Title: Seducing Amelia

Heat Level: 5/5

Genre/subgenre: Contemporary Romance

Target audience (age group, reader type): Adult

Word count or page count: 36202/144

Release date: Nov-21

Publisher: Sevannah Storm

 

Series info: The Plump Playwright Act II

 

Short blurb:  Curvy Amelia is a librarian by day & an erotic writer by night. Lawyer Tom must save his gran from smut. Amelia’s sensuality calls to him, but when she ends their affair after one night, he realizes no other woman will do. 

One-line hook or taglines: Her books make him blush. Her sass makes him burn.
He came to shame her books. He stayed for the woman who wrote them.

 

Buy link: https://books2read.com/u/mY8RVV

 

Excerpts:  Librarians shouldn’t look like that. He wasn’t into plump women, but fuck, he would do her, on the check-in counter, over her returns trolley, against a bookshelf. Dark auburn hair curled against her alabaster skin and with those bold ruby lips?

He was Tom Bradshaw. No one gainsaid him or challenged him without having their ducks in a row. Yet this stunning woman had him on the back foot from the moment she’d fallen at his feet.

She lowered her voice, curling his name off her tongue.
As if she’d prefer to twirl her mouth around a certain part of his anatomy.
His breath hitched.
The green in his eyes darkened.
She hissed, “Release me, or so help me, I’ll knee you in the balls.”

She didn’t care. It felt too good, sinful, delicious, and decadent, as if her entire existence had waited for this moment. Tingles spread outward and inward, and she clawed her way up the ecstasy mountain, teetering on the edge.
“Kiss me, Amelia.”

“To fall in love is never stupid.”
Amy sighed. “It is when he’s a philanderer.”
Maude grinned. “Falling for the consummate rake? How cliché.”
Amy chuckled despite the pain cinching her chest as if Cupid squeezed her heart like a stress ball.

The sight of him in his low-riding jeans, thick boots, & tight T-shirt did more for her libido than staring at her kink closet had. She forced her gaze to settle on his face, his chin, his jaw, & those soft lips. Holy Tolkien, the man was lethal.

She buried her fingers in his hair. Then she thrashed her head, tossed her hair wild, and released a throaty moan. Gasping and panting, she whispered his name amid pleas for him to not stop. On a drawn-out sigh, she patted his shoulder. “There we go, one fake orgasm. My gift to you.”

Her breath hitched, and she blinked. The fashion for criminals must have changed. Since when did they wear crisp gray suits that molded to broad shoulders and bulging biceps? One moment she sprawled before him like a ritual offering, the next, she was in his arms, his hands gripping her waist.

Unable to fight it any longer, he caressed his lips across hers, her sweet cherry-flavored breath calling to him. He’d swear before a panel of peers how his knees weakened, how his mind refused to focus on a thought. Driven mad by a woman too sexy for words, he was in a quagmire of lust.

 

Reader reviews: 

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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful read
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2024
Loved the characters especially Maude. It is just amazing that the men find themselves attracted to a curvy woman! Like it would never happen normally. Bless their little puddin heads. It was great.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely and steamy, feel-good story
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2021
Seducing Amelia made me smile from start to finish. The characters are genuinely likable, original, and endearing. The heat Ms. Storm brings to the couple is...well it's steamy as heck as well as being rooted in genuine affection and attraction. The story left me wanting more of this delicious couple.​

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bwahaha!
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2022
Oh wow the ending was worth the read. It is a sweet romance, but the secondary characters of the town are gold.

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Discussion or book club questions: Amy writes under a secret pen name and recommends her own steamy books to patrons. Do you think she’s being brave, sneaky, or just plain practical? How would you handle it?

Tom comes in hot—literally and figuratively. What was your first impression of him? Did it change as the story unfolded?

Her book series is a hit—but Amy thinks real men are disappointing. How does Tom challenge or reinforce her beliefs?

Enemies-to-lovers always brings the fire. What scene had the most delicious tension between Amy and Tom? Did you root for them from the start?

Tom’s criticism of Amy’s books feels personal. Why do you think he reacted that way—and was he justified?

Maude plays unexpected matchmaker by accident. How did her role shape the events that followed? Would you want a Maude in your life?

The story highlights women’s sexual agency and creative power. How do Amy’s books empower her—and challenge others?

Amy is curvy, confident, but still doubts herself romantically. How does her self-perception impact her choices, and what does Tom do (or fail to do) to change that?

Tom reads Amy’s erotic novels. How would you feel if someone you liked found your steamiest secrets—or fantasies—in book form?

If Amy were to write Tom into her next book, what traits would she include? What title would she give the story?

 

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Relevant tropes or keywords:

Curvy librarian
Arrogant city lawyer
Femme fatale is love shy
He falls first
Awesome side characters