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Playing the Part
When Melanie Sheraton takes a job as a chauffeur for the movie company that has just come to town, she has to fight hard to keep her dreams and desires buried. Especially when jaded action-hero Thomas Locke catches her eye. Thomas is hoping to take his career in a new direction, the last thing he needs is to fall for the curvy driver who jump-starts his heart. Playing the Part, Book 3 of Lynn Rae’s Love Around the Corner series, takes you on a romantic romp as Mel and Thomas find that opposites really do attract.
Independent Melanie Sheraton has to hustle for odd jobs in her small town to eke out a living. When the opportunity to act as a driver for some movie folks comes up, she jumps at the chance to earn an extra paycheck. What she didn’t bank on was one of her passengers invading her imagination, something she resists since no movie star would ever be interested in her.
At a crossroads in his professional life, action star Thomas ‘Wheeler’ Locke is in Ohio for a role he hopes will launch his career in a new, serious direction. Instead of concentrating on his acting, he finds himself growing more and more distracted by his feisty driver and her irascible ways.
Dancing around the attraction growing between them, both Mel and Thomas struggle to maintain their distance as the time for filming grows short. Will a reunion at the movie’s London premiere bring them together, or will their disparate lives keep them apart?
Content Notes: Spicy, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy
Independent Melanie Sheraton has to hustle for odd jobs in her small town to eke out a living. When the opportunity to act as a driver for some movie folks comes up, she jumps at the chance to earn an extra paycheck. What she didn’t bank on was one of her passengers invading her imagination, something she resists since no movie star would ever be interested in her.
At a crossroads in his professional life, action star Thomas ‘Wheeler’ Locke is in Ohio for a role he hopes will launch his career in a new, serious direction. Instead of concentrating on his acting, he finds himself growing more and more distracted by his feisty driver and her irascible ways.
Dancing around the attraction growing between them, both Mel and Thomas struggle to maintain their distance as the time for filming grows short. Will a reunion at the movie’s London premiere bring them together, or will their disparate lives keep them apart?
Content Notes: Spicy, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy
195 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 23, 2015
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April 14, 2015
Playing the Part is book 3 of the Lover around the Corner Series. I have to say it stands on its own having not read the others. Ms. Rae brings us a movie star romance that is a bit different then most. Thomas isn't superstar he is a working actor, he is happy to make money doing what he loves and still have a private life.
Melanie is an average small town girl trying to make ends meet. She takes on a well paying job driving for a film production company that happens to be filming in her hometown. She is assigned to drive Thomas and the ever present Graham. Graham is the lightness in the story. When Thomas and Melanie can't figure themselves out - Graham brings humor to ease them along.
I find Lynn's writing lovely. She tells a story and makes you wish that her character's were your friends or you know someone in your family that is like them.
If you are looking for a nice, sweet, romance that has light and levity. It's not my normal read but I found the story refreshing and well written.
Melanie is an average small town girl trying to make ends meet. She takes on a well paying job driving for a film production company that happens to be filming in her hometown. She is assigned to drive Thomas and the ever present Graham. Graham is the lightness in the story. When Thomas and Melanie can't figure themselves out - Graham brings humor to ease them along.
I find Lynn's writing lovely. She tells a story and makes you wish that her character's were your friends or you know someone in your family that is like them.
If you are looking for a nice, sweet, romance that has light and levity. It's not my normal read but I found the story refreshing and well written.
April 8, 2015
3.5
Received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This is a bit of a new take on the typical Moviestar romance. First off Wheeler/Thomas is not the A-list manwhore actor. He's a character actor who is more interested in the acting than the fame and seems pleased that most of the time he can wander unrecognized in public. Mel/Melanie/Melvin is just an everyday girl trying to make ends meet and when her and Thomas meet she is fairly unimpressed with not only his fame but his silence. Luckily they both have Graham to alleviate the awkwardness and lighten the atmosphere that begins to surround them throughout the first half of the book.
I think my favorite quote of Mel's in the whole book was "“Sorry, no can do. We country bumpkins like to roast our road kill in the comfort of our house trailers. The Federals get riled when we try to sell our moonshine to the slickers. Good gravy, why am I doing this? I’m not supposed to chat with you.”
