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    Grounds for Seduction

    By Shelli Stevens

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    About this ebook

    Madison Phillips is focused on making her new coffee shop a success. She also wouldn’t mind if the sexiest cop in Seattle, Gabriel Martinez, would start seeing her as more than just his best friend’s little sister. When her shop gets robbed and she’s the only one who can identify the increasingly violent Espresso Bandit, Gabe’s there to keep her safe. Having Gabe act as her personal bodyguard is certainly no hardship, and Maddy’s ready to try anything to tempt him into providing some hands-on protection.

    This title was previously published. It’s been significantly revised with new scenes added.

    Each book in the Seattle Steam series is STANDALONE:
    * Grounds for Seduction
    * Tempting Adam
    * Seducing Allie

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMar 27, 2017
    ISBN9781633758636
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    Grounds for Seduction
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    Shelli Stevens

    Shelli is a New York Times Bestselling Author who read her first romance novel when she snatched it off her mother’s bookshelf at the age of eleven. One taste and she was forever hooked. It wasn’t until many years later that she decided to pursue writing stories of her own. By then she acknowledged the voices in her head didn’t make her crazy, they made her a writer.Shelli currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her daughter where she writes various genres of romance. She’s a compulsive volunteer, and has been known to spontaneously burst into song.

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    • 3/5
      Grounds for Seduction (Seattle Steam) by Shelli Stevens
      This is Madison (Maddie) Phillips and Gabriel (Gabe) Martinez's story.

      This is a suspenseful steamy read. I really liked Gabe's character but Maddie's was a little harder to connect to.

      FYI, contains mature content.  I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.