Exposure
A Love Story
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If only life were as simple as smiling for the camera.
After years of braving the Arctic’s frigid temperatures or endless hours tracking the Spirit Bear to capture the perfect shot for National Geographic, Meg Jeffries decides to move back to the city—San Francisco. She wants a life with more stability. The kind that lets her see her family more than once a year and comes with owning a toaster or a full-sized tube of toothpaste. But creating her new “normal” is not without its obstacles. Meg is confident and successful behind a camera. A little extra publicity can’t change that… until it does.
Westin Drake is famous for fast cars and box office sales. Yet he’s a terrible driver and secretly hopes his fifteen minutes is almost up. West moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco, looking for some substance and time near his family. But now that the buzz of his next film, Full Throttle – Floor It, is hitting maximum fervor, West keeps everyone at arm’s length so he can protect the people he loves… until he can’t.
When the public mistakes a simple kiss on the cheek for a budding romance, Meg and West are caught in a media frenzy. Somewhere amid the backseat getaways and plastered smiles, Meg discovers the man behind the glossy photographs, and West wonders how he’ll ever let her go once the cameras stop rolling. Love is never simple, especially when the world’s watching. How much are two people willing to expose for a chance at a true happily ever after?
Below are courtesy content warnings to the best recollection. They cover the major topics/themes, but may not be as nuanced as other trigger/content warning sites.
- death of a partner, alcohol, casual sex, celebrity invasion of privacy
Note: Each Love Story is a standalone. There are some shared characters throughout the books (siblings, friends, etc.) Closely related books are often distinguishable by the similar covers. The book order so far is as follows:
- Premiere
- Candidate
- Taste
- Reserved
- Stirred
- Vacancy
- Playbook
- Exposure
- Brew
- Smooth
- Tap
- Blow
- Catch
- Stay
Klantrecensies
Real love in spite of media madness.
Tracy Ewens, ‘Exposure: A Love Story’.
As a Hidden Gems ARC reader I received a free copy and promised an honest review. Here it is.
Rating: 3,5 stars (of 5).
In general: Real love in spite of media madness.
Main characters:
- Meg Jeffries.
Photographer, specialized in exotic landscapes and animals published in National Geographic. Two years ago she preferred her job above her boy-friend. It resulted in a bitter break up. Now she’s on a cross-road in her life. After years of living in the nature regions of foreign countries she feels lonely and she wants to spend more time with her family.
- Westin McNaughton.
A movie actor (pseudonym Westin Drake) often playing the bad-ass womanizer. He was raised in Petaluma where his brothers own a brewery, moved to L.A. and is now living in San Francisco. He’s successful, wealthy and famous, but a bit tired of paparazzi, fans, media, PR advisors and movies in which he cannot show his real acting talent. He’s more interested in nature protection projects and his family in Petaluma.
Meg and Wes meet during a campaign for nature protection. They like each other in spite of their very different way of living. She, working on her own in remote areas and he, a famous movie star surrounded with the media.
The author, Tracy Ewens, describes with a lot af feeling how both sympathetic main characters struggle to adapt to the style of life of the other. It results in much doubt about the success of their relationship in the real world, fear of losing independence and a successful career or wondering about the opinion of their families. For me Meg and Wes - two strong personalities - have perhaps a bit too much uncertainties and changes of opinion to remain credible. So it took a little long before these two nice main characters ultimately found happiness.
R. Huiszoon.