The first half moved at a good pace as both Thomas and Mel felt each other out between trading barbs, trying on friendship as though it was a coat a size too small and trying to get over their own insecurities.
Then we get to the second half and we hit a few rough patches. The story becomes a little uneven. There's a time gap I didn't find entirely believable that a person would keep yearning for another when they had barely made baby steps towards each other, a rush ahead then another time gap and more bumbling. I also really missed Graham and thought he could have pulled both their heads out quicker had he been involved. Overall it was a really solid contemporary read. The only angst is created by the characters stubbornness, which although annoying is a relief from some of these darker reads coming out lately. Also for those who are curious about the sex (which took for-freaking-ever to get to) it was standard for a contemporary without being overly explicit. No dirty words, no dirty talking and pretty vanilla. About as non-offensive as you can get without being a "fade to black". My biggest complaint was with the ending. For me it read more as a HFN than a HEA and left a lot of questions. An epilogue could have solved that problem. Why oh why don't more authors use the epilogue? I know books can't all be 600 pages and cover everything a reader wants but it would have been nice to see where Mel ended up in her life in regards to her dad and her career.
Received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This is a bit of a new take on the typical Moviestar romance. First off Wheeler/Thomas is not the A-list manwhore actor. He's a character actor who is more interested in the acting than the fame and seems pleased that most of the time he can wander unrecognized in public. Mel/Melanie/Melvin is just an everyday girl trying to make ends meet and when her and Thomas meet she is fairly unimpressed with not only his fame but his silence. Luckily they both have Graham to alleviate the awkwardness and lighten the atmosphere that begins to surround them throughout the first half of the book.
I think my favorite quote of Mel's in the whole book was "“Sorry, no can do. We country bumpkins like to roast our road kill in the comfort of our house trailers. The Federals get riled when we try to sell our moonshine to the slickers. Good gravy, why am I doing this? I’m not supposed to chat with you.”
The first half moved at a good pace as both Thomas and Mel felt each other out between trading barbs, trying on friendship as though it was a coat a size too small and trying to get over their own insecurities.
Then we get to the second half and we hit a few rough patches. The story becomes a little uneven. There's a time gap I didn't find entirely believable that a person would keep yearning for another when they had barely made baby steps towards each other, a rush ahead then another time gap and more bumbling. I also really missed Graham and thought he could have pulled both their heads out quicker had he been involved. Overall it was a really solid contemporary read. The only angst is created by the characters stubbornness, which although annoying is a relief from some of these darker reads coming out lately. Also for those who are curious about the sex (which took for-freaking-ever to get to) it was standard for a contemporary without being overly explicit. No dirty words, no dirty talking and pretty vanilla. About as non-offensive as you can get without being a "fade to black". My biggest complaint was with the ending. For me it read more as a HFN than a HEA and left a lot of questions. An epilogue could have solved that problem. Why oh why don't more authors use the epilogue? I know books can't all be 600 pages and cover everything a reader wants but it would have been nice to see where Mel ended up in her life in regards to her dad and her career.
April 28, 2015
I received a ARC of this book for an honest review. I totally enjoyed this book, I thought it was going to be your typical movie star/local girl kind of book and I fell in love with these characters, they were so well formed and complex that you had to know what was going to happen to them next. I want to thank the author for dealing with Thomas's Type 1 Diabetes so well, it wasn't the whole focus and it was dealt with in a truthful and sensitive manner which is refreshing to see. I have been a Type 1 Diabetic myself for 28 years and I was expecting to be disappointed when it was first brought up that Thomas was but the attention to detail was spot on.
The setting was a typical small town which is comforting and like coming home for me, I enjoyed how the author gave us the full picture of the town and that attention to detail brought my favorite scene of the book (where they go to the hamburger place where Mel and Thomas and Graham go for dinner) it seemed so real like you were right there having your very own Dumpster burger. All in all I thought this was a solid romance story! It reminds me of "Win a Date with Tad Hamiliton" only better since I love the snarky comments and flirting between Mel and Thomas. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a cute fun romance read.
The setting was a typical small town which is comforting and like coming home for me, I enjoyed how the author gave us the full picture of the town and that attention to detail brought my favorite scene of the book (where they go to the hamburger place where Mel and Thomas and Graham go for dinner) it seemed so real like you were right there having your very own Dumpster burger. All in all I thought this was a solid romance story! It reminds me of "Win a Date with Tad Hamiliton" only better since I love the snarky comments and flirting between Mel and Thomas. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a cute fun romance read.
