Amanda Heartley

This is an enjoyable and fast-paced piece of mild erotica from Amanda Heartley. It is the first story in the "Southern Belles" erotic romance series and revolves around waitress and aspiring Hollywood star Annabelle Gibbons. Annabelle is certain of her own talent but just needs a break and is getting weary of audition after audition. When she gets a call for a major role she finds herself losing her temper when casting agent Vicktor Rossen dismisses her performance. When Rossen's calls her show more back and makes her a "casting couch" offer Annabelle loses her temper again. On the upside she strikes up a friendship with Rossen's gay assistant Daveed, who shows Annabelle around a darker side of Hollywood and all the while Annabelle plots a devious revenge on Rossen. This is a fun little read with an engaging plot line and a nicely rounded and developed heroine. The story rushes along at a well sustained pace and is full of nice little bits of detail that cleverly add to the overall effect. Although hugely stereotypical, Annabelle's new gay friend Daveed is charming and fun and offers a great mechanism for pushing the plot forward. The story ends on a cliff-hanger and it will be interesting to see where Amanda Heartley takes Annabelle in the follow up story. show less

This was a fast paced read nonetheless I really enjoyed it. The characters had great chemistry and there were some funny moments, steamy moments, and a few dramatic moments. Rory was a great character who made you laugh and swoon, I enjoyed him. Amelia was sweet, yet she was starting to make me mad with the way she kept running away and keeping Rory at arms length but she finally came around and I can't wait to continue the series.

I only feel I can give each a 3.5 star as as much as I really enjoyed this series I felt like it would have been better as one big book ,I understand each novella is for a different part of their relationship but it just made this story not flow as well. In this book we see Juliet finding out something that will change both her and Luke's life but she doesn't know if she can let him in because of where his head is at and she doesn't know if he can get the help to overcome the PTSD he has or show more with it tear them apart.

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Annabelle "Annie" Gibbons comes home to be with her grandfather who is very ill. Annie can't believe her grandfather is gone. Annie with the help of her best friend Marti start the healing process. Annie not used to being in the country gets scared and calls the police. When handsome officer comes to her rescue is none other than Tommy Donovan. Annie is completely smitten over Tommy but can't understand Marti's hostility towards Tommy. The closer Annie gets to Tommy the more frustrated Marti show more gets. Will Marti explain her feelings towards Tommy? Will Tommy and Annie share their feelings? Your answers await you in Betrayal.

This book picks up where Audition left off. Annie seems to be making mistakes left and right. I really didn't like Marti~she struck me as being false or back stabbing type of person. I would definitely read more of this author's work in the future. show less