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His Style of Seduction
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When powerful businessman Jackson Locke found Lily Harper soaking wet on his doorstep, he couldn't believe his luck. Little did he know the dark-haired beauty had been hired to do a job—and not the one Jack might have fantasized about. Now a storm had left them stranded, hot and bothered, and Jack was stuck between lust and pride. Lily's assignment was to change him into something he wasn't.
But Jack's destiny was to rock her world, and he intended to do it on his terms.…
When powerful businessman Jackson Locke found Lily Harper soaking wet on his doorstep, he couldn't believe his luck. Little did he know the dark-haired beauty had been hired to do a job—and not the one Jack might have fantasized about. Now a storm had left them stranded, hot and bothered, and Jack was stuck between lust and pride. Lily's assignment was to change him into something he wasn't.
But Jack's destiny was to rock her world, and he intended to do it on his terms.…
192 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2007
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Roxanne St. Claire
268 books1,834 followersI don’t know about you, but when I check out an author's bio, it’s usually because I’ve read a book I liked and wondered about the person behind it. Let's skip the formal bio and I'll give you the inside scoop on who Roxanne St. Claire really is.
First of all, call me Rocki. Everyone does. Evidently, when my mother brought me home from the hospital I seemed too scrawny and small to pull off “Roxanne” (she’d read Cyrano de Bergerac while pregnant or I would have been Judy) so they called me Rocki.
I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, the youngest of five (overachievers, every one), and fell in love with words and stories the summer I read Gone With The Wind. That year, for my twelfth birthday, my parents gave me a typewriter (with italic font – it was the coolest thing) and from that day on, I’ve had my fingers on a keyboard, pounding out love stories for fun. My AP English teacher taught me the two most important lessons an aspiring author ever needs: 1) verbs are the key to life and 2) a writer should get a real job. After attending UCLA and graduating with a degree in communications, I tried acting and television broadcasting. Oh, they aren’t real jobs? I learned that the hard way. I changed my last name from Zink to St. Claire because a news producer told me Roxanne Zink had too many harsh consonants for a TV personality – apparently Katie Couric didn’t get the memo. I got some fun gigs, and even met Tom Hanks when I did a guest appearance on Bosom Buddies. I liked on camera work, but wasn’t too crazy about starvation, so I moved to Boston and got that “real” job. In fact, I placed my foot on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder and didn’t look down until I’d climbed all the way up to the level of Senior Vice President at the world’s largest public relations firm. On the way up, I met the man of my dreams in an elevator. Two years later – in the same elevator! – he asked me to marry him and I wisely said yes.
I stayed in PR, moved to Miami, had a few babies, lost my home in a hurricane, built another one a few hours north and all along, I kept writing my “stories” for fun. One night, I read a particularly fabulous romance novel that changed my life for good. That night, I decided I wanted to make someone else feel as whole and happy as that author made me feel. (Everyone asks! It was Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.) With two small children and one big “real” job, writing my first novel wasn’t easy, but I did finish a manuscript that managed to get the attention of a literary agent. She told me to do one thing and one thing fast: write another book. (The first one is usually a “learner” book, honestly.) That second manuscript sold to Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Books and was released in 2003 as Tropical Getaway. Since then, I’ve written almost thirty more, in multiple genres, and long ago replaced the corporate ladder with the rollercoaster of publishing as a full-time novelist. Finally, writing is my real job.
Today, I live in a small beach community in Florida with my husband and two dogs. Our kids are off to college and law school, which means my nest is empty! I spend my time writing, working with the kids at my church, enjoying my husband's gourmet cooking, and hanging with my many writer friends. Of course, I love to read. I’m still crazy about words and stories and hope to write at least a hundred books in my lifetime. And, yes, verbs are the key to life. My favorites? Love. Work. Believe.
xoxo
Rocki
First of all, call me Rocki. Everyone does. Evidently, when my mother brought me home from the hospital I seemed too scrawny and small to pull off “Roxanne” (she’d read Cyrano de Bergerac while pregnant or I would have been Judy) so they called me Rocki.
