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Indiscretions
First published 1996 · 288 pages
A sultry, high-stakes dance of hidden pasts and inescapable chemistry set against a glamorous resort backdrop.
What it feels like
Reading this classic 1990s romance feels like stepping into a sun-drenched, high-stakes world where every glance is loaded with danger and desire. The atmosphere is thick with sultry tension, perfectly capturing the delicious angst of a forbidden attraction that threatens to unravel carefully constructed lives. It moves at a brisk, breathless pace, driven entirely by the crackling, almost feral chemistry between two people who know they should stay away from each other but simply cannot. The prose is lush and emotionally heightened, leaning into the melodrama of secret pasts and professional boundaries. It is a perfect escape for readers who love the intense, unapologetic passion and glamorous settings of vintage category romance, delivering a deeply satisfying, emotionally charged surrender.
- Mood
- sultry
- tense
- glamorous
- secretive
- Tone
- intense
- melodramatic
- earnest
- passionate
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- hidden pasts · forbidden attraction · inescapable chemistry · professional boundaries · fear of exposure
- The writing
- Lush and emotionally heightened, leaning heavily into the sensory details of magnetic physical attraction and internal angst.
- The arc
- Moves from guarded apprehension and simmering tension to overwhelming passion and a vulnerable, hard-won surrender.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave the delicious melodrama and intense, alpha-hero dynamics of classic 1990s category romance.
Content notes
- power dynamics
- workplace romance
- secret keeping
About the book
Compelled, charmed... and compromised! Mariel Browning loved Bride's Bay Resort, its Sea Island location, its friendly staff. She'd jumped at the offer to translate there again - but soon wished she hadn't. For one thing, working for a security-conscious delegation was no job for a woman with a past. For another, there was Nicholas Leigh, the most commanding, charismatic man Mariel had ever met and - for her - the most dangerous! From the start a feral and magnetic attraction crackled between them. An affair with a delegate would be indiscreet enough. If Nicholas discovered her carefully covered past, too, it would destroy both their lives. For his sake, for hers too, Mariel had to get out of this man's life.... But first she had to break the spell that bound them!
Description from Open Library.
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