Novel I rewrote in a state of strong emotional attachment (6)

I believe the answer is:

inlove

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'a state of strong emotional attachment' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'novel i rewrote' is the wordplay.
'rewrote' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'rewriting' mean this).
'novel'+'i'='noveli'
'noveli' with letters rearranged gives 'INLOVE'.

'in' is the link.

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(Another definition for inlove that I've seen is " Devoted to".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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