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Two Dozen Red Roses
189 pages
A simmering, tension-filled dance of hidden desires and professional boundaries in a classic vintage romance setting.
What it feels like
This classic vintage romance delivers a deeply satisfying, slow-burn emotional experience wrapped in a brisk, highly focused narrative. The atmosphere is thick with unspoken yearning and the crackling tension of professional boundaries being pushed to their limits. Readers are pulled into an intimate, emotionally guarded world where every glance and casual interaction carries the weight of hidden desires and past traumas. The prose is straightforward and intensely character-driven, prioritizing the internal angst and simmering chemistry between two people desperately trying to maintain control. It is a perfect comfort read for those who delight in the old-school boss-and-secretary dynamic, offering a dramatic, earnest journey from self-imposed isolation to the terrifying, exhilarating surrender of falling in love.
- Mood
- tense
- intimate
- emotionally guarded
- simmering
- Tone
- earnest
- dramatic
- introspective
- yearning
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- fear of vulnerability · workplace boundaries · healing from past trauma · hidden depths · irresistible attraction
- The writing
- Straightforward and emotionally focused, prioritizing internal monologues and simmering dialogue over elaborate description.
- The arc
- Moves from a place of rigid, self-imposed emotional exile to a vulnerable surrender to unexpected love.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love classic, angst-filled vintage romances where a guarded heroine and a charismatic boss slowly dismantle each other's defenses.
Content notes
- past emotional abuse
- workplace power dynamics
About the book
Fond memories, no regrets
Sloan Sheridan, brilliant trial lawyer, needed Sarah — as his secretary. She matched his professional standards and proved useful in his private affairs, intuitively knowing just when to send his latest beauty her farewell roses, signed, "Fond memories...."
Sarah went out of her way to appear uninteresting and unattractive to Sloan. A brief, shameful marriage had taught her the danger of being desired by an intensely attractive man bent on conquest.
It wasn't only Sloan's desire that frightened Sarah...it was her own.
Description from Open Library.
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