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HARD GLAMOUR
by
Maggie Marr
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New Adult Contemporary
Release date: January 14, 2014 Cover designed by Okay Creations |
~ Synopsis ~
A promise to keep….
Honoring her mother's last wish, Lane Channing vows to follow her dreams. She takes the 'big risk' and leaves her small Kansas town behind and heads to LA, the city of dreams. She's got a stellar job lined up, an old jeep, and 20 bucks to last her to her first paycheck. Her hopes shatter when she arrives to find her job's been given to someone else. Now she's broke and will soon be living on the streets if she doesn't do something fast. Welcome to cutthroat - Lane is most certainly not in Kansas anymore.
On the cusp of success...
Dillon MacAvoy has one goal–to become a star--whatever it takes. Even if it means honing his bad-boy can’t-be-tamed-and-forever-single image. Besides the image isn't far from the truth. Dillon cares only about his younger brother and his career. He's on the brink of superstardom if he can just decide on the next right script. But for that, he needs a script reader he can trust.
In a strange twist of fate...
Lane Channing is Dillon's last chance. If Lane lasts the summer without becoming MacAvoy's latest conquest, she's guaranteed a job in entertainment. No problem, as long as she can ignore the heat that pulses through her every time Dillon is in the room. After all, love and commitment with a sweet, hometown girl would only ruin the Dillon MacAvoy brand.
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~Excerpt ~
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My
eyes fluttered open. I kicked my foot out from under the comforter on my bed.
I’d had trouble falling asleep when I got back to the house. I flipped over my
cell phone and glanced at the time—it was 2:07 a.m. and I was wide-awake.
Kong
lay curled up on the pillow beside me while Scorsese and Spielberg slept at the
foot of my bed. Bernie lay lengthwise beside me like a human. I ran my hand
across Bernie’s thick fur. My heart hurt. Last week I’d felt bad for Dillon.
I’d felt bad that he was trapped in a horrible place between his parents and
his brother. Parents who, from what it sounded like, wouldn’t accept Choo for
who he was, but yet still wanted to be a part of Dillon’s life.
But
tonight?
Tonight
I didn’t feel bad for Dillon. I felt angry and hurt and shocked at how intense
all my feelings were. There were two Dillons and I kept ping-ponging between
them. There was the guy who’d humiliated me when I was lost and then made me
feel embarrassed again tonight. Frustration spiked through my chest as the
feeling of embarrassment flooded through me with the two memories.
Then
there was the other Dillon. The guy who’d rescued four dogs. The guy who smiled
and gave me the keys to his car. The guy who was sexy as hell and seemed
interested in what I had to say. That was the Dillon my heart hurt for. That
was the Dillon I wanted to know and be around. That Dillon seemed to pop out,
be wildly nice, and then immediately disappear. Maybe I was lucky that the
sweet version of Dillon wasn’t around more. The jerky version I could work for
and ignore.
He
wasn’t someone who wanted a relationship. Already, I’d seen him with a
multitude of different women. Dillon MacAvoy wanted me to walk his dogs and
read his scripts. I brushed a stray hair back from my forehead. Something about
Dillon pressed hard against my heart. I was drawn to him. When he’d grabbed my
arm tonight, heat had jolted through me. When he’d whispered in my ear, even
with the awful words he said, I still couldn’t catch my breath with him so
near. I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to feel those giant hands on my body,
stroking over me where no one had stroked before.
“Oh,
yessss.”
A
moan drifted up from the yard. When I’d gotten home, I’d taken two ibuprofen
and pulled open my balcony doors before I’d gone to bed. I’d hoped the fresh
air would cool my body and my mind.
“Please,
yesss.”
My
heart clenched and I scrunched my eyes closed. A hard, sick feeling lodged in
my belly. The voice was female. There was only one man in this house who could
cause a woman to moan like that.
“Yes,
please, Dillon. Please.”
