Genres: Contemporary, Contemporary Romance
Published by Diversion Publishing, Flip City Media Incorporated Publication Date: May 8th 2015
Pages: 284
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I am not hurt.
I donβt need a second chance with him, or a life I thought I had.
While he was out forgetting me to become a movie star, I was building a career out of nothing. A career as a paparazzi, but a career. For a foster kid who bounced around every home in Los Angeles, that wasnβt easy.
This camera is all I have.
Heβs nothing to me. Every time I take his picture and sell it, I remind myself that I did it all without him or his approval, his cinnamon smell or his clear green eyes. He lights up the screen like a celestial body, but heβs nothing but a paycheck to me.
He can throw my camera off a balcony, and nothing has to change. We can stay king and queen of the same city, and different worlds.
Except this is Hollywood, and here, anything can happen.
SHUTTERGIRL was a book that took me completely by surprise. Β This is most definitely not your average Hollywood love story, but instead a story of a couple that had to struggle to balance their feelings, their careers and public opinion in order to get their HEA.
Laine and Michael were characters who were very likable separately. Β Together I loved them even more, but I wondered (more than once) if was possible for them wade through all the crap they had to in order to find a way to be together. Β Michael had a tremendous amount of pressure on him with his movie commitments and his image. Β Even though he wanted to tell them all to take a flying leap and finally do something that made him happy, you could feel his apprehension about letting people down, especially his parents. Β Laine had her own set of pressures, as she figured out what she was supposed to do with her life now that her old job no longer held its allure and to live down the things she’d done in the past. Β She knew her feelings for Michael, but she constantly questioned if she could fit into his world or even good enough to be there.
The two of them were so afraid to grab what they wanted, no matter how much they wanted it. Β It could be frustrating at times, but the author did a great job of getting us into these characters heads and hearts, so that we knew exactly why they were doing what they were doing. Β Most of the time, they were always thinking of the other person.
This was my first CD Reiss read and I will most definitely take a look at her backlist. Β She has a unique voice and created these complex characters that drew me in.
Are you ready for a different kind of love story?
Meet Michael & Laine in this Hollywood themed second chance romance by CD Reiss!
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I stroked his hair, waist deep in peace, all worry gone for the moment, and floating in no more than an ocean of gratitude. I must have been more vulnerable than I realized, or heβd reopened some wound with his kindness, because though my sweet reverie stayed, as the minutes passed, a layer of need fitted itself on top of it.
I needed to tell him, if not the details, the outlines of who I was.
βI want you to know,β I whispered, starting somewhere small, then everything I didnβt want to say spilled out. βI have stuff. Iβve never been to jail, but you know, itβs stuff, and itβs ugly, and it scares me. Because, I mean, youβre so perfect, and Iβmβ¦ Iβm just a mess. Iβm not whole. Iβm a bunch of pieces of a person I cobbled together.β My eyes got wet when I thought of the comparisons between us and that picture in my silverware drawer. βSo if you have to move on when you realize that, Iβll understand. You have an image, and if anyone understands protecting a career, itβs me. I mean, Iβll be mad, donβt get that wrong, but also.β I swallowed and blinked, shifting my head so he wouldnβt feel the tear on his forehead. βI wonβt blame you.β
I waited for an answer. Anything. A change in position or a word on any subject. The weather. Sports. Something. But all he did was breathe.
I smiled so wide, tears fell into my mouth. He was sleeping.
CD Reiss is a USA Today and Amazon bestseller. She still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she doesnβt pick up, sheβs at the well, hauling buckets.
Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her masterβs degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere, but it did embed TV story structure in her head well enough for her to take a big risk on a TV series structured erotic series called Songs of Submission. Itβs about a kinky billionaire hung up on his ex-wife, an ingenue singer with a wisecracking mouth; art, music and sin in the city of Los Angeles.
Critics have dubbed the books βpoetic,β βliterary,β and βhauntingly atmospheric,β which is flattering enough for her to put it in a bio, but embarrassing enough for her not to tell her husband, or he might think sheβs some sort of braggart whoβs too good to give the toilets a once-over every couple of weeks or chop a cord of wood.
If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.
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I am so happy with the response to Shuttergirl, and I cannot wait to send Michael and Laine out into the world, because who doesnβt swoon over a second chance at love?
Itβs a new genre for me, and Iβm exploding with excitement, so Iβve dropped some fantastic reasons for readers to get the book right away.
TREAT YOURSELF LIKE A MOVIE STAR!
$500 Spa Gift Card
If you could get an hour, or ten away from the daily grind of paparazzi and interviews (or the job and kids), what would you do?
Get a foot rub/slash/pedicure? A massage? Maybe something called a Sleep Treatment that right now sounds better than sex?
Maybe youβd bring a friend or two, or maybe youβd just get a manipedi when you wanted one. Because the life of a megastar ainβt for the weak-willed or lazy, and running from paparazzi can really wear down a girlβs nails.
Woodhouse Spas are no joke. Theyβre all over the country and theyβreβ¦.sigh. Fabulous. But if you donβt live near one, we can do Burke Williams, Halcyon Days or Red Door.
HOW TO ENTER
Take the fun SHUTTERGIRL READER QUIZ!
The link to the quiz is in the back of the book, and yes, thatβs the ONLY place to find it! There are bonus questions relating to Jonathan and Antonio for extra prizes. You have until June 3rd to enter! That gives you a solid two weeks to read the book and get your chance at a $500 movie star spa treatment!
If you are a paperback reader, email me and weβll work it out .
Shannon
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