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The Seduction Game
SEDUCING ADAM...
After a disastrous relationship, career girl Tara Lyndon had almost given up on men. But then she met Adam Barnard... The devastatingly sexy hunk could have stepped straight out of her fantasies.
Unfortunately, it also seemed as if this perfect man had a "perfect fiance" waiting in the wings. Tara knew it was wrong to want him -- only she couldn't help herself. Wanting another woman's man was bad enough, but did Tara also have the courage to seduce him?
After a disastrous relationship, career girl Tara Lyndon had almost given up on men. But then she met Adam Barnard... The devastatingly sexy hunk could have stepped straight out of her fantasies.
Unfortunately, it also seemed as if this perfect man had a "perfect fiance" waiting in the wings. Tara knew it was wrong to want him -- only she couldn't help herself. Wanting another woman's man was bad enough, but did Tara also have the courage to seduce him?
288 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1999
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About the author
Sara Craven
493 books267 followersAnne Bushell was born on October 1938 in South Devon, England, just before World War II and grew up in a house crammed with books. She was always a voracious reader, some of her all-time favorites books are: "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, "Middlemarch" by George Eliot, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell and "The Code of the Woosters" by P. G. Wodehouse.
She worked as journalist at the Paignton Observer, but after her marriage, she moved to the north of England, where she worked as teacher. After she returned to journalism, she joined the Middlesbrough Writers' Group, where she met other romance writer Mildred Grieveson (Anne Mather). She started to wrote romance, and she had her first novel "Garden of Dreams" accepted by Mills & Boon in 1975, she published her work under the pseudonym of Sara Craven. In 2010 she became chairman of the Southern Writers' Conference, and the next year was elected the twenty-six Chairman (2011–2013) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Divorced twice, Annie lives in Somerset, South West England, and shares her home with a West Highland white terrier called Bertie Wooster. In her house, she had several thousand books, and an amazing video collection. When she's not writing, she enjoys watching very old films, listening to music, going to the theatre, and eating in good restaurants. She also likes to travel in Europe, to inspire her romances, especially in France, Greece and Italy where many of her novels are set. Since the birth of her twin grandchildren, she is also a regular visitor to New York City, where the little tots live. In 1997, she was the overall winner of the BBC's Mastermind, winning the last final presented by Magnus Magnusson.
She worked as journalist at the Paignton Observer, but after her marriage, she moved to the north of England, where she worked as teacher. After she returned to journalism, she joined the Middlesbrough Writers' Group, where she met other romance writer Mildred Grieveson (Anne Mather). She started to wrote romance, and she had her first novel "Garden of Dreams" accepted by Mills & Boon in 1975, she published her work under the pseudonym of Sara Craven. In 2010 she became chairman of the Southern Writers' Conference, and the next year was elected the twenty-six Chairman (2011–2013) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Divorced twice, Annie lives in Somerset, South West England, and shares her home with a West Highland white terrier called Bertie Wooster. In her house, she had several thousand books, and an amazing video collection. When she's not writing, she enjoys watching very old films, listening to music, going to the theatre, and eating in good restaurants. She also likes to travel in Europe, to inspire her romances, especially in France, Greece and Italy where many of her novels are set. Since the birth of her twin grandchildren, she is also a regular visitor to New York City, where the little tots live. In 1997, she was the overall winner of the BBC's Mastermind, winning the last final presented by Magnus Magnusson.
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May 1, 2019
Re The Seduction Game - Sara Craven does semi romantic suspense for this HP outing.
The h is a headhunter for various London firms and a dedicated career lady, we learn early on that she has a very bad breakup in her past and has determined that love, marriage and romance are no longer for her.
It seems when she was a young late teen unicorn groomer, she was infatuated with a new accountant at her father's firm. The guy pursued and wooed the h and she eventually moved in with him when he hinted at marriage.
It all came crashing down when the young snot snarfer tried to get the h to convince her Company Director father to give him a highly prized management slot.
When the h's dad, who is definitely no fool, did not offer the young man the position and in fact got him terminated, the h came home one day to find the slime pustule in bed with another woman and then he kicked the h out.
The h was shattered, but eventually she recovered and soon rapidly climbed the ranks in her head hunting career. As the story opens, the h is going on holiday to her parents river side house. Her mum and dad are off on a cruise, but the h wants to do some family summer home repainting and get things all tidy and shipshape for her parents return.
