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Practise to Deceive
288 pages
A high-angst, vintage romance where a sweeping love affair is built on a devastating foundation of revenge and secret identities.
What it feels like
Reading this vintage romance feels like stepping into a delightfully soapy, high-stakes emotional crucible. The narrative moves at a brisk clip, sweeping the reader up in a whirlwind of hidden identities and calculated seduction. There is a distinct melodrama to the prose, which is emotionally heightened and unapologetically intense, focusing heavily on the internal turmoil of a woman whose professional armor is stripped away by love. The atmosphere is thick with tension and the looming dread of inevitable betrayal, making the eventual fallout all the more devastating. It is a perfect read for those who devour classic category romances, craving the delicious angst of a revenge plot that spirals out of control when real feelings collide with cold deception.
- Mood
- tense
- passionate
- turbulent
- soapy
- Tone
- melodramatic
- intense
- earnest
- angsty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- hidden identities · revenge and betrayal · vulnerability behind armor · the price of deception
- The writing
- Emotionally heightened and direct, leaning into the dramatic flair characteristic of vintage category romance.
- The arc
- Moves from a sweeping, vulnerable infatuation into a devastating betrayal before fighting its way to a passionate reconciliation.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave the intense, unapologetic angst and high-stakes emotional manipulation of classic 1980s romance novels.
Content notes
- emotional manipulation
- deception
- betrayal
About the book
Donna Mackenzie was a powerful television journalist who'd built a career exposing the saints and sinners of the world. Off camera, however, no one would recognize Kenzie Heydon, the woman behind the image.
Sexy Alaric Rogan met and charmed the real woman, not her savvy, sophisticated alter ego. And Kenzie fell deeply in love.
But it was a cold, calculated setup--a plan of revenge against Donna Mackenzie for the suffering one of her "interviews" had inflicted upon his family. And now Alaric had Kenzie exactly where he wanted her..
Description from Open Library.
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