A fake dating, movie star romance
Loving a Star
When the Stars Align Book 1
by Emery Cruz
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pretend to date the broody, ridiculously handsome movie star while
writing the score for his film… It’s a great gig until we score
in other ways.
In my teens, Ethan Stone was one of the
biggest stars, and I had a huge crush on him. Until a decade later,
while I’m standing next to him on a movie set and he opens his
mouth. What a jerk!
Luckily, I’m here to write and
perform the songs for the movie. So I don’t have to work with him
at all.
That is until the director and Ethan’s agent ask
me to fake date him to generate some tabloid gossip about the
movie.
I’d rather shower naked with a hungry bear.
But
I’ve made a promise to myself, so I need to see this project to the
end. And if I play this right, I might just be able to do that and
get the hell out of this selfish, backstabbing industry.
But
Ethan has a secret, and I’ve just fallen in love…
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Unlucky in Love
When the Stars Align Book 2
Dating your childhood idol is never a good idea. That doesn’t mean
I won’t do it.
When my client auditions for the role of
a lifetime, I cross paths with the casting director—former teenage
bad boy Joey Radnor all grown up and even more delicious than I
remember. But he’s also broody, rude, and self-centered. I want to
run when he asks me out, but I can’t tick off the guy in charge of
hiring my client.
Our date is even worse than I expected,
and once it’s over, I ignore him rather than admit I can’t stand
the man I spent most of my teenage years drooling over. But when he
cuts my client from the roster, my job and reputation are on the
line. Meeting him face to face again is a bad idea. We’re oil and
water. We don’t mix.
But when I look into those gorgeous
eyes, I know we can beat the odds…if we don’t kill each other
first.
Love in the Spotlight
When the Stars Align Book 3
I didn’t start the conversation with Teddy, but now all I want is
for it to continue.
Ready to leave modeling behind, I
strut into an A-lister event to pitch my cosmetics line. Investors
are swarming until a self-absorbed movie star barges in and asks me
out. I’m dumbfounded when the investors scatter, but Teddy is good
looking, famous, and most importantly, rich.
A few dates
certainly couldn’t hurt.
Teddy’s agent thinks I’m
bad news, but dating him is better publicity than modeling. When
Teddy and I become closer, though, his agent makes him choose between
me and his career. Hurt when he hesitates, I end it for
him.
Depressed and alone, I cling to his fading spotlight
and release my cosmetics line early. When sales explode, the press
claims our relationship was a stunt to sell products, which was maybe
true…at first.
When my personal life implodes, I realize
the one solid thing in my life had been Teddy, and I’d let ambition
ruin that.
He has no reason to take me back, but with the
rest of my life in ruins, I have nothing left to lose.
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Loving a Star - Excerpts
Mila
Outside, a car is waiting for me, and I climb in, feeling a little throb of excitement in my chest. I have no idea how tonight is going to go, but I’m sort of excited to find out. I know it’s going to be weird, playing up to the cameras and pretending like I actually enjoy Ethan’s company, but I can do it, right?
The future of my career—or rather, the lack of it—hinges on it.
I arrive outside the restaurant and sneak a look around to see if there are any photographers trying to snatch a picture. Nobody yet, at least that I can see.
I brush down the dress and balance on my heels to make my way inside without falling flat on my face. The pointy black stilettos are precisely ten inches higher than anything I have ever worn before—at least, that’s how they feel—but I need to act as though it’s natural to me.
“Mila?”
I look up, and my body floods with relief when I lay eyes on Ethan. Damn, I never thought I would be happy to see him.
He takes my arm and smiles at me. “You look great,” he murmurs, letting his eyes travel up and down my body slowly.
I feel a little shiver. He looks really good, too. He’s in a sleek suit with a tie that matches his eyes, making them stand out even more than usual.
Ethan
I watch as the car pulls away and stare until it vanishes around the corner. Then I close my eyes for a moment and remind myself this is nothing more than another role for me. But damn, it’s been hard to make myself believe that tonight.
It started the moment I saw her at the door of the restaurant, dressed up in that sleek black number that showed off her curves, her long, slender legs. With her hair down around her shoulders, she seemed to be someone else entirely, ready for the red carpet instead of for an argument.
She seemed nervous at first, but I just sat there and took her in. She’s gorgeous in a way I never noticed before, and she didn’t walk in trying to pick a fight with me, so that’s a start.
I have to be careful here. I don’t want to let any attraction to her get in the way of what I’m here to do. I just … wanted to treat it like a real date, like this was a real chance for us to get to know each other, a real chance for me to see under her tough exterior and find out what drives that attitude of hers.
Mila
I sink my head onto the plush couch and close my eyes, just for a moment …
I’m distantly aware of him coming to sit opposite me, and I shift toward him without thinking, closing the distance between us. I feel his arms brush against me, and I press myself into him. I’m so tired I can hardly figure out why what I’m doing might be a problem, and I don’t give a damn. I just like the feeling of his closeness, the feeling of his strong body against mine.
I’m not sure how many hours have passed by the time I wake up, but when my eyes open again, I leap away from him.
Holy hell, what am I doing?
He lifts his head up like he has been dozing, too, and smiles at me.
“I should, uh … get back to my place,” I murmur as I get up off the couch and rush to gather my stuff.
What the hell am I doing? What the hell have I been thinking? Sleeping on his couch like that, nestling into him like the two of us are meant to be together. No. I need to leave. I need to get the out of here before anything else can happen, because this? This is so far beyond the realms of what I know is appropriate.
As I pull on my shoes and throw on my coat, I feel a tingle in the base of my stomach. Because, even if it was wrong, there’s something about having his arms around me that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Something about being held by him that makes me feel safe and settled in this mess of an industry.
And I start to wonder, deep at the back of my mind, just how much I am really faking all of this.
A new movie was about to be made, which would revive the career of famous actor Ethan and be a big break for fresh-out-of-college musician Mila. Like others, Mila has always had a crush on Ethan, but a misunderstanding between them makes her realize that he was just the playboy starlet she’s always heard about him. The tension in their fight was off the hook. So much so that the director wanted to keep it going by suggesting a fake relationship on the set. Are you kidding me?
This was your typical fake relationship romance where you have two people hating each other at first and falling in love with each other after. Story was quick and easy to fall into. Your heart definitely softens when you see how much Ethan loves his daughter. The connection between Mila and Ethan felt genuine. Something real and beautiful was definitely happening here.
But loving a star ain’t so easy. When the media gets a hold of the juiciest story ever, everything falls apart. Can these two handle it?
A sweet and loving Hollywood story!
Rating: 4 stars
I'm Emery Cruz. I LOVE books! I love to read them, and I love to write them. My favorites are contemporary romance stories. I like to be hooked and twisted and left feeling exhausted and happy ;)
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The covers look great. This sounds like something I would enjoy reading.
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