Right before the h is scheduled to leave on her holiday, she rejects a candidate for a very highly sought after position and leaves a note for her secretary.
When the h gets to her family home, she is soon surprised by a man and a dog who appear to be illegally occupying the empty house next door. (We learn later that the man is the grandson of the previous owner and that he inherited it.)
The h has a lovely black cat named Mélusine - who hates water - and the dog, whose name is Buster, chases Mélusine up a tree. This inspires the h's new neighbor to come over and be kinda weirdly obnoxious as Mélusine has to get rescued from the tree and he invites himself to dinner.
The h is very wary of the new guy, particularly as he seems a bit evasive about things, but at the same time there is something about him that makes the h's knees a bit weak. It is obvious the new guy is infatuated with the h and equally obvious that the h doesn't want to be interested, but to her great surprise, she has treacherous body syndrome kicking in.
However, when the H implies that he is engaged and will soon marry, the h hastily backs off and the H decides he is pursuing her anyway. The h is strongly against this mentally, but her backbone just seems to be dissolving away.
We learn that the the H plans to turn the house next door into holiday cottages and the h feels the tranquility of her family home will be ruined. The H also comes over to help the h in her home refurbishment schemes. Mélusine has to swipe Buster on the nose and Buster soon learns his lower status in the Mélusine hierarchy.
Then the h finds the H did a nude drawing of her standing at her bedroom window and she has to tell the H off. The H responds by giving the h a roofie kiss and then pushing her off his boat into the river.
Things take a dramatic turn tho as the h has to ask the H for some assistance when her parents home is almost broken into and the h has all four of her tyres slashed on her car. The H and h end up in a purple passion moment after the attempted break in and a bad storm and the h's power in the house goes out.
The h is full of regrets the next morning and tells the H that since he is engaged there can't be anything else between them. When the h sees the H hugging an attractive blonde woman outside his house next door, the h realizes that she was just being used as a bit on the side.
The h soon returns to London after a visit from her idiot older sister and the H starts looking for ways to insert himself into her life. For some reason the H thinks he should keep pursuing her, tho at no time does he say that he is NOT engaged.
We also learn that the h has a vengeful stalker and the h soon figures out it was the former client she did not recommend for the job he wanted. The guy harassed the h's poor secretary and he was also the one who slashed the h's tyres and tried to break into the h's parents house. He gets arrested by the police and confined to a mental institution.
(The h's idiot sister gave the guy the h's location when the evil guy called her up and said he was the h's boyfriend.)
Meanwhile the H has invited the h to a business party and the H arranges it so that the h's first ex love slime bucket shows up, the h goes off for a drink with him for some reason and the slime bucket reveals that the blonde woman is actually the H's mother - she just looks really young.
The h is shocked and now realizes that she loves the H. She dismisses the slime bucket nematode ex like the trash he is and rushes home to see if she can track down the H. But the H is waiting for her and he finally declares that he is majorly in love and only said he was engaged so the h wouldn't be afraid of him as he played his little seduction games.
The h decides to marry the H and his mum is really nice too. We get a little epilogue where the h and H live in the H's house next door to her family summerhome. The H and h have a little baby girl, along with Buster and Mélusine. Every one is happy and all loved up and the h is glad she finally took a romance risk for a nice little SC HP HEA.
This one was okay. The suspense was interesting because it was hard to tell if the H was doing things or the ex-slime bucket or someone else. Mélusine was awesome and got some quality cat snark page time in and Buster was cute, but he was one of those not too bright kinda dogs.
The only drawback was the H's lying about being engaged. He explains later that he meant that when he met the h he met the lady he wanted to marry, but the obfuscation went on for far too long and it weakened the H's credibility and therefore weakened the HEA.
Overall tho, it certainly wasn't a terrible HP outing and there is a cat AND a dog bonus in it, so if you want a quick HP afternoon venture, give this a go if you run into it.
The h is a headhunter for various London firms and a dedicated career lady, we learn early on that she has a very bad breakup in her past and has determined that love, marriage and romance are no longer for her.
It seems when she was a young late teen unicorn groomer, she was infatuated with a new accountant at her father's firm. The guy pursued and wooed the h and she eventually moved in with him when he hinted at marriage.
