Crashing the A-List
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4.0 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"Come for the romance, but stay for the hysterical dialogue." —NPR
After four months of unemployment, former book editor Clara Montgomery is officially stuck—stuck sleeping on her little brother’s ugly couch in Queens, stuck scrolling through job listings in search of a new editorial position…and just desperate enough to take on a temporary gig clearing out abandoned storage units. If nothing else, she’s determined to keep her rapidly dwindling savings account intact.
Unfortunately, she is in no way prepared for stumbling upon dead snakes or dealing with glass jars that she’s convinced are full of pickled eyeballs. And why does everything seem to smell like beets?
Then Clara comes across a unit that was once owned by an escort service and finds the brothel “résumé” of a younger Caspian Tiddleswich, an astonishingly famous British actor. She has no intention of cashing in on her discovery, but her awkward attempts to reassure Caspian that his secret is safe go awry. Now Caspian is convinced that Clara is a blackmailer, the tabloids have her pegged as Caspian’s newest girlfriend…and Clara begins to find the A-lister’s charms more irresistible than she expected.
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Down-on-her-luck editor Clara Montgomery stumbles her way into celebrity romance in this frivolous romantic comedy. Unemployed and desperate, Clara is clearing out abandoned storage units for extra cash when she comes across the decades-old records of an escort service and sees a face she recognizes: British actor Caspian Tiddleswich, who will remind readers very much of Benedict Cumberbatch. Clara recklessly uses the contacts of a publicist friend to reach Caspian and tell him about the find, but her drunken attempt to reassure Caspian that she has no intentions of blackmailing him go horribly awry. Shortly after, the angry actor shows up at her door, leading paparazzi to peg her as his secret new girlfriend. The two endure a torturous mutual hatred as he extorts her in revenge for what he thinks is her scheme to force him to date her, but as their true intentions start to become clearer, the two become genuinely close. Though the book is light on substance and its central relationship is pretty toxic, those looking for beach vacation fluff might find it suitable.
Customer Reviews
Awesome banter and a fabulous best friend
I received an ARC of this book to read through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. Crashing The A-List by Summer Heacock is the first book I’ve read by this author and it won’t be the last. I started reading this book around dinner time and kept reading until I’d finished it with total disregard for my long and busy day at work the next day. Clara Montgomery a book editor has lost her job when her publishing company is bought out by a giant of a company, her roommate kicked her out and she is now sleeping on her brother’s sofa and has taken on the task of cleaning out abandoned/repossessed storage units for her sister-in-law’s uncle who may or may not be connected. One of the storage units contains the paperwork from an escort service and it turns out one of the escorts is now an A-List British actor, Caspian Tiddleswich. The story is classic enemies to lovers/fake engagement as he thinks she’s going to blackmail him and she thinks he’s going to have her arrested and when a picture of them with him looking angry and her crying hits the tabloids his agents think a pretend relationship will calm the publicity waters. Fabulous banter, an awesome best friend and one of the best most heartfelt apologies make this such a fun book to read. I highly recommend reading this book. Sweet more than steamy. Publishing Date July 9, 2019 #NetGalley #SummerHeacock #CrashingTheAList #HarlequinMira #HarlequinPublishing
A cute funny RomCom!
Clara was a book editor until she got laid off and now she's sleeping on her brother's couch. To help get back on her feet, Clara takes a job cleaning out abandoned storage units and in one unit she finds all the files for an old escort service. Then on a drunken night, she phones one of escorts trying to tell him she has the file. So a few days later when Caspian (who now is a A-list actor) shows up at her apartment and states that he will call the police on her for trying to blackmail him, but he will let her go if she agrees to be is girlfriend till he goes back to London.
This book made me laugh out loud at the stupid situations Clara and her BFF get into. At first I didn't like Cas ... then I did ... then I didn't ... and so on! But Clara was a character I found endearing right from the start. The only thing that made me mad was when Clara kept forgiving Cas ... I don't know if I could have done that after the really crappy way he treated her. But isn't that the sign of a good book when it can make you mad and laugh in the same chapter?
I received an early copy courtesy of Harlequin-Mira through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.