Release Date: December 17. 2013
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Synopsis:
All families have secrets, and Jules Stone’s is
no exception. Deciding not to follow in her family's Oscar-winning footsteps,
Jules chooses to take a more behind-the-scenes career in one of the Top 10
Talent Agencies in Chicago. After being dumped five hours before spending
Christmas with her dysfunctional family, she needs a plan to avoid their
judgmental eyes.
Enter: Kayden Reece.
Kayden is the black sheep of his family, being the one actor drowning in a world of doctors and lawyers. Never really getting a jumpstart at his acting career or landing a big time role, he can feel his dad’s disappointment soaking into his spirit.
When Kayden gets a chance to meet and sign with a big name agent at Walter and Jacks Talent Agency, he’s ready to prove everyone wrong. Jules stumbles into the building in shambles, ugly crying, and begging to pay an actor a big sum of money to be her made-up boyfriend for five days, Kayden jumps at the opportunity—finally able to say he landed a role.
When secrets start to unravel, Kayden and Jules must learn that all families have their baggage, sometimes co-stars fall in lust, and it’s important to always have invisible mistletoe hanging around.
This holiday season join the two fake lovebirds as they partake in the role of a lifetime
Enter: Kayden Reece.
Kayden is the black sheep of his family, being the one actor drowning in a world of doctors and lawyers. Never really getting a jumpstart at his acting career or landing a big time role, he can feel his dad’s disappointment soaking into his spirit.
When Kayden gets a chance to meet and sign with a big name agent at Walter and Jacks Talent Agency, he’s ready to prove everyone wrong. Jules stumbles into the building in shambles, ugly crying, and begging to pay an actor a big sum of money to be her made-up boyfriend for five days, Kayden jumps at the opportunity—finally able to say he landed a role.
When secrets start to unravel, Kayden and Jules must learn that all families have their baggage, sometimes co-stars fall in lust, and it’s important to always have invisible mistletoe hanging around.
This holiday season join the two fake lovebirds as they partake in the role of a lifetime
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Bio:
Brittainy C. Cherry has been
madly in love with words since the day she took her first breath--okay maybe
not THAT long, but pretty darn close! She lives in Wisconsin with her loved
ones and she adores a great romance. Her debut novel, The Space in Between,
released August 9th, 2013 and she has many more stories in the works! Other
hobbies she loves include: screenwriting, acting, dancing (poorly of course!).
Coffee, chai tea, and wine are three staples that she believes everyone should
invest in! It's also a known fact that whenever Brittainy is trying to write
there is a fur baby or two begging for hugs and kisses--which she gives the
spoiled animals of course!
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“Oh my gosh, Jules, I’m so glad you’re here! We are
swamped! First, fast question, do my feet look swollen?” Stacey, my co-worker,
steps out of her slip-on shoes and shows me her fat toes. Ew. She sure knows
how to make pregnancy look appealing. “Gross, right? Anyway, please say you’ll
stay and help me with these auditions.”
“No Stace! I was just stopping by to pick up a few
things. I have a five-hour drive with Richard starting in less than an hour to
go watch my sister tongue the ex-love of my life. I can’t help this time,” I
cry at my begging co-worker as I walk into the agency to see a room filled with
hopeful male actors who are auditioning for the new Fresh toothpaste
commercial. “P.S. I’m still pissed at you for ignoring the picture of Richard I
sent you last night. He looked super hot.”
Stacey’s eyebrows arch. “You didn’t send me a picture.”
“Right. Lie about it. Whatever, I gotta get going.”
“No! Please, Jules! We are hours
behind, Grace went home with food poisoning, Claire is knee-deep in audition
applications, and I’m eight-and-a-half months pregnant, hungry as fuck, and
annoyed as hell.” Stacey wobbles into my office—well, my boss’s office, which I
am using until his vacation is over—with her large puppy-dog eyes staring me
down. No lie, Stacey makes a super cute preggers woman, but her begging isn’t
going to help. I still have to pack! Plus there’s supposed to be this crazy
blizzard moving in.
