WARNING: The hero in this book is not an asshole. He is hot, charming, smart, funny, ripped, gorgeous, respectful and completely panty-melting. Please proceed.
A sexy and swoony new adult romance...
Celebrity photographer and college senior Jess Leighton desperately needs to crash the wedding of the year. Snapping just one pic of the A-list Hollywood couple tying the knot will pay her way through grad school. But with security tighter than the bride-to-be's corset, she'll need more than her camera and smarts, she'll need help from her biggest rival--hot, British, motorcycle-riding William Harrigan, whose sexy accent can melt the panties off any woman. He's the last person Jess should trust, but he's her only ticket in.
William Harrigan wants one thing - to stay in L.A. past college graduation. With a student visa set to expire, the clock is ticking. When he lands a gig that pairs him with the beautiful blond spitfire Jess, he's scored his best shot at living out the American dream. Winning her trust would be a whole lot easier, however, if he didn't have ulterior motives...
But there's no faking the intense attraction between them. Try as they might to resist each other, soon sparks are flying, as they devise a plan to sneak into the ceremony. But when Jess' new celebrity client raises the stakes, she starts to smell blackmail, and soon she and Will are chasing down cheating directors, staking out clandestine trysts, and making fake IDs, all while sneaking scene-stealing kisses and hot nights together.
The audience loves a happy ending, but in a town where everyone's acting and no one's playing by the rules, can Jess and William find their own ever after in time?
**Stars in Their Eyes is the start of the sexy, swoony and scandalous new adult series Wrapped Up in Love, which is a spin-off of the NYT and USA Today Bestselling Caught Up in Love series. You don't need to have read Caught Up in Love to follow this new series, but you'll likely enjoy those books!**
.jpg)
Stars In Their Eyes was a tantalizing tale of sexy, swoony, and intriguing characters. This is the second book in the Wrapped Up In Love Series which is a spin off novel of The Caught Up In Love series. Not only did we get to enjoy Stars In Their Eyes but we got to read a Starstruck Kiss which is the first book and it lays the course of this book. I would give this book a 3.5 stars, and would recommend it to others.
This is Jess and William's story
Jess is a college senior and pays for her schooling by her job as being a paparazzi, she is looking for the big payout so that she can pay for medical school. William is from England and is in America on a college visa, but he doesn't want to go back he wants to stay and the only way for him to do that is to get a permanent job or get married. Well he knows marriage is out of the question but he is determined to find the job.
When Jess and Williams worlds collide because they are now competing for the big pay out/job for different reasons. When Jess realizes the big pay out will come with a price and that is she will need William to help her get the big prize.. but who will be willing to give up what they need? Or will the sparks between them ignite and there passion will over rule there needs? Or will Williams secret tear there lives apart?
There is only one way to find out what happens in this book you have to get a one-clicking! I will continue to follow Lauren Blakely's journey and look forward to much more from her in the near future.
Stars In Their Eyes by Lauren Blakely was a light-hearted romance with the back-drop of the celebrity fueled life that many live within in LA. This is book 2 in the Wrapped Up in Love Series; following A Starstuck Kiss. This book was a 3.5 star read for me and I would recommend it to those looking for a quick, funny read with a happily ever after.
Jess is a goal oriented college student who thrives on the control in her life. Working as a paparazzo in LA to help pay her way through college and the fast approaching medical school, she spends her time in between classes with her camera, capturing the everyday lives of the rich and famous around Hollywood. It is while having a meeting with her boss that she meets William, who she believes is also another paparazzo which a hot british accent and a body to match. Jess has no room for guys in her carefully controlled life and she worries that her growing attraction to William will lead to a downward spiral that she does not want to deal with again. Constantly being pushed together, Jess believing it's because they are competing for the same money winning shot, but William knowing that there is a entirely different reason, she slowly lets down some of her walls and begins to spend time with him; all the while worrying that she will be pushed off course.
William is a British language student, in the United States on a student visa that expires when he graduates in two months. Desperately trying to find a job, that requires a skill only he possesses so that his student visa can be turned into a work visa; he meets Jess and instantly has yet another reason to want to stay in the US permanently. Working for his uncle, who he is hoping will give him a permanent job, he works to break down the walls that he knows Jess has carefully constructed for some reason. He can't explain the pull that he has for her but all he knows is that he needs to spend as much time with her as possible.
After revealing the real reason that he was working for her boss, taking pictures of paparazzo that he doesn't recognize, they begin to work together; helping each other to hopefully reach their goals. William has an in to the wedding of the year, where a picture can pay for 2 years of medical school for Jess and doing well could mean a permanent job with his uncle. It is only when they find out the truth, that the wedding they carefully planned for Jess to crash is nothing but a fake, that everything seems to almost fall apart. Did William play her? Or did he really not know that this whole thing was a scam to through the paparazzo off the scent? Jess has to decide what she will believe, and it is only through a change encounter with a star that she realizes the truth, that she loves William and wants to be with him.
"His words this time were both beautiful and sexy, and they filled me with joy and sorrow as he told me how much he loved me, more than he's ever loved anyone, more than he ever will, and how he'll miss every inch of me inside and out. Always."
And don’t miss the FREE Prequel Novella, A STARSTRUCK KISS!
Lauren Blakely writes sexy contemporary romance novels with heat, heart, and humor, and her books have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. Like the heroine in FAR TOO TEMPTING, she thinks life should be filled with family, laughter, and the kind of love that love songs promise. Lauren lives in California with her husband, children, and dogs. Her novels include Caught Up In Us, Pretending He’s Mine, Playing With Her Heart, and Trophy Husband. She also writes for young adults under the name Daisy Whitney.
