Seducer

by Claudia Moscovici

This psychological thriller shows both the hypnotic appeal and the deadly danger of psychopathic seduction. This novel traces the downfall of a married woman, Ana. Feeling trapped in a lackluster marriage, she has a torrid affair with Michael, a man who seems to be her soul mate and her dream come true. Having already tired of his fiancee, Karen--in spite of the fact she does everything possible to please him and keep him in her life--the seducer moves on to his next prey. Although initially torn between love for her family and her passion for Michael, Ana eventually relents to her lover's pressure. That's when Michael's "mask of sanity" unpeels to reveal the monstrously selfish psychopath underneath. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, The Seducer shows that true love can be found in our ordinary lives rather than in flimsy fantasies masquerading as great passions.

277 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Claudia Moscovici is the author of "Velvet Totalitarianism," a critically acclaimed novel about a Romanian family's survival in an oppressive communist regime due to the strength of their love. This novel is being republished in translation in her native country, Romania, and in France.
In 2002, she co-founded with Mexican sculptor Leonardo Pereznieto the international aesthetic movement postromanticism.com, devoted to celebrating beauty, passion and sensuality in contemporary art. She published a book on Romanticism and its postromantic survival called "Romanticism and Postromanticism," (Lexington Books, 2007).
She recently finished two books on psychopathic seduction and dangerous relationships: a nonfiction book called "Dangerous Liaisons: How to Recognize and Escape from Psychopathic Seduction" and a novel called "The Seducer". This novel is a tragic love story about a woman who falls into the clutches of a dangerous, psychopathic lover.
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Reviews

[Lili Alaniz · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me a while to read this book. I really enjoyed Ana Karenina, and as I was shelving (I work at a library), the summary of this book caught my eye. Ana's life in the begining is like a lot of married couples, passing through a lull of contempt but not full satisfaction. She falls in love with Michael a dashing man in her eyes. I think the scary thing about it is that as the reader, I would not have been able to see all of the red flags were it not for the internal dialogue we hear from Michael. All of Moscovici's background is weaved into the story and characters adding depth to the events in the plot. It is so interesting to see how an emotionless human can prey on the emotions of normal humanity, how this abnormal being can rip apart a life and see it as a bump in the road. The ending is so unexpected, and the last couple of paragraphs leave an eerie feeling. For Michael nothing changes, he doesn't evolve, but for every other character there are great changes.

[Lina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good and truth reflecting story about psychotic behaviour in relationships. Truly engaging book from the beginning to the end. Worth reading!!!!