~*SYNOPSIS*~
Cole Masten. Abandoned by his superstar wife, Hollywood’s Perfect Husband is now Hollywood’s Sexiest Bachelor: partying hard and screwing even harder. Watch out Los Angeles, there's a new bad boy in town.
Summer Jenkins. That’s me, a small town girl stuck in Quincy, Georgia. I cook some mean chicken and dumplins, can bluff a grown man out of his savings in poker, and was voted Most Friendly my senior year.
We were from different worlds. Our lives shouldn’t have collided. But then Cole Masten read a book about my small town. And six months later, his jet landed on our dusty airstrip, and he brought Hollywood with him.
From the start, I knew he was trouble. For our town. And for me.
Sometimes, opposites just aren’t meant to attract..
~*EXCERPT*~
When the door to the production trailer burst open, it brought with it a wave of heat and beauty. Cole looked up from the storyboards and locked eyes with Summer, who blew across the room at him like a tornado on tilt.
“There’s no love story between Ida and Royce.” Summer snapped, throwing down the script, pages fluttering down between them. In the small trailer, conversations stalled and he could feel the attention turn their way. “I’ve read the book. Three times!”
It was good to know that someone had read the damn book. Cole glanced down at her temper tantrum of a mess and back up, raising his eyebrows mildly. “It’s a movie,” he said, turning back to the storyboards. “The writers are adding some excitement. It’s normal. You’d know that if you were in this business.” The dig was unnecessary but he couldn’t help it. This woman turned him into the devil.
“I read the first script. The one you sent over with my contract. Ida and Royce hated each other. Why would Royce…” she snatched up a page from the ground and read out a line. “pushes Ida against the file cabinet and kisses her passionately.” She balled up the page and threw it down to the ground and he could see, in her eyes, the panic. Panic. An unexpected reaction.
“We’ll use that,” Don made the dangerous move of stepping in, putting a soft hand on her shoulder. “You don’t understand. The passion from their hatred will make it hotter.”
“No.” Summer said, her face hard, her eyes on Cole. “It doesn’t make it hotter. It makes it stupid.”
“Aww… come on, Summer.” Cole chided, stepping closer, his hand reaching out to pull at her wrist. She fought him, yanking it back and the moment of their bodies meeting didn’t happen. He leaned down and whispered, right against her ear, the smell of her apple-scented lotion enough to make him want to empty out the production trailer right that moment. “Sure it does.”
She jerked back and twisted away. “If he kisses me on camera I’m going to lose it.” She shot at Don, pointing an accusatory finger in Cole’s direction.
“I know you will,” Cole laughed, crossing his arms to fight from reaching out. “You’ll fall apart under my mouth, baby.”
Summer screamed in response, her hands thrown up in frustration, and spun to leave, her script left behind, the slam of the exit door loud in the full production trailer.
“That went well,” Cole mused. He linked his hands and rested them on his head, rolling his shoulders back. Panic. She’d had panic in her eyes. Fuck.
“What do you expect?” Don said. “You threw this on her without warning. I told you we should have met with her this morning, gone over the changes to prepare her. But no – you just wanted to dump it on her via call sheets and sides.”
“Dump it on her? I was People’s Sexiest Man last year. She’s not mentally adjusting to a war camp for God’s sake. How hard is it to kiss me?”
“It’s actually three kisses,” a dark-haired PA to his left pointed out. “And a grope.”
He gave her a hard look and she withered a little.
“I’ll go talk to her,” Don said. “Eileen, you shoot #4 and I’ll talk to Summer. I want to try to get #14 shot at eleven so let’s get our asses in gear and get this done.”
“I’ll talk to her.” Cole stepped in. “You shoot #4 and I’ll talk to her.”
“No,” Don snapped. “With my luck you two would make up and any authenticity to the scene would disappear. Just stay away from her and be ready at eleven.”
Cole chewed on his cheek, then nodded. “Fine.” Don was right. He should stay away from her. Far. Far away.
~*TEASERS*~
~*REVIEW BY JODIE RAE*~
My
love for Alessandra Torre started with Blindfolded Innocence. Brad De
Luca was one of my first book boyfriends. Mr. De Luca made a special
appearance in this book and it made me happy because I was reflecting on
how I wanted to re-read the Innocence Series. Anyways, on to the review
of Hollywood Dirt, which is a FIVE LEAVES review!!
Summer
Jenkins, is twenty-nine years old who is a small town girl with big
dreams. She's lived in small town Quincy, Georgia since she was a
child. Quincy is the home to over sixty original Cola-Cola investors
who have turned into multi-millionaires. Life is easy in Quincy,
everyone is your friend and everyone knows your businesses. (This town
reminds me of where I live!!) Summer has always wanted to leave Quincy
and start some place fresh and new. Summer discovers that a movie is
going to be be made in Quincy, she makes it her mission to be part of
the production so she get money and get the heck out of dodge.
When
Cole Masten read a book that was about Quincy (which was seventy
pages), he knew he wanted to make a film about Quincy and that short
story. Cole, who's marriage ending escapes of the Hollywood limelight
is now scouting out Quincy. Just so he can get ready to start filming
the movie. Cole knows he has good looks and the millionaire appeal that
will stop all the women...until he meets Summer. Cole and Summer have
insta-hate/love which made the story so very entertaining--seeing their
interactions that builds up to an intense relationship. They were so
distracted by hating each other they didn't know they were actually
falling in love.
And
not to mention, even though the two characters hated each, they were
also very fantastic together. The sexual tension was off the charts and
Cole swept me off my feet and I couldn't stop blushing.
Alessandra
Torre has a way with her words and that her stories grabs you from the first
page and keeps you on the edge until the very last page. I was
addicted to this book and finished it as fast as I could read it. Read
this story and fall in love with Cole and wish that you were Summer!
~*ABOUT THE AUTHOR*~
Alessandra Torre is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author of ten novels. Her books focus on romance and suspense, all with a strong undercurrent of sexuality. Torre has been featured in such publications as Elle and Elle UK, co-hosted Dirty Sexy Funny with Jenny McCarthy, as well as guest blogged for the Huffington Post and RT Book Reviews. She is also the Bedroom Blogger for Cosmopolitan.com.
You can learn more about Alessandra on her website at www.alessandratorre.com, or you can find her on Twitter (@ReadAlessandra) or Facebook.
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