I
didn’t want to hear this. I couldn’t stand to hear this. I slid my foot to the
floor beneath my bed. I wouldn’t look. Looking would be so bad. I pressed
forward across the floor to the balcony doors. I would pull the doors closed
and then please, hopefully, I wouldn’t have to hear the things I definitely
didn’t want to hear.
I
placed my hand on the knob of the door, but instead of pulling the door closed,
my body moved forward. My heart accelerated as though it would burst through my
ribs. What would I see? My foot stepped out on to the balcony. Every good part
of me screamed don’t do it, don’t look down, but every part that was curious
had to peer over the balcony. I had to see.
I
looked over the edge. The pool lights were on and an aqua glow lit the yard.
The girl with the long black hair was bent over the outdoor lounger. Her eyes
were closed and her mouth was open. Her tongue flicked over her lips as soft,
deep moans flowed from her mouth. Pleasure rushed across her face. She was
naked. Barebacked. Her breasts rocked rhythmically and her ink-black hair fell
to the side of her face.
Behind
her was Dillon. His hands clasped her naked waist with a tight grip. My
fingertips covered my mouth. His face was clenched and his head rolled from
side to side as he pumped his body into her. The muscles of his chest
glistened. His biceps tightened. He threw his head back and opened his eyes.
Our
gazes locked. His blue eyes seared through me—I was frozen. I couldn’t move.
Heat surged through me while my eyes were anchored to him. Heat that pooled in
my belly and between my legs. My heart pounded. The world tilted with the
thought that burst into my brain.
I
wanted to be that girl.
A
growl coursed over his lips as he pumped into her and stared at me. Tingles
cascaded over my skin. I wanted Dillon to strain and growl and be inside me.
I’d never been any of that to any man, but I wanted to be that for Dillon.
I
watched as she moaned and pressed backward. I watched as he thrust hard into
her.
“Yes,
yes!” the girl yelled.
The
sound of her voice broke my trance. I jumped backward into the darkness of my
room. I shouldn’t have watched. I shouldn’t want this.
~Interview with the Author ~
Q: Do you have a routine that you
use to get into the right frame of mind to write?
Maggie: I write first thing in
the morning. My mind is clear and it's the best time for me to get my words
down. Also, I am trying to send a message to my muse that Writing Is Important
by making my writing the first thing I do in my day. Plus, it is so easy with
everything else that goes on in a day to not get the writing done if I don't
make it the first thing I do.
Q: Where did you get the idea or
inspiration for HARD GLAMOUR?
Maggie: I love the New Adult
genre. I've lived and worked in Hollywood and written about Hollywood for
nearly a decade so when Dillon and Lane started telling me their story it
seemed like a natural fit.
Q: What was your favorite part
writing this novel? Don’t forget to tell us why. J
Maggie: I love it when the
characters start to act on their own and surprise me. This usually starts to
happen around page 60 or so. Up to then I am listening to them tell me their
story but I kind of know what they are doing and where I *think* they are going
to go with it but then all the sudden Wham! The characters are off and they are
surprising me with their words and their actions--I love that!
I also
love to write the sex scenes :)
Q: What was the most difficult
part writing this novel?
Maggie: How hard Dillon was as
a male character in the beginning. He is
just so Alpha and in unlikeable and closed off--we start to understand why and
see that this is a defense mechanism and how Lane is able to break through
those barriers but at first he was a really tough guy to like.
Q: What do you like to do when
you are not writing?
Maggie: Read!I love to read! I
read all kinds of books truly it is my favorite activity. I also love chasing
after the children and yoga.
Q: Any future writing news you
would like to share?
Maggie: So many fun things this
year! Broken Glamour, book 2 in the
Glamour Series publishes March 2014, Fast Glamour, book 3 comes out in May, and
finally Easy Glamour, book 4 is set to publish in July.
~ About the Author ~
Maggie Marr grew up in the Midwest and made the move to Los Angeles to work in the movie business. She was a motion picture literary agent for ICM before becoming a full time writer. She's written for film and TV and ghostwritten for celebrities. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children.
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