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First Position (9780008602550)

First Position

By Melanie Hamrick

Published: June 2023

  • ‘Riotously steamy’ The Times

    ‘Compelling… absolutely fascinating’ Daily Mail

    ‘So edgy, so different, with a constant undercurrent of tension whether on the stage or in the bedroom… Raw and addictive. I loved it.’
    Jodi Ellen Malpas,Sunday Times bestselling author

    ‘Melanie Hamrick’s debut novel treads similar obsessional ground to the film Black Swan in its steamy imaginings of backstage shenanigans at a ballet company’
    The Times

    The Times Book of the Month June 2023

    ‘Compelling… absolutely fascinating’
    Daily Mail

    ‘[An] erotic novel that pulses with Black Swan energy… combining the artistry of The Red Shoes with the eroticism of Fifty Shades of Grey.’
    Entertainment Weekly

    Dance was her obsession.
    Desire was her undoing.

    As a young dancer, Sylvie Carter has a list of rules for making it big in the ballet world. Avoid drama. Don’t do drugs. Skip dessert. And of course, never sleep with another dancer. Ballet is a cutthroat profession, and she can’t afford a scandal.

    Not again…

    But when she meets renowned Italian dancer Alessandro Russo, an electrifying encounter has her throwing out the rulebook. And as he tempts her into the darkness she swore she’d left behind, she wonders if this relationship will be the making of her… or if it will cost her everything.

    Readers LOVE First Position:

    ‘[An] addictive novel perfect for those who love their story with forbidden and steamy elements for a romance book’

    ‘Addictive like Black Swan. Perfect for those who love spicy, explicit, forbidden romance.’

    ‘This is probably one of the best representations of ballet and the ballet world I have read in a fiction book.’

    ‘It was dark, there were twists, it was hot!’

    ‘Raw emotions, dirty reality of jealousy, pain and dance set in the harsh world of elite ballet.’

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