In on the Action

Seducing Steel City #2

by Elle Diaz

Retired Hollywood stuntwoman Ivy Lowell is looking for a Mrs. The almost-40-year-old swipes on dating apps like it’s her job, armed with her “Wife List” of desires and dealbreakers. But while she’s got an ideal woman on paper, no one keeps her attention in real life quite like the delicious owner of Besos Bakery.


Analeigh Fonseca works hard and plays, well, almost not at all. She’s hustled her ass off to build her business by 25, and has the added financial pressure of helping her younger sister afford college. The bright spot in her too-busy days is the blonde bombshell owner of a local gym, whose crush on Ana is as obvious as her sweet tooth.


When Ana’s coven of witchy friends persuades her to get out of her chef whites and bar hop on Halloween, she runs into Ivy, and they flirt and dance the night away. That is, until Ivy has to demonstrate her martial arts training on a drunk dude who can’t take Ana’s “no.”


Impressed by Ivy rescuing her, Ana asks her for an arrangement: keep the gym open later so Ana can train after Besos’s business hours, and she’ll pay Ivy in pastries. Ana might have a crush, but that’s all it can be — Ivy is wealthy, accomplished, and already everywhere Ana is trying to get. Ana barely has time to sleep. When could she pencil in a relationship?


Ivy thinks she can maintain professional distance, but the more she gets to know Ana, the more she rethinks who would make her happy. Ana is surely too young and too much of a workaholic to settle down, and yet Ivy is bewitched by her.


What happens when you meet someone who could be the love of your life, but they’re in a different life stage?

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 15, 2024

About the author

Elle Diaz loves to talk about herself, just not in the third person. She also loves to talk about romance novels, which she does as one half of the podcast Make Out Already. She writes messy, bold heroines who cope through humor, and heroes who are equal parts sweet and salacious.

Reviews

[b.andherbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

actual rating 3.5 ⭐

a twenty-something bakery owner and a almost forty year old former stunt woman mutual lust and pine for each other over bakery treats and sweaty work out sessions. i really loved their chemistry and acrobatic use of aerial silks. Analeigh's witchcraft practice was also delightful to read about and Ivy's stuntwoman turned fitness professional career!! yes!

i did feel the plot dragging a bit with a large cast of supporting characters and a lot of description. I would have loved some more banter, but overall I had a grand time! I will be back for more from this author!

disclaimer, I checked this book out on KU and am friendly with the author online. all opinions are my own.

[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

After falling in love with Camila and Zach in book 1, I am thrilled to be back in the world of Seducing Steel City with this ARC! In On the Action was an absolute delight, and the characters felt so real.

I want to watch Great British Bake-off with Ana while sharing glasses of her mom’s coquito. (And secretly try to one-up each other’s baking skills.)

I want Ivy to teach me how to hobble drunk assholes with a bo staff before we go for karaoke night.

I want to meet up with both of them at that cute little bar by the gym and ask if they’re looking for a third. 👀

The sex scenes were spicy and the world (and the friend group!) was so fun. I CAN’T WAIT for book 3!

[mari (givemaribooks) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 2 of this series was also very good. I can’t wait to read more from this author and this friend group. I liked this couple even when they were frustrating me with their mixed signals at first and then seeing the issues that were going to explode in their faces. Also, this author loves horny characters and these two women were horny af 🫢 there was some good dirty talk too