The Star Attraction

The Star Attraction
Author: Alison Sweeney
Publisher: Hachette Books
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2013-05-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1401305008

"Can you blame a publicist for blurring the lines between what's real and what's a dream, when her client is a gorgeous actor?" --Jodi Picoult Sophie is a Hollywood publicist who has a fabulous job, a fabulous boyfriend, and a fabulous life. She even scores her PR firm's most important actor client and every woman's dream--Billy Fox. But will a steamy make-out session in a restaurant alley with her big-name client cost Sophie her job? And does she really want an escape from her life and her loving, if imperfect, relationship with her investment banker boyfriend? The Star Attraction takes us on a wild ride through one woman's daytime soap come to life. "Alison Sweeney's novel is an entertaining, backstage glimpse at those who organize the lives of the Hollywood elite. It's great fun for any reader who secretly sneaks peeks at People magazine in the checkout line at the grocery store, and wonders, What if . . . ?" --Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Lone Wolf and The Storyteller Publishers Weekly: Actress and reality show host Sweeney (The Mommy Diet) hits it out of the park with her engaging fiction debut about an L.A.-based star publicist who lets her love life get in the way of work Sweeney uses many familiar chick-lit tropes but does it very well and also infuses her story with insider-y Hollywood situations and realistic depictions of relationship woes. It all adds up to a pleasurable read, and a particularly impressive first foray into this genre. Kirkus: A highly entertaining debut from Sweeney, host of The Biggest Loser and star of Days of Our Lives for 20 years. Sweeney's insider knowledge adds authenticity to this laugh-out-loud story of working and romancing in Los Angeles. What makes the book remarkable is not so much the plot but Sophie's reactions to what happens. You just have to love this girl. That sense of humor that can save a person in real life makes this an extremely fun read.

Star Attraction

Star Attraction
Author: Jamie Craig
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2021-01-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1646566599

In 1955, Sam Coles is Hollywood's newest rising star, and his latest role promises to send his popularity into the stratosphere. But Sam is less interested in the potential boost to his career, and more interested in his gorgeous co-star, Hollywood's latest bad boy Elijah McKinley. Their careers rely on discretion, but Sam and Elijah cannot deny the desire between them. Stealing glances and casual touches between takes soon gives way to heated kisses and clandestine meetings after shooting. But neither of them knows what will happen when filming wraps and their lives move in separate directions ...

Five Star Attraction

Five Star Attraction
Author: Jacquelin Thomas
Publisher: Kimani Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 145921949X

Ari Alexander just got the shock of his life. He's heir apparent to a glittering hotel empire. But the legacy comes with rumors of an explosive family scandal. The last thing the grieving widower needs is Natasha LeBlanc—a stunning consultant with attitude. So why is he so determined to uncover the sensual woman beneath Natasha's all-business facade? Natasha was hired to protect the interests of the luxury resort chain. But Ari doesn't seem to realize she's on his side. Worse, the far-too-sexy brother is arousing desire she's never felt before, making it impossible to keep her professional distance. From Aspen to celebrity-studded Beverly Hills, Natasha and Ari are caught up in a breaking scandal that could end their five-star love affair before it begins…

Star Attraction

Star Attraction
Author: Vanessa Stubbs
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2013-08-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1743480865

Can you really fall in love with the whole world watching? He's the most famous and most desired man in the world. She's a hard-news journalist trying to keep her job. When Sydney girl Madison Edwards is sent to interview Hollywood heartthrob Jamie Hall, as far as she's concerned it's an embarrassing blot on her credibility. As far as Jamie is concerned, Madison is just one of the thousands of people who want a piece of him. They both turn out to be wrong. When an unimaginable attraction develops between them, they're momentarily blinded. Could it be true love or just the glare of the paparazzi's flashbulbs? Star Attraction is a deliciously seductive story of our times, about celebrity and stardom - and about finding something real and true, even when the whole world is watching. This is a stellar debut by an industry insider who's interviewed celebrities, attended red carpet events and glimpsed behind the velvet ropes.

The Movie Star Attraction

The Movie Star Attraction
Author: Mohana Shiva
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2014-09-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9384381950

"Ramira Nair is the leading superstar actress of the Hindi film industry. Extraordinarily beautiful, super rich, with loads of talent and a Midas touch at the box office, makes her life truly envy-worthy for everyone. In short she has it all, well almost, except true love that is. After two failed affairs of the heart in her past, Ramira has lost all her trust in men. She is afraid that she may never find the kind of love that her parents have shared since forever. Enter Viraj Kulkarni, a successful corporate lawyer who is smart, handsome and equally rich. He has nourished a secret crush on Ramira for years. They meet at a mutual friend’s birthday party and sparks fly between them. They start with a slow (on his part) and cautious (on her part) courtship. Can a kind and understanding guy like Viraj really make Ramira see him for the trustworthy guy that he is? Can Ramira help Viraj face his own past and heal him? Will Ramira fall prey to the schemes of those who seek her downfall? Or will she rise like a phoenix, overcoming all obstacles including her own fears, and finally find true love with a wonderful, kind, loving man like Viraj? Though Ramira maybe a superstar, her story will resonate within every woman who has loved and lost, after all Ramira too is just a simple woman standing in front of a man asking him to love her."

