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Waltz this way

by Dakota Cassidy

Published 2012ISBN 978-0-4252-4550-7

""A writer to watch!"--Angela Knight, New York Times bestselling author Left without a partner... When former ballroom champion Melina Cherkasov found out that her famous husband was cheating, she was devastated, especially since she was informed by a sleazy reporter on national TV. Thanks to an ironclad prenup and a scumbag ex, Melina has to pack up her dog and her dignity and take refuge in her dad's retirement community in New Jersey. ...it's time to take the lead. To make ends meet, Melina puts her dancing shoes to use as an instructor at Westmeyer--a private school for boy geniuses. Teaching a bunch of hormonal teenagers to waltz is trying, but the school's sexy handyman provides ample distraction. Drew McPhee is perfect, except for one thing: He doesn't like dancing. Thankfully, the finesse Drew lacks on the floor is more than made up for by his skills in the bedroom. And after one steamy night, the ballroom diva is the one getting swept off her feet.."--

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. 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

Romance · Fiction

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Urgent pace

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ToneBalanced
LuminousDark

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Waltz this wayDakota Cassidy
Powerful4.7/5

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthLength not listed
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2012
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-4252-4550-7
Language
English
Edition record
OL25109604M
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A more thoughtful way into this book

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Good to know

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Begin with its place in Romance, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.