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Love's Salvation
Work in Progress
*Love's Salvation is a collection of stand alone books. This is not a series and can be read in any order.* Luke and Mary take the term ‘likeminded’ to a new level with their secret fantasies about each other. Question is, will these would-be lovers ever reach fulfillment in its truest form and quit playing emotional footsie? When a publication company decides to promote hot construction workers for their upcoming calendar, a bashful Luke is tricked into applying for a spot by his devilish co-workers, but what will it take for Luke to get his groove on with his secret crush? Does his sister Rickie save the day, or is it the flirty invitation from the calendar rep that gives Luke the self-confidence he needs to wow Mary with his newfound male prowess?
- GenresContemporary
96 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 16, 2020
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About the author
Susan Jean Ricci
108 books166 followersIt’s all about the love…
A USA Today, Award-Winning Author, Susan Jean Ricci is best known for her Cindy's Crusades Series, starring the hilarious duo Cindy and Jay DeMatteo. These characters were first introduced in the multi-award-winning novel Dinosaurs and Cherry Stems and return to entertain you in its sequel The Sugar Ticket. Look for the final saga Don't Bruise the Bananas available now.
Cindy and Jay's mischief-making lives on in these shorts: A Sweet Snafu, Christmas With Niagara, His Sacred Vow, Passion's Secret Ingredient, and Turning up the Heat. Please also consider Ms. Ricci's other standalone works of fiction and short stories in her new series Love's Salvation, and her latest release, the nonfiction best seller Running On All Fours.
That is until her new series Love’s Salvation Series hit the charts. A group of romantic relationship-driven stories, some sweet and others steamy, each tale in both her award-winning series can be read as a stand-alone-books.
A member of the RWA, The Authors' Billboard, and the Independent Authors' Network, several of Ms. Ricci's titles have been recognized as Outstanding Novella Winners in the IAN 2020, Outstanding Finalist in the IAN 2020, and Finalist in the Outstanding Novellas Categories 2019,2018, 2017, and the Women's Outstanding Fiction Winner in the IAN 2016.
A USA Today, Award-Winning Author, Susan Jean Ricci is best known for her Cindy's Crusades Series, starring the hilarious duo Cindy and Jay DeMatteo. These characters were first introduced in the multi-award-winning novel Dinosaurs and Cherry Stems and return to entertain you in its sequel The Sugar Ticket. Look for the final saga Don't Bruise the Bananas available now.
Cindy and Jay's mischief-making lives on in these shorts: A Sweet Snafu, Christmas With Niagara, His Sacred Vow, Passion's Secret Ingredient, and Turning up the Heat. Please also consider Ms. Ricci's other standalone works of fiction and short stories in her new series Love's Salvation, and her latest release, the nonfiction best seller Running On All Fours.
That is until her new series Love’s Salvation Series hit the charts. A group of romantic relationship-driven stories, some sweet and others steamy, each tale in both her award-winning series can be read as a stand-alone-books.
A member of the RWA, The Authors' Billboard, and the Independent Authors' Network, several of Ms. Ricci's titles have been recognized as Outstanding Novella Winners in the IAN 2020, Outstanding Finalist in the IAN 2020, and Finalist in the Outstanding Novellas Categories 2019,2018, 2017, and the Women's Outstanding Fiction Winner in the IAN 2016.
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December 12, 2021
“Work in Progress” is a romantic comedy that will leave the reader wanting more.
Read full review in the 2021 Holiday issue of InD'tale Magazine.
Read full review in the 2021 Holiday issue of InD'tale Magazine.
November 26, 2020
A Fun Romance
The romance opens with Luke standing on a narrow concrete block, looking between steel girders to get a peek at Mary through the construction site’s office window. When the foreman sees him spying on the crew’s pretty office manager, Luke cautiously moves away on the narrow beam and the crew begins calling him “Twinkle Toes”. Luke has a fear of heights and didn’t know when he took the concrete mason job he’d be working on a high rise structure.
Unbeknownst to Luke, Mary is also checking him out, but can’t imagine the well-built Luke would be interested in her. She notices his tattoo and discovers he served in the Navy, like her father.
Luke thinks if he can overcome his clumsiness, he’ll be better equipped to tread the steel beams and not be constantly ridiculed by his co-workers. He enlists his sister, an acrobatic instructor, to give him dancing lessons.
Luke and Mary silently lust for each other until Luke invites himself to have dinner with her and her father at a rehab center where her father is a patient. Things between them heat up when she has car problems on the way home. Even after recognizing the chemistry between them and wanting to spend private time together, things keep getting in their way.
Luke’s co-workers play a prank on him and trick Luke into applying for a spot on a calendar of hot construction workers. In order to receive serious consideration to be included, the calendar’s producer requests that shy Luke entertain at a nightclub. Will his dancing lessons give him the confidence to perform? And will Luke and Mary ever be able to move their relationship past lustful desires?
Susan Jean Ricci has skillfully recreated a wonderful romantic story with numerous fun quirky scenes when Luke and Mary’s passion heats up in the wrong places. Mary’s father’s humor adds a nice touch to this enjoyable tale. Highly recommended to all romance readers!
The romance opens with Luke standing on a narrow concrete block, looking between steel girders to get a peek at Mary through the construction site’s office window. When the foreman sees him spying on the crew’s pretty office manager, Luke cautiously moves away on the narrow beam and the crew begins calling him “Twinkle Toes”. Luke has a fear of heights and didn’t know when he took the concrete mason job he’d be working on a high rise structure.
Unbeknownst to Luke, Mary is also checking him out, but can’t imagine the well-built Luke would be interested in her. She notices his tattoo and discovers he served in the Navy, like her father.
Luke thinks if he can overcome his clumsiness, he’ll be better equipped to tread the steel beams and not be constantly ridiculed by his co-workers. He enlists his sister, an acrobatic instructor, to give him dancing lessons.
Luke and Mary silently lust for each other until Luke invites himself to have dinner with her and her father at a rehab center where her father is a patient. Things between them heat up when she has car problems on the way home. Even after recognizing the chemistry between them and wanting to spend private time together, things keep getting in their way.
Luke’s co-workers play a prank on him and trick Luke into applying for a spot on a calendar of hot construction workers. In order to receive serious consideration to be included, the calendar’s producer requests that shy Luke entertain at a nightclub. Will his dancing lessons give him the confidence to perform? And will Luke and Mary ever be able to move their relationship past lustful desires?
Susan Jean Ricci has skillfully recreated a wonderful romantic story with numerous fun quirky scenes when Luke and Mary’s passion heats up in the wrong places. Mary’s father’s humor adds a nice touch to this enjoyable tale. Highly recommended to all romance readers!
October 2, 2025
Funny and sexy
I found this short story both funny and quite sexy. Plenty of sass and the pheromones never stop. Thanks, Susan.
I found this short story both funny and quite sexy. Plenty of sass and the pheromones never stop. Thanks, Susan.
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