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Seducing Sullivan

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Seducing Sullivan is missing some of the wit Leto spices her other works with, but she still delivers a winning tale. She is one of the best in creating such 'real' characters. They are not larger than life fictional characters, but everyday hard working people, that are so warm, vulnerable and caring. It is her strong suit, and it sets her away from other writers.
Seducing Sullivan is a book of wishes and what-ifs. Angela Harris goes to her 10 year High School reunion with one purpose in mind: to have her 'prom night' with Jack Sullivan. They were an item during high school, but Angela the 'good girl' kept putting Jack off. On prom night, she had prepared to give herself to him, but they ended in an argument and them breaking up. Now a decade later, Angela knows it is time to get over her teenage love for Jack, and put him behind her once and for all, but the feels the only what to do this is to finish that night, find out the reality falls short of years of fantasy.

She needs to face Jack and settle her girlhood dreams, but she also need to see what sort of man Jack has become. His parents were jet-setters and from what she saw in the Tabloids, Jack has taken after them. He is world famous photographer, and has been linked to one model after another. Hardly material to be considered for marriage and fatherhood. Angela needs to know what sort of man he is because of Dani, her daughter. That prom night 10 years ago, after their breakup, Jack went out with her best-friend and got drunk. The result was Dani. 5 Years ago, Dani's mother, Angela's best-friend was killed and she was made Dani's guardian. She had no idea Jack was the father of Dani until she began trying to track down the man who fathered her.

Angela is a very real person. She feels things for Jack, but does not trust him, she loves her best friend and utterly adores Dani, yet she also feels twinges of regret and resentment over how things turned out, betrayed by both her friend and Jack. This is quite human. She is no paperdoll character, but a complex woman.

Jack believes Angela never knew about his drunken night with her best friend, and fears Angela would never speak to him again if she found out. He never knew or suspected about Dani. However, he comes to the class union hoping to find Angela. He has never know a family or home, and something inside him is crying out for this sort of security, and his heart tells him Angela 'his angel' is the woman to heal him and give him hope for the future. He unprepared for the siren who sets out to seduce him, just to get over him, but he is not about to let her go.

Once again, Leto gives 3 dimensional characters that leap off the page, with crisp writing that just gets better with each book. She is fresh, original and a rising star in the romance field.

My wife got this book after seeing and talking to the Author at a local bookstore. One day out of boredom I started reading it and the boredom flew out the window. Instead of 'just a romance novel' I found it to be a really engrossing story! I have never written a fan letter before but thanks to the great story, great charecters and apparently groundbreaking format I have have to say that I am a J.E. Leto fan and can't wait to see what she writes next. My wife agrees.

I really enjoyed Sullivan and "Angel." Ms. Leto knows how to develop her characters and show you what's going on inside their hearts and minds. (The author's rule of thumb: "show, don't tell" is often the main nemesis of the writer, both beginner and "old hand".) The motivation behind the love making is plausible and not gratuitous, if you know what I mean. (I really don't enjoy reading about characters who jump in the sack immediately after they have just met. To me, it seems contrived. Or, my sense is they are really only in it for the sex, and not the love.) Sullivan and Angel have that spark of love, and I enjoyed reading about them. They are caring and loving towards one another.

I had no idea that this was Ms. Leto's first book! I was going to look for her earlier titles so I could read what I'd missed! But I guess, no such luck.

As they say in New Zealand, "Good on ya!" Julie!!

Julie Elizabeth Leto defines the Temptation "Blaze" series! SEDUCING SULLIVAN is ultra-sexy, very contemporary, and thoroughly engrossing. Her writing is rich and textured, her characters fully developed, and the plot is provocative and seductive. A real page-turner! If you like your stories "Blazing", then put Julie Elizabeth Leto at the top of your reading list.

I really didn't like this book. Seemed the characters jumped into bed way too quickly. This whole anger thing that Jack later has towards Angela was a bit off. It wasn't her secret to reveal. And hey never mind there wouldn't have been a secret if he didn't have one first. Seemed this wasn't addressed to the fullest at all. Granted the incident happened years ago but still he was her boyfriend and just because they had a fight didn't mean that he needed to jump in with the first woman he comes across.

Angela has always pined for Jack Sullivan - the one that got away. On prom night, she was ready to finally give herself to him, but a quarrel had them leaving with separate people, with life-altering results. So when it's time for the high school reunion, she decides to get her groove on and finally seduce the man who occupies her erotic dreams.

Jack is more than willing to be seduced. A wealthy and award-winning photographer, he's used to beautiful women and uncomplicated romances. What he's not ready for is falling head over heels for Angela. He's wracked with guilt since he slept with her best friend on prom night. Unbeknownst to him, that liaison resulted in a child; a child who Angela now has custody of since her best friend died in a car accident, leaving custody to Angela. She has to put her trust in Jack when he helps her land a big account, resulting in them getting closer. But will he forgive her when he finds out that she has been hiding a big secret?

Leto mines the oft-used secret pregnancy plotline with good results. Though the story is a bit predictable, Leto's writing skills make the plotline appear refreshing giving credence to why she is a successful storyteller.

This little book was so hot, I almost burned my fingers! A sweet story with some very erotic love scenes. I say "love" because, from the beginning, you knew Jack and his "angel" were destined to be together - not just because of their passion, but because of so much more.

After I'd read Ms. Leto's newest release, Good Girls Do!, I knew I had to hunt down her backlist, and I'm sure glad I was able to locate Seducing Sullivan. Seducing Sullivan doesn't have the playfulness of Good Girls Do!; what it has are a sympathetic hero and heroine who will tear at your emotions, involved in a believable and wrenching plot about love remembered and love reclaimed. The only problem I had initially was trying to decipher Angela's real reasons for "getting Jack Sullivan out of her system." This didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book, however and, in fact, helped me understand where Angela was coming from. Anyone would be very lucky to have her as a friend, as Jack ultimately discovers. In the end, I found my heart hurting for Jack as the story resolves itself.

I highly recommend you try and find this book.