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Camera Ready
Camera Ready offers a compelling version of a love triangle at its center, as L.A. executive Jane Mercer follows a tortuous path toward her version of the American dream.Jane finally has her life together. She is vice president of accounts at the advertising agency Warren Mitchell & Partners. She has a stable long-term relationship with classical violinist Derek Lowell and a bright future full of family, close friends, and success. But a surprise encounter with Craig Keller—managing partner of Keller Whitman Group and a powerful advertising magnate—stirs up emotions from her disastrous liaison with him two years earlier. This meeting and an unexpected photo of the two in a popular tabloid topples her secure world, threatening to destroy everything she’s worked to gain.As Jane anxiously watches, Keller Whitman Group buys out her employer, resulting in the savagely handsome Craig becoming Jane’s new boss. In addition to his alluring yet reprehensible behavior, he now has authority and control over her. Jane feels her autonomy stripped away as Craig ties her promotion to a consensual relationship with him. Worse still, Jane’s visceral attraction to him still burns, despite her wishes to keep him in her past. Forced to face up to her emotional bondage to Craig, Jane must find inner strength to live with integrity—or risk sinking into the morass of decadence and greed that is Keller Whitman Group.
248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 23, 2020
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Adele Royce
9 books6 followersAdele Royce was raised in Los Angeles, and graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University with a BA in English Literature. She survived the insanity of the Las Vegas Strip, where she worked for many years as an advertising and PR executive. Ms. Royce’s personal experience with the industry’s creativity and chaos gave her inspiration for her multiple-book series entitled, Truth, Lies and Love in Advertising. She lives with her husband in San Diego, where she is active in the writing community. Her short stories have won numerous first place awards.
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November 29, 2021
A solid book! It saw funny and captivating!
Rating: 3/5
Synopsis:
Camera Ready offers a compelling version of a love triangle at its center, as L.A. executive Jane Mercer follows a tortuous path toward her version of the American dream.Jane finally has her life together.
She is vice president of accounts at the advertising agency Warren Mitchell & Partners. She has a stable long-term relationship with classical violinist Derek Lowell and a bright future full of family, close friends, and success.
But a surprise encounter with Craig Keller—managing partner of Keller Whitman Group and a powerful advertising magnate—stirs up emotions from her disastrous liaison with him two years earlier. This meeting and an unexpected photo of the two in a popular tabloid topples her secure world, threatening to destroy everything she’s worked to gain.
As Jane anxiously watches, Keller Whitman Group buys out her employer, resulting in the savagely handsome Craig becoming Jane’s new boss. In addition to his alluring yet reprehensible behavior, he now has authority and control over her.
Jane feels her autonomy stripped away as Craig ties her promotion to a consensual relationship with him. Worse still, Jane’s visceral attraction to him still burns, despite her wishes to keep him in her past.
Forced to face up to her emotional bondage to Craig, Jane must find inner strength to live with integrity—or risk sinking into the morass of decadence and greed that is Keller Whitman Group.
Thank you NetGalley for giving me an ARC!
Rating: 3/5
Synopsis:
Camera Ready offers a compelling version of a love triangle at its center, as L.A. executive Jane Mercer follows a tortuous path toward her version of the American dream.Jane finally has her life together.
She is vice president of accounts at the advertising agency Warren Mitchell & Partners. She has a stable long-term relationship with classical violinist Derek Lowell and a bright future full of family, close friends, and success.
But a surprise encounter with Craig Keller—managing partner of Keller Whitman Group and a powerful advertising magnate—stirs up emotions from her disastrous liaison with him two years earlier. This meeting and an unexpected photo of the two in a popular tabloid topples her secure world, threatening to destroy everything she’s worked to gain.
As Jane anxiously watches, Keller Whitman Group buys out her employer, resulting in the savagely handsome Craig becoming Jane’s new boss. In addition to his alluring yet reprehensible behavior, he now has authority and control over her.
Jane feels her autonomy stripped away as Craig ties her promotion to a consensual relationship with him. Worse still, Jane’s visceral attraction to him still burns, despite her wishes to keep him in her past.
Forced to face up to her emotional bondage to Craig, Jane must find inner strength to live with integrity—or risk sinking into the morass of decadence and greed that is Keller Whitman Group.
Thank you NetGalley for giving me an ARC!
February 1, 2022
I found the prompt of this book very intriguing and was excited to read, I was expecting a kind of enemies to lovers romance book, but that is not what I got. The whole book is basically told in its entirety in the summary;
upon reaching 80% of the book, it seems that the story is just beginning to develop because it is the point where you reach what the summary makes you understand is the central part of the conflict.
As a result this entire book, is not only predictable but it has no element of surprise, given that you know exactly the direction the book is going to take, I was not satisfied in any way with the pace, I felt it was too slow, there was no chemistry with the final pairing, it seemed they ended up together because it felt like the natural conclusion to the story given that what none of the characters have meaningful interactions with each other, the majority of the book is the protagonist hoping for thing to happen, regretting past actions or just narrating.
