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Love on Trial
First published 2002 · 256 pages
A sizzling battle of wills where professional boundaries melt under the heat of undeniable attraction.
What it feels like
This brisk contemporary romance delivers a classic battle of wills, wrapping the reader in a mood of sizzling tension and playful defiance. The narrative thrives on the friction between a stubbornly independent professional and a notoriously charming bachelor, building an atmosphere thick with smoldering stares and fluttering awareness. The prose is direct and emotionally charged, focusing intently on the physical and emotional push-and-pull of breaking down deeply entrenched defenses. It traces a satisfying arc from feisty resistance to heartfelt surrender. Readers who devour stories of opposites attracting and commitment-phobes finally meeting their match will find themselves thoroughly delighted by this earnest, tension-filled dance of seduction and true love.
- Mood
- sizzling
- romantic
- tension-filled
- Tone
- playful
- sensual
- dramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- opposites attract · breaking down defenses · fear of commitment · professional boundaries
- The writing
- Direct and emotionally charged, focusing heavily on physical reactions and romantic tension.
- The arc
- Moves from stubborn resistance and professional friction to undeniable attraction and heartfelt surrender.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love classic contemporary romances featuring stubborn bachelors and the feisty women who finally win their hearts.
About the book
Dynamic attorney Hawke Grayson was known around town as quite the ladies' man. But feisty reporter Cyrene Jameson swore she was immune to his seductive charms. And yet, after being assigned to do a story on Hawke, she felt a flutter of sizzling awareness as a result of his smoldering stare and wondered how much longer her defenses would hold up! This darkly sensual bachelor was quickly making his way into her heart, but he was not a marrying man. Could Cyrene convince this impossibly stubborn legal eagle it was an open-and-shut case of true love?
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