Just Playing House
A delightful rom-com for fans of forced proximity, second chances, and celebrity romance.
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- 45,00 kr
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- 45,00 kr
Publisher Description
Forced proximity and celebrity romance collide in this delightful novel from the highly praised author of
Accidentally Engaged.
Stylist Marley Kamal has waited years for the chance to be a private shopper for a major celebrity. But finding out that her first big client is the guy she went to prom with - and was promptly ghosted by - seems like the universe is mocking her. Because now Nikhil Shamdasani is back in her life, about to star in a major movie, and is more drop-dead hot than ever . . . at the worst possible time.
Marley's weeks away from an elective double mastectomy and breast reconstruction that's supposed to save her life. But this surgery is going to change things in more ways than she can possibly imagine. For one, Nik is so eager to have her as his stylist that he's offered to stay in her home and take care of her while she recovers.
Now Marley is about to learn that as the door to her old life closes, something - or rather someone - else will enter . . . if she's ready to let him in.
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Praise for Farah Heron
'Heron [writes] crackling banter' Entertainment Weekly
'Farah Heron writes with the keen eye of a satirist and the big heart of a romantic' Jenny Holiday
'Heron writes a compelling story . . . [that] will appeal to readers looking for complex family dramas and sumptuous descriptions of food and cooking' Kirkus
'Heron's sensitive insights infuse this romance with both immense charm and emotional depth' Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this sweet rom-com, Heron (Jana Goes Wild) reunites old flames while pulling back the curtain on the rookie Hollywood experience. Twenty-something Marley Kamal has finally landed her dream position as a personal shopper at Reid's Department Store—but her first celebrity client turns out to be her former prom date, Nik Shamdasani. Nik's just gotten his big break as an actor and desperately needs a stylist who can prepare him for Comic-Con in two weeks, where it will be announced that he's been cast as fan favorite superhero Bronze Shadow. Marley also has a big event looming in two weeks: she's having an elective double mastectomy. She's initially worried that working with Nik will be too awkward, but he makes her an offer she can't refuse: he'll serve as her live-in caregiver during her recovery from surgery. The two commit to a working relationship, but while living together and relying on each other, the feelings they thought they left at prom night resurface. Heron incorporates a timely discussion of racial inequities in Hollywood and sensitively handles Marley's medical status, but keeps things fairly surface-level and light throughout. Still, readers looking for a breezy contemporary with closed-door sex scenes will be well pleased.
