SYNOPSIS:
Damon Atwood was Hollywood’s golden boy. Having won an Oscar at the tender age of thirteen, he had the life many could only dream about. But his success came at a price, and after a short but fruitful film career, he chose to live a life of obscurity on a remote Scottish island. Almost a decade later he’s finally ready to make his return, starting with a lead role in a musical on London’s West End.
As a choreographer’s assistant, Rose Taylor has always faded into the background. She watches shows come to life from the side lines, but has never craved the attention of stardom. When rumours begin circulating of Damon’s involvement in her latest gig, she doesn’t predict how she will be thrust into the limelight, nor how the mysterious and strangely introverted man will need her to teach him how to be a star again.
Rose knows that show crushes don’t last. Actors fall for each other during the intensity of a production, often losing themselves in their roles. These kinds of affairs burn bright and then they fade. The question is, should Rose let herself shine with Damon, or guard her heart from being broken after the final curtain call?
*****Dee’s Review*****
5 Champagne and Sunshine Stars*****
(ARC kindly provided by author)
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In a heartbeat, every look we’d shared flashed through my mind, from that initial fleeting glance across the dance studio the first time I’d heard him sing, to this one. This one told me I owned his heart, his soul, his everything.
Rose Taylor is an assistant to a choreographer of the Broadway rendition of Moulin Rouge. She is getting over a recent breakup with an actor she worked with on a previous job. She has had a weakness in the past for actors but now has decided to write the lot off. Her new rule against dating actors is about to be put to the test when she meets the leading man of the show, Damon Atwood.
Damon was a child star who went through all the usual family drama and ended up getting emancipated from his father at an early age. Some of the things he went through while living with his father have left some lasting damage even through to his adulthood. He’s been out of the limelight for nearly a decade, living on a small island in Scotland with his Gran. On her deathbed, she urged Damon to try his hand at acting again. She truly believed in his talent and felt he could find happiness in it again. He’s a man of a few words and shy, but he lets all of his inhibitions go when he gets into character.
When Damon and Rose first meet, you can feel that simmering attraction from the start. There is an undeniable pull between them. Damon feels a little unnerved having to live in the city of London and on his first night there, he asks Rose for help with directions to his new home. He finds himself feeling at peace whenever she is around and for some reason he feels that he can trust her. Damon has trust issues that stem from the time he spent with his father and with people who seemed to only be interested in him for his celebrity.
The two seem oblivious to that fact that they are both attracted to each other and that made for some good angst. Plus, throw in a couple of characters that were out to get in between the two and it became downright painful at times. But when Damon lets down his guard a little and the dirty talking alter ego comes out, well let’s just say Rose wasn’t the only one left panting and weak in the knees. I was nearly dying from the anticipation for the two of them to finally give in to their passion for each other, but the slow build made it that much more fantastic when it finally happened!!! Once Damon gets a taste of Rose, he becomes insatiable and I couldn’t get enough of the steam!!
Be sure and one-click because this is a definite MUST READ!!!! I already know this is one I will re-read in the future. It was just that PERFECT!!!
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