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Review: Pretty as a Picture - Elizabeth Little

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Review: Pretty as a Picture - Elizabeth Little - February 2020 This book captured my attention on the Libby Library App as I was scrolling through looking for some good thrillers to read. The other thing that I enjoyed about this book was that two of the characters were neurodivergent which made them a little different and quirky as we have Marissa who is the main female - a movie editor and then over on Kickout Island - we have Billy Lyle - the accused. Pretty as a Picture starts with Marissa and Amy going their separate ways and Marissa being offered a job for director Anton aka Tony Rees. The job makes her sign an 18-page NDA and is a very hush-hush top-secret project out in the middle of nowhere. When she arrives, she learns that the film is based on the true-crime murder of a young girl named Caitlyn who died in the 90s on the island. The crime was unsolved and is currently a cold case. The police on the island only had only one suspect - her friend Billy Lyle, but there was no ...

Review: Stroked - Meghan Quinn

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  Review: Stroked - Book #1 Stroked Series -Meghan Quinn - July 2016 If there is one author in the world that will always make me laugh, no matter what book they have written it is Meghan Quinn. To me she is my #1 favourite LOL author. Her books are quirky and just plain funny, so much that I am bound to annoy my partner as I sit there and read the funny lines to him while he is trying to play his Xbox One. With the Olympics just finished , there was a massive surge in Olympic and Sports related novels and yes, I know I am behind the times since the Olympics have just finished and this book has been out just over a month but I got there and I have to say like her previous work I have read , Stroked was another favourite and I loved it. From her different characters and personalities to the quirky one-liners and even the romance thread - Meghan Quinn to me is the perfect all-rounder, her books just hit all the right spots of a great read. In Stroked we meet Mauve -...

Release Day Blast : Adapted For Film - Stacey Rourke

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Presented by: Sparkle Book Tours Adapted for Film By Stacey Rourke Audience: General/adult  - Genre: Romantic comedy - Formats: E-book and Paperback - Publisher: Anchor Group Publishing - Cover by: Najla Qamber Designs -Date Published: March 9. 2015 Aubrey Evans is living every author’s dream; her sizzling romance novel is being turned into a blockbuster film. She would be celebrating this momentous event, if she wasn’t busy fighting over every tiny production detail with the maddeningly cavalier director, Kole Camden. When news of their heated rivalry hits the gossip columns, drastic measures must be taken to save their sinking project. In an elaborate PR hoax, she is publicly linked to Greyson Meyers, the swoon-worthy star of her movie. A whirl-wind love affair is staged for the couple to mirror the steamy chapters of her own books. Can the introverted author resist the charms of Hollywood’s sexiest leading man? Or will love find her in the ...