4 Smooches!
Synopsis
I am not hurt.
I don’t need a second chance with him, or a life I thought I had.
While he was out forgetting me to become a movie star, I was building a career out of nothing. A career as a paparazzi, but a career. For a foster kid who bounced around every home in Los Angeles, that wasn’t easy.
This camera is all I have.
He’s nothing to me. Every time I take his picture and sell it, I remind myself that I did it all without him or his approval, his cinnamon smell or his clear green eyes. He lights up the screen like a celestial body, but he’s nothing but a paycheck to me.
He can throw my camera off a balcony, and nothing has to change. We can stay king and queen of the same city, and different worlds.
Except this is Hollywood, and here, anything can happen.
Review
I have been known to quite enjoy C.D. Reiss’ books. In the past her books have been sexy and alluring in a naughty and kinky kind of way. I knew that ShutterGirl was going to be different as this one is a contemporary romance and not erotica. I was excited for it though because I do love Ms. Reiss’ writing. It is poetic and rhythmic and always lures me right in. ShutterGirl did not disappoint.
This is the story of one celebrity, and much as the city, he is mine.
ShutterGirl is told in alternating point of views; Laine and Michael’s. Laine and Michael are from two different sides of the tracks. Laine grew up rough and in foster care. Michael was raised with loads of money and family stardom. They meet in their teens but nothing really comes of their mutual attraction. Now Michael and Laine are adults and he is the hunted and she is the hunter. In other words Michael is a very famous movie star and Laine is the best of the best of paparazzi. But even behind the lens she can feel her attraction to Michael.
“He was lightning before a rainstorm, drowning a dark road in white light for a split second before night soaked the way.”
Michael knows that he should stay away from Laine too. This kind of relationship is dangerous to both of their careers, but she is simply irresistible to him.
“I wanted to touch something with the blood of life coursing through it. I was going to chase Laine.”
Laine and Michael’s relationship really spins both of their worlds in a tale spin that they could never imagine and that is really the best part of this story. The angst of being in the spotlight and when the past comes back to bite both of them in the ass.
ShutterGirl is VERY different from C.D. Reiss’ Submission Series so try not to get hung up on that. If you are fan of dramatic contemporary romances with action packed plots then this is the story for you. Through in some fabulous writing and you have an instant hit! Really enjoyed this one!
“I knew this city like a lover, and she’d whisper her secrets to me.”
~Amie