I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, the youngest of five (overachievers, every one), and fell in love with words and stories the summer I read Gone With The Wind. That year, for my twelfth birthday, my parents gave me a typewriter (with italic font – it was the coolest thing) and from that day on, I’ve had my fingers on a keyboard, pounding out love stories for fun. My AP English teacher taught me the two most important lessons an aspiring author ever needs: 1) verbs are the key to life and 2) a writer should get a real job. After attending UCLA and graduating with a degree in communications, I tried acting and television broadcasting. Oh, they aren’t real jobs? I learned that the hard way. I changed my last name from Zink to St. Claire because a news producer told me Roxanne Zink had too many harsh consonants for a TV personality – apparently Katie Couric didn’t get the memo. I got some fun gigs, and even met Tom Hanks when I did a guest appearance on Bosom Buddies. I liked on camera work, but wasn’t too crazy about starvation, so I moved to Boston and got that “real” job. In fact, I placed my foot on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder and didn’t look down until I’d climbed all the way up to the level of Senior Vice President at the world’s largest public relations firm. On the way up, I met the man of my dreams in an elevator. Two years later – in the same elevator! – he asked me to marry him and I wisely said yes.
I stayed in PR, moved to Miami, had a few babies, lost my home in a hurricane, built another one a few hours north and all along, I kept writing my “stories” for fun. One night, I read a particularly fabulous romance novel that changed my life for good. That night, I decided I wanted to make someone else feel as whole and happy as that author made me feel. (Everyone asks! It was Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.) With two small children and one big “real” job, writing my first novel wasn’t easy, but I did finish a manuscript that managed to get the attention of a literary agent. She told me to do one thing and one thing fast: write another book. (The first one is usually a “learner” book, honestly.) That second manuscript sold to Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Books and was released in 2003 as Tropical Getaway. Since then, I’ve written almost thirty more, in multiple genres, and long ago replaced the corporate ladder with the rollercoaster of publishing as a full-time novelist. Finally, writing is my real job.
Today, I live in a small beach community in Florida with my husband and two dogs. Our kids are off to college and law school, which means my nest is empty! I spend my time writing, working with the kids at my church, enjoying my husband's gourmet cooking, and hanging with my many writer friends. Of course, I love to read. I’m still crazy about words and stories and hope to write at least a hundred books in my lifetime. And, yes, verbs are the key to life. My favorites? Love. Work. Believe.
xoxo
Rocki
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September 11, 2025
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2+
It's a ~desire~ so there's a fair bit of sex for a category, but it wasn't really sexy. A lot of thinking about how horny and this-is-sexy from the characters, but no build of heat, be it physical or emotional. I don't mind they were forthright about their attraction and quickly got down to acting on it, but there was never a change in tone or a build to anything.
Even their brief time apart due to Conflict Reasons (a decision to make) was off-page, their reunion easy, and their next steps smooth.
Which, fine. I wasn't annoyed by either lead. The secondaries did their parts. It was an undemanding and quick read, and pleasant enough. And that's enough, sometimes.
2+
It's a ~desire~ so there's a fair bit of sex for a category, but it wasn't really sexy. A lot of thinking about how horny and this-is-sexy from the characters, but no build of heat, be it physical or emotional. I don't mind they were forthright about their attraction and quickly got down to acting on it, but there was never a change in tone or a build to anything.
Even their brief time apart due to Conflict Reasons (a decision to make) was off-page, their reunion easy, and their next steps smooth.
Which, fine. I wasn't annoyed by either lead. The secondaries did their parts. It was an undemanding and quick read, and pleasant enough. And that's enough, sometimes.
May 21, 2018
What I wouldn’t give for a pool boy! But that pool boy needs a makeover and to his way of thinking, a do-over . . . or do again. After pleading his case that he’s fine just the way he is, Jack succumbs to Lily’s style change. Best decision Reggie ever made!!
June 12, 2018
What I wouldn’t give for a pool boy! But that pool boy needs a makeover and to his way of thinking, a do-over . . . or do again. After pleading his case that he’s fine just the way he is, Jack succumbs to Lily’s style change. Best decision Reggie ever made!!
June 16, 2021
It wasn't awful but it bored me and took me 2 months to finish it. Np.
September 19, 2025
Aquele livro onde todo o enredo é previsível e parece mesmo saído dos anos 80 embora seja supostamente contemporâneo...