Star Crossed

Star Crossed
Author: Alex Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781945633065

Instant Attraction

Instant Attraction
Author: Jill Shalvis
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758279191

A city girl looking for love and adventure hopes her wishes will come true in Wishful, California—in this romance by the New York Times–bestselling author. Numbers cruncher Katie Kramer has been a good girl all her life and yet she’s never found a place to fit in. So now, at rock bottom and her wit’s end, she’s wishing for some good karma. Staring up at the night sky—which is barely visible in LA—she falls asleep dreaming about a twinkling, falling star, and makes three wishes: The first is to experience a real-life adventure complete with amazingly athletic feats and danger. The second is for some good sex. And the third is to belong. Really belong somewhere. Anywhere. The next day Katie reads an ad about a small, far-away mountain town named Wishful, and an expedition company that needs a bookkeeper. Could it be a dream come true? When Katie arrives in the quirky little town, she finds the Getaway Inn . . . and Cameron Wilder. Cam’s lived a thousand lifetimes in his thirty years, and there’s so much he wants to show Katie. Most of all that there’s no way to escape karma. “Jill Shalvis sweeps you away.”—Cherry Adair

The Mane Attraction

The Mane Attraction
Author: Shelly Laurenston
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2011-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758277679

New York Times-Bestselling Author: Even the king of the beasts can find himself unexpectedly tamed by the right woman… Weddings have the strangest effect on people. Exhibit 1: Sissy Mae waking up in Mitch Shaw's bed the morning after her brother Bobby Ray's nuptials. Exhibit 2: the gunmen trying to kill Mitch. Exhibit 3: Sissy Mae escorting a bleeding yet sexy lion shifter to her Tennessee Pack's turf for safe keeping. It doesn't help that Mitch's appraising gaze makes her feel like the most desirable creature on earth… Mitch is an undercover cop about to testify against some dangerous ex-associates. Even more worrisome, he's harboring hot, X-rated fantasies about one fast-talking little canine--and he has to deal with every male in Sissy Mae's Pack sniffing around her in a way that makes his hackles rise. Mitch has his pride, and he intends to show Sissy Mae that when a lion sets out to make you his mate, the only thing to do is purr, roll over, and enjoy one hell of a ride… “Laurenston's latest couple is unabashedly sexual, which makes their emotional battle of wills all the more enjoyable.”—Romantic Times

The Tourist Attraction

The Tourist Attraction
Author: Sarah Morgenthaler
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2020-05-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1492693111

Curl up with a quirky small-town Alaskan rom-com that'll leave you laughing over: A grumpy local and the sunny tourist who turns his world upside down A rogue moose who threatens to steal every scene A vacation you'll never forget And a sweet romance that doesn't need to scald the pages to burn its way into your heart He had a strict "no tourists" policy...until she broke all of his rules.When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he's stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless parade of resort visitors who couldn't interest him less. Not even the sweet, enthusiastic tourist in the corner who blushes every time he looks her way... Two weeks in Alaska isn't just the top item on Zoey Caldwell's bucket list. It's the whole bucket. One look at the mountain town of Moose Springs and she's smitten. But when an act of kindness brings Zoey into Graham's world, she may just find there's more to the grumpy local than meets the eye...and more to love in Moose Springs than just the Alaskan wilderness. This story of Alaska marries together all the things you didn't realize you needed: a whirlwind vacation, a friendly moose, a grumpy diner owner, a quirky tourist, plenty of restaurant humor, and a happy ending that'll take you away from it all.

The Star-Crossed Stone

The Star-Crossed Stone
Author: Ken McNamara
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2010-11-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0226514714

Throughout the four hundred thousand years that humanity has been collecting fossils, sea urchin fossils, or echinoids, have continually been among the most prized, from the Paleolithic era, when they decorated flint axes, to today, when paleobiologists study them for clues to the earth’s history. In The Star-Crossed Stone, Kenneth J. McNamara, an expert on fossil echinoids, takes readers on an incredible fossil hunt, with stops in history, paleontology, folklore, mythology, art, religion, and much more. Beginning with prehistoric times, when urchin fossils were used as jewelry, McNamara reveals how the fossil crept into the religious and cultural lives of societies around the world—the roots of the familiar five-pointed star, for example, can be traced to the pattern found on urchins. But McNamara’s vision is even broader than that: using our knowledge of early habits of fossil collecting, he explores the evolution of the human mind itself, drawing striking conclusions about humanity’s earliest appreciation of beauty and the first stirrings of artistic expression. Along the way, the fossil becomes a nexus through which we meet brilliant eccentrics and visionary archaeologists and develop new insights into topics as seemingly disparate as hieroglyphics, Beowulf, and even church organs. An idiosyncratic celebration of science, nature, and human ingenuity, The Star-Crossed Stone is as charming and unforgettable as the fossil at its heart.