Rules of Seduction — Daniel Magida

Magida is a fine craftsman with ample literary sensibility.THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDHandsome, green-eyed, sexy, Jack Newland never makes the first move. It has always worked. Until his twenty-eighth birthday. After a debauched celebration, Jack steps out of the fast lane and begins to confront the parts of himself he's always denied. And with no facades to protect him, long-held secrets emerge, threatening Jack's engagement to one woman and his new love for another...Brilliantly blending a New York novel of manners with the concerns of the MTV generation, Daniel Magida has created a perfectly rendered portrait of one young man's struggle as he decides whether to follow his rules or follow his heart.