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4.0Overall score
A great second chance story.
Undue Influence: A Persuaision Retelling By Jenny Holiday
Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM
Released: September 4, 2018
Publisher: Self-Published
Second chances only come around once.
Eight years ago, Adam Elliot made the biggest mistake of his life. Now that mistake is coming back to haunt him. His family’s beloved vineyard has gone into foreclosure, and the new owner is the sister of the only man he’s ever loved—the man he dumped under pressure from family and friends who thought the match was beneath him.
When Freddy Wentworth, aka the bad boy of Bishop’s Glen, left town with a broken heart, he vowed never to return. But a recently widowed friend needs his help, so here he is. He’s a rich and famous celebrity chef now, though, so everyone can just eff right off.
But some things are easier said than done. Despite their attempts to resist each other, old love rekindles—and old wounds reopen. If they want to make things work the second time around, they’ll have to learn to set aside their pride—and prejudice.
This modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion is a standalone novel that can be enjoyed by Austen-philes and by those allergic to the nineteenth century.
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
A great second chance story.
I have never read Jane Austen’s Persuasion, I’ve actually not read any Jane Austen books. I’ve also never read a book by Jenny Holiday – until this one. I found Undue Influence to be a very enjoyable story; one that I would probably read again if I ever re-read books.
It’s kind of a classic second chance story. Two young people fall in love, circumstances/people tear them apart, they reconnect years later and discover that they still love each other. Those are the things that make Undue Influence like many other books but what made it different for me was the author’s way of telling such a romantic story without having to use a lot of graphic sex scenes. Don’t get me wrong, I very much enjoy those kinds of books; it’s just that sometimes it’s nice to one with a little less explicit stuff going on.
The blurb tells you everything you need to know about the book. How it made me feel was at times frustrated, sad, furious and ultimately brought happy tears when things finally work out for Freddy and Adam. The emotions and connection between Freddy and Adam seemed very genuine and I believed that they loved each other when they were young. But, young people do stupid things. Freddy let his pride get in the way of his happiness and Adam let his family and friend’s influence persuade him to give up Freddy when he really didn’t want to.
I think Undue Influence is a very good love story and I liked it very much.
♥♥♥♥
O Factor: Spicy
The official version
Jenny Holiday started writing at age nine when her awesome fourth grade teacher gave her a notebook and told her to start writing some stories. That first batch featured mass murderers on the loose, alien invasions, and hauntings. (Looking back, she’s amazed no one sent her to a kid-shrink.) She’s been writing ever since. After a detour to get a PhD in geography, she worked as a professional writer, producing everything from speeches to magazine articles. Later, her tastes having evolved from alien invasions to happily-ever-afters, she tried her hand at romance. Today she is a USA Today bestselling author of all sorts of romance novels: contemporary and historical, straight and gay. She lives in London, Ontario, with her family. She is represented by Courtney Miller-Callihan of Handspun Literary.
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