-haystack/bed/shack in the woods lead to the obvious conclusion: they've fallen in love. But how will she explain to her sisters that she's choosing a life on the road with a scruffy dude instead of marrying a duke? (Psst, Kit is a duke in disguise, so maybe they won't be too shocked after all...)

This is a really fun read that even manages to pack in a couple of surprises along the way. Do note that sexual harassment/assault (or the threat of it) is the subject of at least four plot points; if this is triggering to you, you may wish to avoid. (It is not graphic.) One Dangerous Night was a great way to spend a weekend afternoon.

This objective review is based on a complimentary copy of the novel.