It all came crashing down when the young snot snarfer tried to get the h to convince her Company Director father to give him a highly prized management slot.
When the h's dad, who is definitely no fool, did not offer the young man the position and in fact got him terminated, the h came home one day to find the slime pustule in bed with another woman and then he kicked the h out.
The h was shattered, but eventually she recovered and soon rapidly climbed the ranks in her head hunting career. As the story opens, the h is going on holiday to her parents river side house. Her mum and dad are off on a cruise, but the h wants to do some family summer home repainting and get things all tidy and shipshape for her parents return.
Right before the h is scheduled to leave on her holiday, she rejects a candidate for a very highly sought after position and leaves a note for her secretary.
When the h gets to her family home, she is soon surprised by a man and a dog who appear to be illegally occupying the empty house next door. (We learn later that the man is the grandson of the previous owner and that he inherited it.)
The h has a lovely black cat named Mélusine - who hates water - and the dog, whose name is Buster, chases Mélusine up a tree. This inspires the h's new neighbor to come over and be kinda weirdly obnoxious as Mélusine has to get rescued from the tree and he invites himself to dinner.
The h is very wary of the new guy, particularly as he seems a bit evasive about things, but at the same time there is something about him that makes the h's knees a bit weak. It is obvious the new guy is infatuated with the h and equally obvious that the h doesn't want to be interested, but to her great surprise, she has treacherous body syndrome kicking in.
However, when the H implies that he is engaged and will soon marry, the h hastily backs off and the H decides he is pursuing her anyway. The h is strongly against this mentally, but her backbone just seems to be dissolving away.
We learn that the the H plans to turn the house next door into holiday cottages and the h feels the tranquility of her family home will be ruined. The H also comes over to help the h in her home refurbishment schemes. Mélusine has to swipe Buster on the nose and Buster soon learns his lower status in the Mélusine hierarchy.
Then the h finds the H did a nude drawing of her standing at her bedroom window and she has to tell the H off. The H responds by giving the h a roofie kiss and then pushing her off his boat into the river.
Things take a dramatic turn tho as the h has to ask the H for some assistance when her parents home is almost broken into and the h has all four of her tyres slashed on her car. The H and h end up in a purple passion moment after the attempted break in and a bad storm and the h's power in the house goes out.
The h is full of regrets the next morning and tells the H that since he is engaged there can't be anything else between them. When the h sees the H hugging an attractive blonde woman outside his house next door, the h realizes that she was just being used as a bit on the side.
The h soon returns to London after a visit from her idiot older sister and the H starts looking for ways to insert himself into her life. For some reason the H thinks he should keep pursuing her, tho at no time does he say that he is NOT engaged.
We also learn that the h has a vengeful stalker and the h soon figures out it was the former client she did not recommend for the job he wanted. The guy harassed the h's poor secretary and he was also the one who slashed the h's tyres and tried to break into the h's parents house. He gets arrested by the police and confined to a mental institution.
(The h's idiot sister gave the guy the h's location when the evil guy called her up and said he was the h's boyfriend.)
Meanwhile the H has invited the h to a business party and the H arranges it so that the h's first ex love slime bucket shows up, the h goes off for a drink with him for some reason and the slime bucket reveals that the blonde woman is actually the H's mother - she just looks really young.
The h is shocked and now realizes that she loves the H. She dismisses the slime bucket nematode ex like the trash he is and rushes home to see if she can track down the H. But the H is waiting for her and he finally declares that he is majorly in love and only said he was engaged so the h wouldn't be afraid of him as he played his little seduction games.
The h decides to marry the H and his mum is really nice too. We get a little epilogue where the h and H live in the H's house next door to her family summerhome. The H and h have a little baby girl, along with Buster and Mélusine. Every one is happy and all loved up and the h is glad she finally took a romance risk for a nice little SC HP HEA.
This one was okay. The suspense was interesting because it was hard to tell if the H was doing things or the ex-slime bucket or someone else. Mélusine was awesome and got some quality cat snark page time in and Buster was cute, but he was one of those not too bright kinda dogs.
The only drawback was the H's lying about being engaged. He explains later that he meant that when he met the h he met the lady he wanted to marry, but the obfuscation went on for far too long and it weakened the H's credibility and therefore weakened the HEA.
