Veena’s review of Crashing the A-List by Summer Heacock
Contemporary Romance published by MIRA 09 July 19
Clara is an out-of-work editor who is camping out on her brother’s couch and clearing out storage units, while she waits for the zillion resumes she’s sent out to get a hit. When she discovers blackmail worthy material, will she succumb to the lure? Or will she pass and find that her good deed does not have quite the outcome she expected? Caspian Tiddleswich is a successful A-List actor with a past he desperately wants to forget. When a drunken phone call brings it all back and has him haring to confront the blackmailer in person, through a series of interesting events the tables are turned. And, while Clara never intended to blackmail him, she finds herself on the receiving end. As she becomes Caspian’s very public girlfriend, suddenly the doors of every large publishing house are opened to her. Not quite how she wanted to get a job, but can beggars be choosers?
Caspian, of course, I wanted to consign to the deepest end of the ocean, but he does have redeeming characteristics, especially in how he deals with Clara’s mom. A superb cast of supporting characters, especially Clara’s best friend CiCi. I hope the author has a future story in plan for her.
All in all, a great summer read with laugh-aloud moments and a nice touch of mystery to keep all the senses humming.
Grade: B
Summary:
After four months of unemployment, former book editor Clara Montgomery is officially stuck―stuck sleeping on her little brother’s ugly couch in Queens, stuck scrolling through job listings in search of a new editorial position…and just desperate enough to take on a temporary gig clearing out abandoned storage units. If nothing else, she’s determined to keep her rapidly dwindling savings account intact.
Unfortunately, she is in no way prepared for stumbling upon dead snakes or dealing with glass jars that she’s convinced are full of pickled eyeballs. And why does everything seem to smell like beets?
Then Clara comes across a unit that was once owned by an escort service and finds the brothel “résumé” of a younger Caspian Tiddleswich, an astonishingly famous British actor. She has no intention of cashing in on her discovery, but her awkward attempts to reassure Caspian that his secret is safe go awry. Now Caspian is convinced that Clara is a blackmailer, the tabloids have her pegged as Caspian’s newest girlfriend…and Clara begins to find the A-lister’s charms more irresistible than she expected.
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