A Novel Seduction
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Romance novels save the day in award-winning author Gwyn Cready’s fun and sensual take on modern-day love
Can romance novels save the day
Snobbish book critic Ellery Sharpe has made the strategic mistake of unleashing her scathing wit on the memoir of the world’s leading romance publisher. As damage control, her boss at Vanity Place magazine 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 ex, Axel Mackenzie, to shoot the photos.
When it looks like true love hasn’t a chance?
Axel has reasons of his own for wanting to convince the strong-willed Ellery to paint romance in an attractive light. He decides to take his cue from Kiltlander, a much-adored romance, and starts secretly drawing lessons from the book’s compelling hero. Because getting Ellery to fall for romance novels might be just the push she needs to believe people can change…even him.
“Cready's writing is romantic and wickedly witty.” —Rachel Gibson, New York Times Bestselling Author
“Sexy second-chance romance.” —RT Book Reviews, 4 stars
“Delightfully original…an absolute crowd-pleaser.” —Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cready (Aching for Always) whips up a delightfully original and humorous contemporary romp with a metafictional twist. Strait-laced literary editor Ellory Sharpe is horrified when her temperamental boss orders her to write an ode to romance novels. Even worse, the assignment reunites her with photographer Axel Mackenzie, an old flame. Ellory must learn to praise a genre she hates while navigating around her boss's secret affair with the romance world's current darling; a hostile competitor for her dream job; and her increasingly passionate relationship with Axel. But as she continues her international journey to understand the allure of romance novels, she is stunned to discover the intelligence beneath the revealing covers and the quick camaraderie of romance fans. Peppered with laugh-out-loud dialogue, hysterical antics, and plenty of colorful secondary characters, this yarn is an absolute crowd-pleaser.
