The Actress Unscripted

Heather Bay Romance #5

by Amber Eve

The bad girl is back.

Lexie Steele is back in her villain era: and, okay, she might be down on her luck right now after a humiliating breakup with the love of her life, Jett Carter — to say nothing of the dead-end job she’s been forced to get to pay the bills — but when Jett returns to Heather Bay to film his next movie, there’s every opportunity for Lexie to turn things around and win him back. Or there would be, if he didn’t have his gorgeous co-star, Violet King in tow.

Can Lexie and Jett overcome all the obstacles and find their-happily-ever after in the Highlands? Or is Lexie Steele destined to forever be the anti-hero?

335 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 26, 2024

About the author

Amber Eve is a former journalist who was born and raised in Scotland, and has been writing stories for her entire life. Her Heather Bay series is set in the Scottish Highlands, and follows the lives and loves of the inhabitants of this fictional coastal town.

Reviews

[Sian Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another cute romance with a brilliant setting!

Lexie has returned home to Scotland after her relationship with a movie star in the US has fallen apart...only to find that he's turned up in her hometown to film a new movie with his ex as his costar. Lexie can't help but bump into them at every turn and every encounter ends in some sort of disaster, including claiming she's in a fake relationship with our old friend from the rest of the series, McTavish, and throwing chips at a famous actress.

I've read all of Amber Eve's books, but somehow managed to miss out on the release of this one! It's the second part of the Actress duo from the Heather Bay Romance series; you could technically read the duo as a standalone, but the rest of the series gives more context for the little Easter eggs that are thrown in for other characters and storylines.

This was a really fun read. I mentioned in my review of the first book that Amber writes characters like a hilarious Scottish version of Bridget Jones, and this is no different. I loved the wild rollercoaster that this book takes you on, the romance was cute - even though it took some time to come back around - and the Scottish setting was gorgeously realistic. It's clear that someone who knows Scotland inside wrote this!

I'm sad to have reached the end of this series now but looking forward to reading Amber's next book!

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome story

Really really enjoyed this one, it had everything in it, there was funny moments, sad moments, there was real romance although you don't realise just how much until nearer the end, this has a great ending, there is a small cliffhanger but not about the romance between the two main characters, this cliffhanger is a family one, I hope that when I go through this authors other books I find something that links back to these 2 books, I will definitely be reading more from this author, well worth reading.

[Dawn M Keith · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to love this romance....but hated it since there was no romance

I read the first book about Lexi and wanted to love it it but found very little romace in it...and should have stopped while I was ahead. Instead, I dutifully read the 2nd...and found myself disliking both characters. There was absolutely no romance or chemistry in this novel. Run the other direction...

[Karen Ruedisueli · Rating 4 out of 5]

so much fun....set in Scotland and Lexie is a Bridget Jones type of girl. I took a star because there is virtually no written chemistry between the main characters.
It's written solely on Lexie's POV.
It is a clean book that is way too clean.

[BJ Kellogg · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a funny book, the sheep may be my favorite character. The main character goes through a lot but there is a mega movie star to help. In fact there are a lot of people who help her out. She truly is a mess.

[Mel { wolfsbanebooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual human disaster with a short fuse tries to get over human golden retriever ex, and fails.