By: Hope Tarr
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The Cinderella Seduction: A Suddenly Cinderella Novel

Four months ago, Nick’s bachelor-style life was turned upside down. Now the sole parent to a seven-year-old daughter he never knew existed, Nick doesn’t have time for pleasure. But he hadn’t factored in Stefanie or the intense attraction he’d feel for her. As her seduction heats up, so do the stakes, both professionally and romantically. Can he let business go long enough to allow Stefanie into his heart?
Excerpt:
Cornering Stefanie alone in the
kitchen, Nick reached for the platters she’d collected. “Stop,” he said,
reaching for them. “It is a holiday, is it not?”
Stefanie hesitated and then
surrendered the stack. “It is, but I’m the caterer. And you’re a guest.”
Setting the plates on the counter,
he shook his head. “No, today you are a generous friend who has made beautiful
food to be enjoyed by, it seems, everyone but herself.” A dark brow lifted.
“Have you even tasted this baklava?” He gestured to the tray set out on the
counter.
Stefanie hesitated. It wasn’t as
though she needed the extra calories, though she could hardly say so to him.
“No I haven’t, but I make it all the time.”
“For others, yes. When was the last
time you sat down with a sweet and an espresso and savored?”
Stefanie hesitated. She spent so
much time tasting dishes in her kitchen as she was preparing them that she was
rarely hungry—and just as rarely full. Sitting down to an actual meal, or even
a snack, was a rarity. “I don’t know. A while, I guess.”
Nick reached around her to the
counter, his pectoral brushing her breast, whether deliberately or accidentally
Stefanie couldn’t say for certain. What she could say for certain was that it
felt good—really good. Good enough to want more.
I
am the seducer, not the seducee, I am the seducer, not the seducee…
No matter how many times she
mentally repeated the mantra, she didn’t feel in complete control at the
moment. She didn’t feel in control at all.
Eschewing the spatula, Nick stuck
his hand in the pan and pulled off a gooey precut wedge.
“You know what you just did is
sacrilege,” Stefanie said, fighting a smile.
Smiling back, he brought the
dessert to her lips. “I am making the food gods very angry, I am sure, but I
will risk it if you will. Open.”
The last time someone had fed her
she’d probably been all of five. Stefanie hesitated and then opened. Gooey,
honeyed heaven sweetened the inside of her mouth.
“Chew,” he ordered softly, bringing
his face down to hers, and to her surprise once more, she obeyed.
A syrupy thumb slid across her
bottom lip, raising a bevy of tingles. “It is good, yes?” His eyes locked on
hers and suddenly she wasn’t at all sure he referred to the pastry.
Fighting the urge to suck at his
digit, Stefanie swallowed—hard. “It’s delicious.”
Nick stepped back, eyes dark and
dancing. “Yes, Stefanie, it is. Now come upstairs and join the party. Your
friends are missing you. I am missing you.”
“But I—”
“No buts.” He held out his hand,
the same hand he’d used to feed her. “There is a time for staying
behind-the-scenes, for hiding out in the kitchen, and this is not it.”

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Author Bio:
Award winning author, Hope Tarr is the author of twenty-five historical and contemporary romances including THE CINDERELLA SEDUCTION, the finale to her Suddenly Cinderella Series for Entangled Publishing. Hope is also a co-founder and current curator of Lady Jane's Salon®, New York City's first and still only monthly romance fiction reading series now in its fifth year with eight satellites nationwide. Visit Hope online at www.HopeTarr.com, www.LadyJaneSalonNYC.com, www.Facebook.com/HopeC.Tarr and www.Twitter.com/HopeTarr.
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