“Sorry, babes.” Shrugging my shoulders,
I reach into my pocket, pull out the engagement ring, and exclaim, “Richard has
a big weekend planned for us!” Expecting an excited response in return from my
friend, my high-pitched pronouncement is met instead with a silent stare at the
ring box.
“What is that?” She asks, narrowing her eyes. “Where’s
the diamond? And why are you even considering marrying him? Everyone knows
you’re only taking him up to your family’s cabin to show Danny that you’re over
him. Which in turn makes it quite obvious that you are not over Danny.”
A huff falls from me and I pull the ring away from her
viewpoint. “You’re a mean pregnant woman. Did you know that? Anyway, I’m
leaving now, and the next time you see me, I will be back as a fiancée! Happy holidays!”
Picking up my paperwork, I turn away from my rude
co-worker, and head out of the room, still staring at the diamond ring. It’s
gorgeous! It’s pretty. It’s nice. Sigh…it’s
decent.
Walking through the agency in my own world, I envision
my future wedding—the colors, the flowers, the look of shock on my family’s
faces, Danny’s nonexistent body because he’s not invited—and I am shaken from
my daydream when my body slams against a wall…a moving wall, with abs? My eyes look up to an outrageously
handsome man standing in front of me, who I almost plowed over. My papers go
flying everywhere, and the engagement ring lands across the room, yet I have to
force myself to break contact with his green eyes, which are firmly locked with
mine. I shake my head back and forth, repeating Richard’s name in my mind. Richard, Richard! I’m engaged to Richard!
“Oh no!” I overreact, looking at my papers and the
soon-to-be-on-my-finger ring resting on the carpeted floor.
The handsome guy helps me, apologizing for not paying
attention; but, now I’m a little worried about my ring that went flying. That’s
a five thousand dollar ring! Okay, maybe one thousand. Five hundred? Hell, okay
I saw the same one for two hundred and fifty dollars at Walmart during Black
Friday, whatever.
Bending down to pick up the ring, handsome guy beats me
to it; and I am lost in the moment as he’s down on one knee, holding the ring
up to me. My mind melts, forcing me to lose all my common sense. “I do!” I scream. His brows raise, and my
hands fly over my lips, “I mean I do
need to get going with that.” Awkward laughter starts now, but I don’t know if
it’s coming from him or me.
When he hands it to me, he smiles this stunning grin;
he must definitely be an actor auditioning for the toothpaste commercial.
“Congratulations on your engagement.”
“Oh, I’m not engaged, yet. But he did this really cute
thing this morning; it’s a pretty darn adorable story actually...” I laugh, and
the stranger stares at me with a blank expression, waiting for me to share.
“Okay, well, I woke up, and found out that he left the ring under my bed for me
to discover.”
A short laugh escapes his almost closed lips, “You mean
he dropped it under your bed?”
“Ugh! What is it with people and all of these stupid
technicalities?” I mutter, snatching the ring from his hands. His smile grows
bigger, and I would almost hate his smugness if his eyes weren’t all sultry and
dreamy.
“Well, good luck with that.” He turns away to walk back
over to the lobby and my hands land on my hips.
“I don’t need your luck! I am getting engaged! It’s a done deal pretty much. So screw you, and
the old people, and my mother, and my sister, and Danny, and all of your stupid
technicalities which have nothing to do with me and my soon-to-be husband!” I shout.
When
everyone in the room pauses and stares at me as if I grew another head, I know
it’s time to leave.
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Review
Kayden Reece is sick of the disapproving
looks and comments by his family especially his lawyer father. He is the actor,
a non-working actor, in a family of lawyers and doctors. When he goes to visit
them, he can't wait to finally be out of there.
Jules Stone was ready to face her family
after 3 years at her families cabin because she had a boyfriend to show off,
and now after being dumped right before Christmas she must find someone to take
his place.
After going to her job and finding an
actor to portray Richard, can they fool everyone into thinking they are in
love? Or will fiction become fact?
The story was cute, I hated Kayden's
family in the beginning, they were so obnoxious and mean to him. It's
definitely a cute Christmas read that will have you laughing.
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