Overall tho, it certainly wasn't a terrible HP outing and there is a cat AND a dog bonus in it, so if you want a quick HP afternoon venture, give this a go if you run into it.
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March 14, 2020
So the first M&B I read was Reluctant Captive by Helen Bianchin and it’s been a wonderful read for me. I still go back to it time and time again. Even with all the typical romance tropes and all, I love M&B books. The romance is ethereal I feel, and thankfully I have never come across one that I’ve hated. So recently when I got the chance to read The Seduction Game, I grabbed it and I thankfully, once again, haven’t regretted it.
We follow a tough-take-no-crap woman in Tara Lyndon, a very career-oriented woman and I loved her character. It’s after quite some time that I’ve read such a realistic and real woman. Tara Lyndon, however, is broken- taking solace in her busy life. We also meet her elder sister Sarah, who even though ultimately brought the hero and heroine together, I didn’t quite like her. She seemed to be too meddlesome to me- but then again I personally am a very personal person, so obviously! The hero of our story is Adam Barnard and the devastatingly sexy hunk could have stepped straight out of her fantasies. However, it to her utter dismay that she is finally interested in a man after years, and he has to be engaged to be married! Tara is very much confused- her disastrous previous relationship had had a permanently negative effect on her, rendering her almost unresponsive and uninterred towards men.
It was nice read truly, with added portions of spiciness in the mystery and thrilling bits the author has sprinkled over it. I loved the romance because it was so easy to relate to- a career woman uninterested in men. Pretty much-reflecting parts of me and perhaps that’s why I related so much with Tara. I rated this a solid 4.5 out of 5 stars- a very beautiful modern-day M&B read!
We follow a tough-take-no-crap woman in Tara Lyndon, a very career-oriented woman and I loved her character. It’s after quite some time that I’ve read such a realistic and real woman. Tara Lyndon, however, is broken- taking solace in her busy life. We also meet her elder sister Sarah, who even though ultimately brought the hero and heroine together, I didn’t quite like her. She seemed to be too meddlesome to me- but then again I personally am a very personal person, so obviously! The hero of our story is Adam Barnard and the devastatingly sexy hunk could have stepped straight out of her fantasies. However, it to her utter dismay that she is finally interested in a man after years, and he has to be engaged to be married! Tara is very much confused- her disastrous previous relationship had had a permanently negative effect on her, rendering her almost unresponsive and uninterred towards men.
It was nice read truly, with added portions of spiciness in the mystery and thrilling bits the author has sprinkled over it. I loved the romance because it was so easy to relate to- a career woman uninterested in men. Pretty much-reflecting parts of me and perhaps that’s why I related so much with Tara. I rated this a solid 4.5 out of 5 stars- a very beautiful modern-day M&B read!
May 24, 2020
Ah was just okay. Hero was clearly smitten, but then he suddenly deliberately misleads the heroine into thinking he is committed to another person. So further maligning their growing attraction to each other, and making her think she is the cheating other woman 😠
July 20, 2015
Good quick read. I always enjoy Sara Craven. Her characters always interesting as are her plots.
December 19, 2012
3.5 stars maybe-I wish some things were revealed earlier in a book,about hero`s reasons and stuff that are obvious to us but h don`t know. actually now I want to read books about non-virginal heroine being second woman...
July 15, 2014
A nice well written story. A little slow paced but a good story with romance and suspense. Not as good as some of her other books but still an entertaining read.
May 18, 2019
The most interesting thing about this book was the short blurb on the back. The plot and the characters were as bland as cottage cheese which is actually an insult to cottage cheese.
September 10, 2023
3 1/2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This was a definite UnCraven like Hero! All the angst was imaginary ina pretty obvious way. The H was so sweet and persistent with out being over bearing.
April 30, 2025
Me entretuvo y ese es el único propósito de este libro la verdad pero si me llegaba a desesperar el Adam al no decirle las cosas claras a Tara pero bueno... Ame el epílogo 💖
December 11, 2023
Tried to read 3 years ago, did not finish. This time I liked and finished. I will never understand how supposedly smart Hs channel their inner Betty Neels to tell the girl they love that they are planning to get married. Just like the h here (and Betty’s hs) I would never think that I was the intended bride.
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