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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

A NOVEL SEDUCTION

A Novel Seduction, November 2011
by Gwyn Cready

Simon & Schuster
Featuring: Axel Mackenzie; Ellery Sharpe
384 pages
ISBN: 1451612648
EAN: 9781451612646
Paperback
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"Being forced to work with the ex is bad enough, but what happens when the feelings come back to the surface?"

Fresh Fiction Review

A NOVEL SEDUCTION
Gwyn Cready

Reviewed by Kathyrn Little
Posted November 22, 2011

Romance Contemporary

Ellery and Axel had broken up because, well, they didn't get along very well. Now that work has forced them back together, Ellery and Axel must learn to reconcile their differences or suffer the consequences.

Ellery is a funny character who will make the reader laugh while watching her balance her slightly uptight attitude with the need to get the job done. Axel is the handsome photographer who knows how to get on Ellery's nerves. The reader will be drawn to the funny situations and turbulent issues that develop between the reluctant co-workers.

The reader will love the ups and downs Ellery and Axel experience as they try to get along after a long time apart. The way they worked through the initial issues in the past relationship while building a stronger relationship for the future is inspiring while providing comic relief at the same time. A NOVEL SEDUCTION is a fun read that will have you looking at your own relationships - past and present.

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SUMMARY

From the old steel mills of Pittsburgh to the picturesque hills of Scotland, romance novels save the day in RITA Award–winning author Gwyn Cready's fun and sensuous take on literature and modern-day love. When snobbish book critic Ellery Sharpe screws up at Vanity Place magazine, her boss assigns her the ultimate punishment: write an ode to romance novels, a genre she considers the literary equivalent of word search puzzles. To make matters worse, he hires her sexy former party boy ex, Axel Mackenzie, to shoot the photos. Axel really wants the project to succeed. For one, the magazine will double his fee if he convinces strong-willed Ellery to write a story no woman can resist. Besides, getting Ellery to fall for romance novels might be just the push she needs to believe people can change . . . even him. At his sister's advice, Axel gives Ellery a copy of Kiltlander, a much-adored romance whose warrior hero is utterly irresistible. To her dismay, Ellery finds herself secretly falling in love with the storyβ€”and with Axel, who's drawing his own lessons from the book's compelling hero. With her carefully crafted image of herself crumbling and her dream job on the line, will Ellery risk it all to make the leap from tight-lipped literati to happily-ever-after heroine?

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