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

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ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS

On a Night Like This, March 2005
by Ellen Sussman

Warner
Featuring: Blair Clemens; Luke Bellingham
304 pages
ISBN: 0446693626
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"Emotional story of finding true love even when you think it's too late."

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ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
Ellen Sussman

Reviewed by Pamela James
Posted April 13, 2005

Romance Contemporary | Women's Fiction Contemporary

Blair Clemens is a single mother with a 16-year-old daughter. She has a job as a chef, and she has a desperate secret. The last thing on Blair's mind is a class reunion, but someone who's never been far from her thoughts is Luke Bellingham. Of course, it's hard to miss that Luke is now an acclaimed screenwriter, but their date with destiny goes back before secrets and fame.

Luke Bellingham doesn't like living a life of fame and distrust. He sees nothing to live for and can't shake the fact that being popular isn't the same as having someone to trust and keep you warm. Being an acclaimed screenwriter is fine, but fame doesn't keep you warm at night. Luke knows one sure thing in life -- that you can't change the past -- but what he's desperately seeking is a change of heart.

Blair is using sex as a weapon against a ticking clock to the grave. Luke is looking for love. Can the two of them help each other, or will it be another regret in the morning? Life sometimes doesn't play fair, but nobody ever said you couldn't stack the deck, gamble on love and trust one last time.

ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS is a tender and tragic love story, but it goes deeper. It runs to the soul of knowing you have one true love, and no matter how late we think it is, it's never too late for love. Ellen Sussman writes with heat, heart and soul.

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SUMMARY

In the tradition of Elizabeth Berg and Sue Miller, first- time novelist Ellen Sussman offers a rich, powerful story of a fiercely independent single mother who must learn to confront loss in order to find love.They met in high school, but had nothing in common: Blair Clemens, the weird hippie-chick who kept to herself, and Luke Bellingham, the golden boy--rich, handsome, and destined for greatness. Now, years later, Luke has fulfilled his early promise and is one of the country's most acclaimed screenwriters. Blair is a struggling single mother with a teenage daughter, a job as a chef, and a tragic secret that will test all of her emotional resources. Still as feisty and as offbeat as ever, Blair loves no one other than her daughter and she intends to keep things that way. That is, until she crosses paths once again with Luke Bellingham. Now, Blair is faced with the decision of her lifetime: what to do when the right man comes along...but at the wrong time.

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