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A tycoon to be reckoned with

by Julia James

Published 2016ISBN 978-0-2632-6413-5

A remorseless seduction ... Bastiaan Karavalas loves the thrill of the hunt. His prey this time is tantalising Sarah Fareham, and it's a pity this seduction won't be purely for pleasure ... she's a threat to his family that needs to be removed! Sarah dreams of becoming an opera singer, but must scrape a living as a nightclub performer, overcoming her inhibitions by hiding behind her vivacious stage persona 'Sabine'. It becomes her only defence against Bastiaan's sensual onslaught. But Bastiaan is a tycoon to be reckoned with, and once his true intentions are revealed will Sarah's facade be enough to safeguard her fragile heart?

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction · Romance

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

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Reading lengthLength not listed
Publication eraContemporaryFirst published or edition dated 2016
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Romance
ISBN-13
978-0-2632-6413-5
Language
English
Edition record
OL28264769M
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Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

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Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

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