At the end of the story, I felt like there was something missing, like the other half of the book, because the prompt has the potential to be a good story but it was not developed enough.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own, and I want to thank NetGalley and BookGoSocial for providing me with this eARC.
Rating: 2 ★★
#CameraReady #NetGalley
upon reaching 80% of the book, it seems that the story is just beginning to develop because it is the point where you reach what the summary makes you understand is the central part of the conflict.
As a result this entire book, is not only predictable but it has no element of surprise, given that you know exactly the direction the book is going to take, I was not satisfied in any way with the pace, I felt it was too slow, there was no chemistry with the final pairing, it seemed they ended up together because it felt like the natural conclusion to the story given that what none of the characters have meaningful interactions with each other, the majority of the book is the protagonist hoping for thing to happen, regretting past actions or just narrating.
At the end of the story, I felt like there was something missing, like the other half of the book, because the prompt has the potential to be a good story but it was not developed enough.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own, and I want to thank NetGalley and BookGoSocial for providing me with this eARC.
Rating: 2 ★★
#CameraReady #NetGalley
December 4, 2020
Jane Mercer has a problem, several in fact. Her boss is a letch who has a thing for her, the love of her life has left her because of it, and her rival for a partnership at the Santa Monica ad agency where she works is determined to take her down.
In this cross between Sex and the City and Mad Men, author Adele Royce deftly weaves these troubled waters with a chic deftness that is delightful, contemporary and addictive. Jane is a compelling character, but not a perfect one, which adds to the strength of the character and to the story as a whole.
Another great plus to this modern romance are the people in Jane’s life, from her outspoken Bubbe to her cougar gal pal, Kat Blakely.
The author has created a well-written and intriguing world, one in which I found myself not only rooting for the main character but anxious to see how, and if, she could overcome her obstacles.
In this cross between Sex and the City and Mad Men, author Adele Royce deftly weaves these troubled waters with a chic deftness that is delightful, contemporary and addictive. Jane is a compelling character, but not a perfect one, which adds to the strength of the character and to the story as a whole.
Another great plus to this modern romance are the people in Jane’s life, from her outspoken Bubbe to her cougar gal pal, Kat Blakely.
The author has created a well-written and intriguing world, one in which I found myself not only rooting for the main character but anxious to see how, and if, she could overcome her obstacles.
January 24, 2022
'Camera Ready' depicts a love triangle between VP of accounts at the agency Warren Mitchell & Partners, Jane Mercer, her classical violinist boyfriend Derek Lowell and Craig Keller - managing partner of another powerful advertising agency.
It follows Jane's exploration between love and desire and whilst her character was annoying at times, it was still authentic enough for me to keep reading to the end.
It was well written and made a decent one-time read.
It's 3.5 stars from me!
It follows Jane's exploration between love and desire and whilst her character was annoying at times, it was still authentic enough for me to keep reading to the end.
It was well written and made a decent one-time read.
It's 3.5 stars from me!
February 18, 2022
Jane Mercer….. She is a strong character which I absolutely LOVE.. Her boss is a LETCH, love life is nonexistent. The way this author wrote this novel literally captivated you, the way she weaves through difficult situations is amazing. I love how Jane is a compelling character, but not perfect which is great. Makes you love her. I can say she is AUTHENTIC. Will definitely make you laugh. (Thank you #NetGalley for this book)
October 28, 2022
What a romance and nefarious characters
I loved this well written romance novel. Combine corporate life, a few millionaires, true love with misunderstandings, and toss in fantatabulous clothing, high fashion shoes and bags. Toss in one plus men notorious for using women for sex while married, and kinky sex at that. If any or all of this interests you, then this five star read is for you!!
I loved this well written romance novel. Combine corporate life, a few millionaires, true love with misunderstandings, and toss in fantatabulous clothing, high fashion shoes and bags. Toss in one plus men notorious for using women for sex while married, and kinky sex at that. If any or all of this interests you, then this five star read is for you!!
November 4, 2020
From beginning to end, I was captivated by this story. The characters are very authentic and the plot moves seamlessly along. An intriguing mix of misjudgments in romance, cut-throat world of modern advertising industry, and a young woman's search for self-esteem. A fast read, left me wanting more from this author.
November 13, 2020
I laughed out loud, I talked to the characters & just couldn’t put it down! Camera Ready is a must read!
December 3, 2021
The heroine was so annoying she was pining over a guy that was for the streets,while shevhad a loving boyfriend at home. It took her too long to get a backbone.However the dialogue was good .
June 24, 2022
Jane Mercer….. She is a strong character which I absolutely LOVE.. Her boss is a LETCH, love life is nonexistent. The way this author wrote this novel literally captivated you, the way she weaves through difficult situations is amazing. I love how Jane is a compelling character, but not perfect which is great. Makes you love her. I can say she is AUTHENTIC. Will definitely make you laugh. (Thank you #NetGalley for this book)
July 28, 2022
Too much romance for my taste. The characters did not convince me, all too often I asked myself „Why does she do this?“ I guess, it‘s a quite nice read, alas, not for me.
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