The slow burn of an attraction takes a heavy toll on two showrunners for a popular reality series in the novel "The Fifth Seduction." Julia and Mable embark on an unstoppable love that was five years in the making in the fifth season of their hit show. Location filming takes them around the globe, making their secret affair that began with one torrid weekend in Malibu, possible. But both women have other relationships, and those people eventually find out. Break-ups are hard and messy, but Julia and Mable decide to end their romance, once and for all, on the island of Majorca. But Lani, Julia's girlfriend, shows up in Spain and ruins that plan. Julia's unresolved feelings for Mable end up hurting all four people affected by the affair, and Julia and Mable's professional partnership can't survive. After much chaos, the two women finally meet at the beach house in Malibu, where it all began, to say goodbye. A tiny last mention of the affair in The Fifth Seduction. The book turns one in April. #excerpts #romance #fiction #fictionalCharacter #film #television #books #bookstodon #book #novel #novels #scribesAndMakers #writing #writers #writer #writersCoffeeClub #women #reality #heart #show #shows #chaos #feeling #author #authors #indie #indieAuthor #indieAuthors #loveStory #storytelling #story #writersOfMastodon #mastodon