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To Love Jason Thorn (Kindle Edition)
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The Wall of Winnipeg and Me (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 317,392 ratings — published 2016
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Just the Sexiest Man Alive (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 45,828 ratings — published 2008
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avg rating 4.00 — 699,956 ratings — published 2022
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,289,387 ratings — published 2019
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avg rating 3.85 — 84,732 ratings — published 2011
Dear Enemy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.00 — 43,517 ratings — published 2015
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avg rating 3.98 — 63,406 ratings — published 2010
Love Unrehearsed (Love, #2)
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avg rating 3.99 — 35,760 ratings — published 2013
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 93,279 ratings — published 2015
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avg rating 4.03 — 16,127 ratings — published 2013
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avg rating 3.94 — 24,281 ratings — published 2017
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avg rating 3.96 — 58,232 ratings — published 2012
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From Rags (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.89 — 16,983 ratings — published 2012
The Bodyguard (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 464,813 ratings — published 2022
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avg rating 4.17 — 384,226 ratings — published 2020
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avg rating 3.76 — 7,214 ratings — published 2012
Heated Rivalry (Game Changers, #2)
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avg rating 4.24 — 475,536 ratings — published 2019
Enemies (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.97 — 55,512 ratings — published 2019
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The Rocker That Holds Me (The Rocker, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 296,045 ratings — published 2018
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avg rating 4.02 — 13,650 ratings — published 2018
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,963,158 ratings — published 2019
When It's Real (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 27,621 ratings — published 2017
Storm (Ashes & Embers, #1)
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avg rating 4.02 — 19,644 ratings — published 2014
Kiss the Sky (Calloway Sisters, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 98,695 ratings — published 2014
The Unidentified Redhead (Redhead, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 29,686 ratings — published 2010
“Rich and famous and doing good," mused Schlichtmann. "Rich isn't so difficult. Famous isn't so difficult. Rich and famous together aren't so difficult. Rich, famous, and doing good--now, that's very difficult.”
― A Civil Action
― A Civil Action
“Celebrities and famous people live in a translucent bubble. When common people (for want of a better term) see a celebrity, the skin of the bubble of fame serves to magnify and elevate the celebrity in the eyes of the common people. And conversely when the celebrity views the common people outwardly through the translucent skin of the bubble they live in, they see the common people as diminished.
Although it is understandable that the celebrity wishes to have all the power and advantage of their elevated status it is somewhat naïve and selfish that most of them want to also be able to communicate with the common people as the common people communicate with each other, when it suits the celebrity. That is, in their leisure time when they go out in public to a bar or café.
In other words, they want to be treated as a common person in such a public situation, yet on the other hand enjoy the perks of being a celebrity. They want to have their cake and eat it too. In this untenable situation most of them will find out that in fact fame is a double-edged sword and there are also great disadvantages to it for them.
In reality, the only way they can communicate with the common people as the common people communicate with each other, is if their bubble of fame and fortune bursts and they lose all their elevated status and wealth. Such as when a celebrity succumbs to drug or alcohol addiction and ends up living on the streets.”
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Although it is understandable that the celebrity wishes to have all the power and advantage of their elevated status it is somewhat naïve and selfish that most of them want to also be able to communicate with the common people as the common people communicate with each other, when it suits the celebrity. That is, in their leisure time when they go out in public to a bar or café.
In other words, they want to be treated as a common person in such a public situation, yet on the other hand enjoy the perks of being a celebrity. They want to have their cake and eat it too. In this untenable situation most of them will find out that in fact fame is a double-edged sword and there are also great disadvantages to it for them.
In reality, the only way they can communicate with the common people as the common people communicate with each other, is if their bubble of fame and fortune bursts and they lose all their elevated status and wealth. Such as when a celebrity succumbs to drug or alcohol addiction and ends up living on the streets.”
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