James Black, the hottest name in Hollywood. Blockbuster films, tabloid headlines, and broken hearts surround this golden playboy.
Avangeline Price, a strong willed, tough as nails, zero tolerance for games woman who believes love only exists in books and movies.
James is accustomed to women falling at his feet. Avangeline has an intense dislike of celebrities and an even bigger dislike of James Black.
She's unimpressed. He's intrigued. Both have preconceived notions.
But… sometimes the unscripted territory is what matters most.
When Hollywood meets Louisiana, can real life rival the movies?
***This book contains explicit sex and graphic language. It is NOT recommended for readers under the age of 18 OR those who do not read this type of book.
ARC received for an honest review.
I have read and enjoyed Ms Turner's Bayou Stix series so the chance to read the first in her new series James Black was a no brainer for me.
James Black is the Hollywood superstar that every woman wants - except one.
AJ - who he thought was going to be a man - takes an instant dislike to the man when she first meets him. And I have to say I don't blame her.
He is an arrogant man when it comes to women, and I cheered for AJ as she gave him what for.
You know where this is going right? Dislike turns to lust turns to like turns to love. There is nothing new or exciting in the plot line. We have all read the rock/movie star-wins-normal-girl/guy story before.
AJ is the star of this book, not James Black. I could love him or leave him. AJ is sassy, smart mouthed, but stronger than she looks. I cannot blame her for her anti-man feelings, why she has trust issues with people.
So, can AJ and James get over their differences and their issues and make a go of a relationship? Will they find love? Can they have a HEA?
Nope for that you need to read for yourself.
I love the imagery that Ms Turner puts into her writing. I could imagine myself looking over the river and the swamps, looking at the Capitol building in Baton Rouge (this little Aussie was there a few months ago!), the sights and sounds of a sound stage.
There is another James Black novel coming (Becoming James Black) but you can read this as a standalone.
Prologue
James
Bright lights, big
city… the perfect place to lose yourself.
That’s the impression I first got of Los
Angeles and it’s the
impression I still have today. The city of Lost Angels. I fit right in here,
though I’d call
myself more of a devil on any given day.
This is where I
started over. This is where the boy with nothing took on the world and became
the man who has people at his beck and call for every little whim.
As I look around
at my hillside mansion overlooking the city, I laugh cockily at the way life
has panned out.
Do I have love? No, but I have money. I have adoring fans and people follow me wherever I go. It works. Is it a perfect life? Of course not. Being in the public eye, never having any privacy... But, it is what it is and it’s the life I’ve chosen. It’s the life for me.
Do I have love? No, but I have money. I have adoring fans and people follow me wherever I go. It works. Is it a perfect life? Of course not. Being in the public eye, never having any privacy... But, it is what it is and it’s the life I’ve chosen. It’s the life for me.
The large clock chimes in the foyer and I
glance at my bags near the door. The limo driver should be pulling up at any
second.
Next stop… Louisiana. Not at all where I want
to spend the next year and a half of my life, but it’s where filming is and filming keeps my bank
account happy. All of them. This three movie deal should easily drop another
chunk of change into them.
Not that I money
is something I really need more of.
Smiling at the
thought and the irony of that logic, I open the door just as the bell rings.
“Mr. Black. Good morning, Sir. I’ll get your bags into the car and in just a few minutes,
we’ll be off. Is
there anything else you need before we head to the airport?”
I think about that…
“No, I think I’m
good.”
He nods, “Very good, Sir. Let me take these.”
Skye Turner is an avid reader and an editor turned Amazon Bestselling
Author of the Sexy Adult Romance series Bayou Stix.
She attended Southeastern Louisiana University and Louisiana State University where she majored in Mass Communications, centering her studies in Journalism. Unfortunately, life intervened and she never finished her studies.
She attended Southeastern Louisiana University and Louisiana State University where she majored in Mass Communications, centering her studies in Journalism. Unfortunately, life intervened and she never finished her studies.
She lives in small town Louisiana with her husband, two children, and six
fur babies.
When she's not chained to her laptop pounding out sexy stories she can usually be found playing ‘Supermom’, reading, gardening (playing in the dirt), listening to music and dancing like a fool, cooking, baking, crafting, or catching up on her family oriented blog.
When she's not chained to her laptop pounding out sexy stories she can usually be found playing ‘Supermom’, reading, gardening (playing in the dirt), listening to music and dancing like a fool, cooking, baking, crafting, or catching up on her family oriented blog.
She loves to incorporate pieces of Louisiana into her writing.
