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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 City of
Angels?
You would think sprinting across a movie
studio, frantically waving a skirt over my head while onlookers gaped in
alarmed bewildered, would have calmed my frenzy. You would be wrong. With each
stomped step I rehashed the script changes, prop swaps, recasting, and inferior
costuming. Or, as I now liked to refer to them, the elements that pushed me
over the brink to finally achieving full-blown, bat-shit crazy status.
“Camden! Camden!” I
shouted, loud enough to strain my throat, the instant I caught a glimpse of
him.
His thumbs were looped in his front
pockets, and his denim shirt rolled up his forearms. An annoyingly charming
smile curled across his face as he turned my way. That lone dimple plunged deep
into his cheek.
Between heaving pants, I recited the speech
I’d mentally prepared on my long journey across the excessively large lot.
“Hey! I’ve got a question for you. If we hit a local bookstore we could
probably find every book I’ve ever released. If you want, I
could gather them all up in a big pile so you can take a shit right
on them. Would you like that?”
Kole’s eyes narrowed while his amused smile
held steady, as if he was struggling to find his place in an argument I’d
jumped a few chapters ahead in. “I feel like I know the right answer here, but
there’s a chance this is a trick question.”
“No, I’m serious!” I ranted, flicking a
stray lock of hair from my eyes. “Because you seem so hell
bent on destroying everything I’ve created, maybe we could try this method as a
time saver!”
“You know,” Kole tilted his head, his arms
crossing over his chest, “after the whole pizza and beer comment I was a little
worried things would be awkward between us, but I was wrong.
Now it’s awkward. I see the distinction.”
“Aubrey!” Tandy
hollered, her parts jiggling enough to catch the eye of every straight man on
the premises in her jog to catch up. “Let’s take a time out before you yank
your earrings off and forget you’re a lady.”
“Nah, don’t tell her that!” Mateo rushed
after her, holding his baggy pants up by his belt buckle. “Tackle her to the
ground, roll around a little! I’ll video it and add it to my spank bank!”
“Ugh! Why the hell are
you following me, you perverted little troll?”
Ignoring their banter, I clasped my
trembling hands in front of me and brought them to my lips. I forced myself to
take a minute before I blurted something I couldn’t take back. “I mean no
disrespect, truly. I’m sure Killer Robots from Outer Space,
or whatever it was called, was a cinematic masterpiece. I’m just not sure your
… vision is right for this film.”
“It was the sixth in the franchise,
actually. That would make it KRFOS6, by your titling.” His
smile tightened around the edges, acting as the only hint of his underlying
annoyance. Taking a step closer, he dropped his voice to a gruff whisper only I
could hear—much to the disappointment of the crowd that had gathered. “I’ve
directed Shakespeare to historic war films, and everything in between.
If the content is there, I can bring it to life. Simple as
that.”
“If?” I scoffed at his
audacity, and I’m not an avid scoffer. “Two hundred and six weeks on the
New York Times Best Sellers list says there’s
something worthwhile there.”
“Not every person that
goes to the movies is a horny housewife,” he brought one hand to the side of
his mouth as if revealing a huge secret to me alone, “so we may need to broaden
our appeal just a tad.”
A colorful spew of expletives was about to
purge from my lips when Duncan stepped forward, nerves having drained his
complexion waxy.
“Mr. Camden?” he cautiously interjected
from a safe distance—just in case one of us started swinging. “You’re needed on
set. Greyson says he’s having trouble finding his motivation for the new
scene.”
“That’s my cue. Unless there was something
else, Ms. Evans?” Kole grinned, one ebony brow raising in an open dare for me
to make more of a spectacle of myself.
Oh, how I wanted to call him every name I
could think of, then make up a few new ones just for fun. Instead, I rose up on
my tiptoes and jabbed my index finger into the dead center of his forehead.
“This is me putting a pin in our conversation. It
isn’t over.”
In a bold move, his hand encircled my wrist
and he tugged me to him. His firm but gentle grasp scorched my skin. My breath
caught in a hitch, his penetrating stare making my muscles weak … despite my
better judgment. “I’d be deeply disappointed if it
was.”
I wanted to be outraged he had
dared touch me; however, I found my attentions were fixated
on his lips as they formed each word. Dropping my hand, his lashes brushed the
top of his cheek in a quick, cocky wink and then he was gone. Turning on his
heel, he strode off with a determined gait, leaving Duncan scrambling to keep
up and me stewing in my own pressure cooker of pheromones laced with
contempt.
RONE Award Winner for Best YA Paranormal Work of 2012 for
Embrace, a Gryphon Series Novel
Young Adult and Teen Reader voted Author of
the Year 2012
Turning Pages Magazine Winner for Best YA
book of 2013 & Best Teen Book of 2013
Stacey Rourke is the author of the award
winning YA Gryphon Series as well as the chillingly suspenseful Legends Saga.
She lives in Michigan with her husband, two beautiful daughters, and two giant
dogs. She loves to travel, has an unhealthy shoe addiction, and considers
herself blessed to make a career out of talking to the imaginary people that
live in her head.
Congratulations on your new release, Stacey!
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