April 15, 2015
Playing the Part (Love Around the Corner book 3)
By Lynn Rae.
This is the first book I have read from this author. I truly loved reading this romance story. The story is about Mel, she lives in a small town in Ohio and was asked to be a driver for a movie production company that is in her town to make a movie, and she is responsible for taking two of the actors to and from the movie site. Her Boss advised her not to speak to the actors, to be very professional. That is her plan to do her job. Of course how can you not be quiet when you are asked questions? They want to know about the town and her of course. She gets along great with the older actor but the hot one, not so well.
I loved how this story was written, I thought the author did a great job, I understood all the characters and what was going on. Great detail information. But not over bearing, there are some sex scenes but I felt it was written well. I really like Mel, I can understand how hard it was for her. Well not really since I have never been in her position, I would love to be a driver for a hot male actor, of course I don’t think I would drive as well.
I think I would have like a little more at the end of the story, would like to know what happens in more detailed. But I am glad I was able to read this book and enjoyed it.
I received this book for an honest review.
By Lynn Rae.
This is the first book I have read from this author. I truly loved reading this romance story. The story is about Mel, she lives in a small town in Ohio and was asked to be a driver for a movie production company that is in her town to make a movie, and she is responsible for taking two of the actors to and from the movie site. Her Boss advised her not to speak to the actors, to be very professional. That is her plan to do her job. Of course how can you not be quiet when you are asked questions? They want to know about the town and her of course. She gets along great with the older actor but the hot one, not so well.
I loved how this story was written, I thought the author did a great job, I understood all the characters and what was going on. Great detail information. But not over bearing, there are some sex scenes but I felt it was written well. I really like Mel, I can understand how hard it was for her. Well not really since I have never been in her position, I would love to be a driver for a hot male actor, of course I don’t think I would drive as well.
I think I would have like a little more at the end of the story, would like to know what happens in more detailed. But I am glad I was able to read this book and enjoyed it.
I received this book for an honest review.
April 14, 2015
4 Stars
I was given this book for my honest review
Masquerade the meaning is a disguise or false outward show or pretense. Looking at the word as it pertains to our everyday lives we can come to understand that with all that we come in contact with one way or another each day we all can put on an outward of show. The true face within us all is our trueness of self but, on the outside we are able to put on a mask and show the world what we want and keeping our trueness of selves at bay.
To the author: This book had a fascination about it that totally swept me away in some points in the book but others not so much. The realness between the characters brought out an awe that will make readers want to jump into the story. The love between these two characters was evident but the weariness between them brought out the best and the hidden emotions that each had was too much for me at times. The dragging out till the end was something just too much for me but will most likely be what your readers would love to read. Kudos to you
To the readers: Sit back for one heck of a journey
Happy Reading
I was given this book for my honest review
Masquerade the meaning is a disguise or false outward show or pretense. Looking at the word as it pertains to our everyday lives we can come to understand that with all that we come in contact with one way or another each day we all can put on an outward of show. The true face within us all is our trueness of self but, on the outside we are able to put on a mask and show the world what we want and keeping our trueness of selves at bay.
To the author: This book had a fascination about it that totally swept me away in some points in the book but others not so much. The realness between the characters brought out an awe that will make readers want to jump into the story. The love between these two characters was evident but the weariness between them brought out the best and the hidden emotions that each had was too much for me at times. The dragging out till the end was something just too much for me but will most likely be what your readers would love to read. Kudos to you
To the readers: Sit back for one heck of a journey
Happy Reading
April 10, 2015
I received an arc for a honest review.
It was a really sweet story. I enjoyed the slow journey in Mel and Thomas's relationship.
This is not a typical Hollywood story and I did find it refreshing that Mel didn't have too many self doubts and that Thomas wasn't a typical Hollywood actor, they seem real, with normal problems.
It was a really sweet story. I enjoyed the slow journey in Mel and Thomas's relationship.
This is not a typical Hollywood story and I did find it refreshing that Mel didn't have too many self doubts and that Thomas wasn't a typical Hollywood actor, they seem real, with normal problems.
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