Are
you ready for a different kind of love story?
Meet
Michael & Laine in this Hollywood themed second chance romance by
CD Reiss!
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ShutterGirl
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ONE
movie star on the cusp of greatness
ONE
broken girl who touched him
TEN
years to forget her
A
MILLION stories in Hollywood
I
am not hurt.
I don’t need a second chance with him, or a life I thought I had.
While he was out forgetting me to become a movie star, I was building a career out of nothing. A career as a paparazzi, but a career. For a foster kid who bounced around every home in Los Angeles, that wasn’t easy.
This camera is all I have.
He’s nothing to me. Every time I take his picture and sell it, I remind myself that I did it all without him or his approval, his cinnamon smell or his clear green eyes. He lights up the screen like a celestial body, but he’s nothing but a paycheck to me.
He can throw my camera off a balcony, and nothing has to change. We can stay king and queen of the same city, and different worlds.
Except this is Hollywood, and here, anything can happen.
I don’t need a second chance with him, or a life I thought I had.
While he was out forgetting me to become a movie star, I was building a career out of nothing. A career as a paparazzi, but a career. For a foster kid who bounced around every home in Los Angeles, that wasn’t easy.
This camera is all I have.
He’s nothing to me. Every time I take his picture and sell it, I remind myself that I did it all without him or his approval, his cinnamon smell or his clear green eyes. He lights up the screen like a celestial body, but he’s nothing but a paycheck to me.
He can throw my camera off a balcony, and nothing has to change. We can stay king and queen of the same city, and different worlds.
Except this is Hollywood, and here, anything can happen.
I
stroked his hair, waist deep in peace, all worry gone for the moment,
and floating in no more than an ocean of gratitude. I must have been
more vulnerable than I realized, or he’d reopened some wound with
his kindness, because though my sweet reverie stayed, as the minutes
passed, a layer of need fitted itself on top of it.
I
needed to tell him, if not the details, the outlines of who I was.
“I
want you to know,” I whispered, starting somewhere small, then
everything I didn’t want to say spilled out. “I have stuff. I’ve
never been to jail, but you know, it’s stuff, and it’s ugly, and
it scares me. Because, I mean, you’re so perfect, and I’m… I’m
just a mess. I’m not whole. I’m a bunch of pieces of a person I
cobbled together.” My eyes got wet when I thought of the
comparisons between us and that picture in my silverware drawer. “So
if you have to move on when you realize that, I’ll understand. You
have an image, and if anyone understands protecting a career, it’s
me. I mean, I’ll be mad, don’t get that wrong, but also.” I
swallowed and blinked, shifting my head so he wouldn’t feel the
tear on his forehead. “I won’t blame you.”
I
waited for an answer. Anything. A change in position or a word on any
subject. The weather. Sports. Something. But all he did was breathe.
I
smiled so wide, tears fell into my mouth. He was sleeping.
Laine Cartwright has never forgotten the boy who befriended her during her brief spell at Breakpoint School. As a child she spent most of her time being shifted from one foster home to another and Michael Greydon is one positive memory from her past she's unwilling to let go of.
To the outside world Michael Greydon has the world at his feet. The son of actors, he was born into Hollywood royalty and is on the verge of super stardom in his own right. However, his “perfect” life is far cry from reality. Every time he sees “Shuttergirl,” he remembers the beautiful girl who watched him practicing tennis at school and who abruptly disappeared from his life, leaving a lasting impression.
This is a romance about two people that appear to be at the opposite ends of the spectrum...a movie star and a papparazzi girl. Laine is a survivor and a woman of integrity and Michael is truly a good guy in a sea of sharks that is the film industry. The plot moves effortlessly between the alternating point of views of the protagonists leaving us in no doubt about the chemistry and emotional attachment between them. One of the surprising things (to me) is the impact of the setting to this story. Los Angeles is a multifaceted character entwined in the lives of Michael and especially Laine. We see so much of this city through Laine's eyes as she ducks and dives through the back alleys, hiding behind the lens of her beloved camera. All in the name of survival.
This is the first book I have read by this author (although I do admit to having unread e book copies on my Kindle). I'm impressed by the fluidity of her writing and will be reading more from her very soon.
CD
Reiss is a USA Today and Amazon bestseller. She still has to chop
wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer
is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she
doesn’t pick up, she’s at the well, hauling buckets.
Born
in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her
master’s degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to
know, that went nowhere, but it did embed TV story structure in her
head well enough for her to take a big risk on a TV series structured
erotic series called Songs of Submission. It’s about a kinky
billionaire hung up on his ex-wife, an ingenue singer with a
wisecracking mouth; art, music and sin in the city of Los Angeles.
Critics
have dubbed the books “poetic,” “literary,” and “hauntingly
atmospheric,” which is flattering enough for her to put it in a
bio, but embarrassing enough for her not to tell her husband, or he
might think she’s some sort of braggart who’s too good to give
the toilets a once-over every couple of weeks or chop a cord of wood.
If
you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.
GIVEAWAY
& NOTE FROM AUTHOR
It’s a new genre for me, and I’m exploding with excitement, so I’ve dropped some fantastic reasons for readers to get the book right away.
TREAT YOURSELF LIKE A MOVIE STAR!
$500 Spa Gift Card
If you could get an hour, or ten away from the daily grind of paparazzi and interviews (or the job and kids), what would you do?
Get a foot rub/slash/pedicure? A massage? Maybe something called a Sleep Treatment that right now sounds better than sex?
Maybe you’d bring a friend or two, or maybe you’d just get a manipedi when you wanted one. Because the life of a megastar ain’t for the weak-willed or lazy, and running from paparazzi can really wear down a girl’s nails.
Woodhouse Spas are no joke. They’re all over the country and they’re….sigh. Fabulous. But if you don’t live near one, we can do Burke Williams, Halcyon Days or Red Door.
HOW
TO ENTER
The link to the quiz is in the back of the book, and yes, that’s the ONLY place to find it! There are bonus questions relating to Jonathan and Antonio for extra prizes. You have until June 3rd to enter! That gives you a solid two weeks to read the book and get your chance at a $500 movie star spa treatment!
If you are a paperback reader, email me and we’ll work it out .
Thank You
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