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Highly acclaimed, award-winning author of Act Like It Lucy Parker returns readers to the London stage with laugh-out-loud wit and plenty of drama
The play's the flingIt's not actress Lily Lamprey's fault that she's all curves and has the kind of voice that can fog up a camera lens. She wants to prove where her real talents lie—and that's not on a casting couch, thank you. When she hears esteemed director Luc Savage is renovating a legendary West End theater for a lofty new production, she knows it could be her chance—if only Luc wasn't so dictatorial, so bad-tempered and so incredibly sexy.
Luc Savage has respect, integrity and experience. He also has it bad for Lily. He'd be willing to dismiss it as a midlife crisis, but this exasperating, irresistible woman is actually a very talented actress. Unfortunately, their romance is not only raising questions about Lily's suddenly rising career, it's threatening Luc's professional reputation. The course of true love never did run smooth. But if they're not careful, it could bring down the curtain on both their careers…
ARC received for review purposes in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Lucy Parker was one of my favorite author finds last year. I devoured and thoroughly enjoyed her book Act Like It after recommendations from a couple of friends. To say that I was excited when I received her newest, Pretty Face, would be an understatement of epic proportions. I quit whatever I was reading at the time, and jumped right into the story. Once again, Lucy Parker has crafted what has got to be one of my favorite books of all time in a smart, delightful and romantic packaging.
There are two main reasons why I find Lucy Parker’s books to be huge successes , the first being her characterizations. She writes characters that are memorable in every way. In Pretty Face, she introduces readers to Luc and Lily, two characters who charmed me and stole my heart. I loved them both so much as individuals and as the story progressed, I grew even fonder of them. We have Lily, a 26 year old soap opera actress who is seen as nothing but a pretty face thanks to her sexy-breathy voice and has a hard time getting people to see her as an actress with potential. I felt for her and her dilemma, and also admired her tenacity to reach her goals. There was something about her voice that I connected with and I think a lot of readers will connect with too. Then we have Luc, a 40 year play director, who was more on the mature, grumpy and gruffy side. As you can imagine, I fell hopelessly in love with Luc, and even though he could be a bit of an ass at times, he was a man who was willing to admit when he was wrong.
The second reason why I love Lucy Parker’s books are her smart romances. The romance in Pretty Face had plenty of tropes that I absolutely adore including, forbidden romance and hate-to-love, and they were executed perfectly. Both Lily and Luc have pre-conceived notions of each other, and they battle it out with words when they first meet. Over the course of Luc’s play, they begin to see each other in different lights. The romance had a slow and sultry quality to it, filled with lots of witty banter, smart dialogue and deliciously subtle swoony scenes. The thing that’s so great about Parker’s mastery in writing these romances is that she doesn’t have to rely on heavily explicit sex scenes to show readers the explosive chemistry between her couples. No, she does that through the small, but charged touches and looks here and there. Lily and Luc’s emotional connection had my heart aching and racing, and yes I realize I sound like I was having heart failure, but that is exactly how I felt. I simply could not get enough of them and what was even better, this was a couple that talked, and avoided major misunderstandings in the process. Family dynamics and the London theatre scene were also at the center of Pretty Face, and they yet more aspects that were written flawlessly. It was interesting to read how all these bonds these characters had infiltrated every essence of their lives.
As you can tell, Pretty Face is going down as one of the best romance books that I have ever read. My romance nerds, if you haven’t read Lucy Parker’s charming books yet, I need you all to read her books. I promise that with this breathtaking book, your reading lives will be changed 100% for the better. While I wait for the author to pen her next book, I will be eagerly re-devouring Pretty Face and Act Like It.
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