Series: Seaside Pictures,
Published by Smashwords Edition Publication Date: August 20th 2015
Also in this series: Steal
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Losing your ability to speak at the age of seventeen; itβs not normal or fair.But trauma, has a way of throwing normality out the window.
Dani lives anything but a normal life.Her sister is married to one of the biggest names in Hollywood.Her best friends are rockstar duo AD2.And she has more love around her than most people experience in a lifetime.But that doesn't change the fact their parents are dead.Or that it's her fault.
It seems her new normal is being a mute, living on the inside, unable to actually communicate on the outside.That is until Hollywoodβs newest heartthrob Lincoln Greene hires her as his assistant for the summer.He's gorgeous, completely unavailable, and unobtainable.But that doesn't stop her from wondering...if things were different...would he want her?If she was whole, would he be the other half?
This was a cute YA/NA book. Β I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started this one, but it was surprisingly fun.
Seventeen year old Dani had her share of tragedy. Β Mute due to the after effects of her parents death, she’s surrounded by family and best friends who are determined to keep her in their own version of a protective bubble. Β It’s not until she meets Lincoln Green, one of the hot Hollywood stars working on her brother-in-laws latest film, that she finds someone who doesn’t treat her with kidd gloves.
Lincoln isn’t looking for romantic entanglements, but when he meets Dani there was someone about her that he was drawn too. Β She was sassy, sarcastic and didn’t bow to his Hollywood greatness. Β She made him feel normal, which he liked. Β Even more, the liked that out of everyone that looks out for Dani, it was with him that she finally found her voice.
These two were cute together. Β Their banter, whether over text or in person, was fun. Β She was awed by his fame and he treated her like she was normal. Β They each appreciated how the other treated them, even when they were shooting nasty barbs at each other, because they say past what everyone else saw to the real person. Β It made them fight for their relationship. Β To understand what they have and know it was something to grasp onto.
My first Rachel VanDyken book was fun. Β I look forward to more in this series.
βFinally!β Jaymeson pointed at both of us. βLincoln, show her to her mark. Dani, for this scene youβre simply staring at him like you want to eat him. Think you can do that?β
I nodded.
Any woman could do that.
Most men too.
βCue music!β Jaymeson called out. βAction.β
A techno mix of AD2βs latest song filled the air as the extras started dancing around us. I stayed glued to the wall while Lincoln delivered his lines to Pris, and then he lifted his head, meeting my gaze.
Itβs just a movie. Itβs just a movie.
The breath left my chest on one slow exhale as he moved toward me, his body making fluid purposeful movements through the crowd.
My lips parted; my entire body felt heavy as he approached.
He stopped in front of me, his forehead grazing mine as he leaned in a few inches. Our breath mingled as the music and scene faded around me.
βCut!β Jaymeson yelled.
Holy crap on a cracker. I almost experienced my first stroke β at seventeen.
βYou okay?β Lincolnβs eyebrows knit together in concern.
I licked the lipstick from my lips and nodded quickly.
Jaymeson approached. βTime for the kiss, remember kissing, not hockey. Clearly, you were confused earlier.β
Lincoln gritted his teeth and let out a little groan.
I patted his arm and grinned, my way of encouraging him. He seemed to pale more.
My stomach sank.
Maybe it was me.
I was the problem.
Not the kiss, but me. If heβd had trouble kissing my gorgeous sister, how was he going to be able to kiss me?
βHeyβ¦β Lincoln cupped my cheek. ββ¦ focus on me, nothing else, alright? Itβs only us.β
I nodded.
βYou ever been to a party?β
I rolled my eyes.
βEver made out with a guy at a party that wasnβt your boyfriend?β
I thought about it then slowly shook my head.