February 24, 2012
4 ½ Stars! ~ Reggie Wilding is in a tough spot. His wife is dying and he needs to sell his advertising agency to raise the funds for the treatment and to allow him to share every moment with her. The stuffy Anderson, Sturgeon and Noble, a globally successful firm, want to add a New York office. Wild Marketing suits them just fine except for one little problem, they want Jackson Locke, Wild’s current creative director to step up to the role of president. Reggie knows that Jack in his “unconventional, rebellious, creative bad-boy skin” will never conform to the stuffy British firm’s standards. That’s where Lily Harper comes in; she’s an executive image consultant with just the right tricks to transform Jack into the perfect corporate leader. Lily knows that if she succeeds with this job she’ll have an in with the British firm and a chance of a lifetime. Arriving at Reggie’s Nantucket second home where she’ll have Jack all to herself, she finds a man so confident in his “no walls – no shoes” attitude that she easily falls into his proposition that the days are hers and the nights are his.
Ms. St. Claire has penned a delightfully witty romance reminiscent of her stories written for Harlequin Temptation. What a treat! I adored both Lily and Jack, they are made for each other! Even knowing that he’ll have to sit behind a mahogany desk and push paper a contracted year, Jack agrees to the makeover and the job because he cares a great deal for Reggie’s wife Samantha. He has no choice, and no matter how it goes against his own dreams, he’ll do it. The chemistry with Lily is awesome and that’s what makes the whole transformation for Jack palatable. Lily, though carrying some pretty heavy baggage from her childhood, is a truly remarkable woman. In Jack’s words, she’s “bold, confident, aggressive” and he also knows that she suits him perfectly. Only Lily knows that while her dream is her own home and security, Jack’s dream is “no walls” and no roots. Their witty banter and scorching chemistry keep the pages turning. An awesome read that I couldn’t put down!
Ms. St. Claire has penned a delightfully witty romance reminiscent of her stories written for Harlequin Temptation. What a treat! I adored both Lily and Jack, they are made for each other! Even knowing that he’ll have to sit behind a mahogany desk and push paper a contracted year, Jack agrees to the makeover and the job because he cares a great deal for Reggie’s wife Samantha. He has no choice, and no matter how it goes against his own dreams, he’ll do it. The chemistry with Lily is awesome and that’s what makes the whole transformation for Jack palatable. Lily, though carrying some pretty heavy baggage from her childhood, is a truly remarkable woman. In Jack’s words, she’s “bold, confident, aggressive” and he also knows that she suits him perfectly. Only Lily knows that while her dream is her own home and security, Jack’s dream is “no walls” and no roots. Their witty banter and scorching chemistry keep the pages turning. An awesome read that I couldn’t put down!
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July 27, 2011Lily Harper is hired to transform Jackson Locke from a care-free, fun-loving guy, in to a perfect example of a stiff, convential CEO. Arriving to the company owned home of the owner during a storm, Lily finds that Jack has no idea why she is really there. Trying to change this long-haired, sexy man is going to be a hard task, but Lily knows her future survival and happiness depends on it. Getting Jack to conform will help the owner sell his advertising business and maybe save his wife who is in need of surgery.
Jack is a creative director who does not believe in walls. He is free thinking and free acting. Wearing shoes is optional, and his long hair is fine by him. Originally believing Lily is there for matchmaking by his boss, he sweeps her off her feet and introduces her to the wild side of life. Finding out why she is really there, he is willing to give her the days, but he wants the nights.
Lily finds that he is able to change Jack to what the company desires from him, but her heart breaks to think that he himself is now imprisoned and lost. Finding out that Jack can give her what she desires most, himself, makes all things worthwhile.
A Nice story.
Jack is a creative director who does not believe in walls. He is free thinking and free acting. Wearing shoes is optional, and his long hair is fine by him. Originally believing Lily is there for matchmaking by his boss, he sweeps her off her feet and introduces her to the wild side of life. Finding out why she is really there, he is willing to give her the days, but he wants the nights.
Lily finds that he is able to change Jack to what the company desires from him, but her heart breaks to think that he himself is now imprisoned and lost. Finding out that Jack can give her what she desires most, himself, makes all things worthwhile.
A Nice story.
July 5, 2008
It doesn't matter what Rocki writes, it's always good. A delightful, fun read.
November 24, 2008
This was a good book but not to the standard I'm used to now with Roxanne St. Claire. I'm glad to have read it and fans will find the story a good quick read.
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