Title: Hollywood Dirt Author: Alessandra Torre
Publication Date: September 7th 2015
Plot: 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.
Stand-alone Contemporary Romance.
☆✮ My Review ✮☆
☆ I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!! ☆
My first thought when reading the synopsis was, “ah, it’s another Hollywood meets small town girl kind of read” and albeit it was. However, what sets this particular read from other books and genres alike is that it is written by Alessandra Torre who never fails to give me an innovative, steamy, and yet, out of the box cast and plot line that endlessly ceases to amaze me.
Hollywood Dirt is much more than lights, camera, action. It’s about what happens behind the scenes of all the glitz and glamour, and what happens when two polar opposites, from two different worlds colliding into one.
After all, one is Hollywood’s golden egg turned bad boy waltzing onto the wrong side of the tracks. And the other, is a snarky, optimistic country girl who dreams of a bigger, better life.
I really enjoyed this “from opposite sides” type of character dynamic as it definitely livens up the height and the parallel reality of each other’s predicaments and realities.
I love me an alpha, leading man && a spirited young dreamer finding hope and newfound strength and salvation in each other, and this standalone did not disappoint!
One-click right now if you haven’t already!!
☆ I received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!! ☆
My first thought when reading the synopsis was, “ah, it’s another Hollywood meets small town girl kind of read” and albeit it was. However, what sets this particular read from other books and genres alike is that it is written by Alessandra Torre who never fails to give me an innovative, steamy, and yet, out of the box cast and plot line that endlessly ceases to amaze me.
Hollywood Dirt is much more than lights, camera, action. It’s about what happens behind the scenes of all the glitz and glamour, and what happens when two polar opposites, from two different worlds colliding into one.
After all, one is Hollywood’s golden egg turned bad boy waltzing onto the wrong side of the tracks. And the other, is a snarky, optimistic country girl who dreams of a bigger, better life.
I really enjoyed this “from opposite sides” type of character dynamic as it definitely livens up the height and the parallel reality of each other’s predicaments and realities.
I love me an alpha, leading man && a spirited young dreamer finding hope and newfound strength and salvation in each other, and this standalone did not disappoint!
One-click right now if you haven’t already!!
My Rating:
♥♥♥♥♥
☆✮ 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.
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☆✮ About the Author ✮☆
A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Alessandra Torre has written eight novels, four of which became #1 Erotic Bestsellers.
Her first book, Blindfolded Innocence, was a breakout hit, rising to the top of the charts on Kindle and Amazon where it attracted the interest of major publishing houses and garnered Torre her first print deal with Harlequin HQN. Less than twelve months later, Torre signed a second print deal, this time with Redhook (Hachette) for her erotic thriller The Girl in 6E.
From her home near the warm waters of the Emerald Coast in Florida, she devotes several hours each day to various writing projects and interacting with her fans on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Happily married and with one son, she loves watching SEC football games, horseback riding, reading and watching movies.
Torre has four books slated for release in 2015. To stay informed, consider subscribing to her popular monthly newsletter.
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