βSo thatβs what this scene is about. Itβs about a guy seeing a girl from across the room and wanting her so badly that heβs willing to cheat on his own girlfriend for just one taste. Granted, heβs supposedly drunk and high, but that just takes the romance out of it, doesnβt it?β
He released my cheek and stepped back. βImagine youβre trying to attract me, make your body as inviting as possible. Hell, just stand there and look at me, and youβll sell it.β
Sell it. I repeated the words in my mind.
I could do that.
Because I wanted him to kiss me.
It made my heart beat faster.
My blood pump harder.
And for the first time since my parentsβ death, I was actually excited about something. Nervous, but excited.
βOkay,β I mouthed.
I must have surprised him again because his eyes darkened, and then he grinned. βOne day, Dani. One day Iβm going to hear my name coming from that gorgeous mouth of yours, and Iβm not going to be held responsible for my actionsβ¦ damn the consequences.β
My breath hitched.
βQuiet on set! And action!β
There was no warning. Suddenly, Lincolnβs mouth was fused against mine, no teeth, just his soft lips pushing, prodding, moving slowly back and forth until his tongue slid through and made contact with mine.
Heart racing, I opened my mouth enough to deepen the kiss as heat washed over me.
He groaned and dug his fingers into my shoulders then slid his hands down my back and gripped my butt. I let out a squeak of surprise as I flicked his tongue with mine.
βCut!β Jaymeson yelled.
I kept kissing.
So did Lincoln.
His chest brushed roughly against mine; my breasts ached at the sharp contact. I let out a little hiss at the exact time Linc let out a groan and nudged his knee between my legs.
βCut!β Jaymeson yelled again.
Slowly, Lincoln pried himself away from me, chest heaving.
βGood enough,β said Jaymeson.
βNo,β Lincoln argued without taking his wild grey eyes off me, βI went off script. We need to do it again.β
βThe hell you do,β someone mumbled. I wasnβt surprised to see Demetri glaring daggers at Lincolnβs back. Alec was next to Jaymeson, giving him an earful. I noted the strong tick in his jaw.
βFine.β Jaymeson waved them both off. βWeβll do it again.β
βTake two, and action!β
This time the kiss was slow, languid in its movements. Hot waves of pleasure coursed through my body as his tongue slid seductively pass my lips. His taste, the feel of his mouth was unlike anything Iβd ever experienced. Greedily, I moaned, desperate for more of him as I reached for his shirt then fisting it with my hands and tugging him tighter against my body, wanting more contact with him. I felt every plane of muscle as he slowly turned us so his back was semi facing the camera. His knee nudged my legs apart as pressure increased down the middle of my body. I hadnβt really looked long at the script, but I was pretty sure that this wasnβt part of it.
Not that I was complaining.
He rocked into me, my back connected with the wall. With a possessive growl, he nipped my lower lip then started kissing down my neck. Kissing in public had never been my thing β but maybe that was because Iβd never kissed Lincoln.
I would kiss him anywhere.
All he needed to do was ask.
Body humming with pleasure, I let out a little gasp as his warm lips met the pulse on my neck. Then his tongue licked where his lips had just been.
His knee rose higher and higher as my body sank onto his; the first contact of his leg had my body screaming with pleasure β just a little higher, just a little more.
βCut!β someone shouted, though it didnβt sound like Jaymeson.
Suddenly, Demetri was pulling Lincoln away from me and glaring daggers at both of us. βI think you guys got the scene.β
Embarrassed, I looked down, tucking my silky hair behind my ear. Did I really almost just dry hump Lincoln Greeneβs leg? In front of about twenty people, including my sister?
βYou sure?β Lincoln asked, voice hoarse. I glanced up at him, his chest was heaving with exertion, his lips swollen. βBecause I could have sworn I messed up my lines.β
βThere are no lines, you bastard,β Demetri muttered under his breath.
βDamn it!β Jaymeson shouted. βHey, guys, Iβm going to need you to shoot it one more time. Remember, Lincoln, youβre supposed to proposition her.β
Lincoln grinned smugly at Demetri.
Demetri didnβt move.
Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
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