Book Blurb
Johnny Moretti, bassist of American rock band The Dead Hour, is hot, single and in demand with women, but he’s becoming disillusioned with the rock star lifestyle. Not that he wants to settle down like his band mate, Jed. Hell, no. He just wants something more out of life than meaningless hook-ups.
While filming for a popular UK chat show, he meets American TV actress Darcy Swanson for the second time. As with the first time they met, there’s no love lost between them so when their lives are thrown together unexpectedly when a traumatic incident involving movie superstar Jack Ford occurs, neither knows quite how to handle it.
With Johnny facing prison and Darcy’s hard-earned career in serious jeopardy, they both need to confront their pasts and face up to the truth, but are they be brave enough to do it?
A web of Hollywood cover-ups begins to surface, but will Johnny and Darcy be the first spark to light the fire and run the risk of getting seriously burnt or will they stay silent and suffer the consequences?
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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
Johnny is a
member of the band The Dead Hour. The
band is starting to really take off. He
comes face to face with starlet Darcy Swanson.
She basically shunned him the last time they saw each other. He refuses to play her games so he acts
uninterested this time. She goes off
with another male actor, Jack Ford, instead.
However Johnny comes across both in a bad position. Darcy’s position is dire and Johnny steps in
to lend a hand.
Unfortunately
it blows up in his face when Jack presses charges for assault when Johnny never
touched him. Darcy is caught between her
career and doing the right thing. Darcy
decides she can’t keep doing what she is doing.
She needs to make a drastic change.
Her fear almost gets the best of her but she refuses to let Johnny get
arrested for something he didn't do even if the fallout will be horrendous for
her. It’s the right thing to do.
Things get
crazy but Johnny is there for her. But
when the past starts getting in the way and everything starts playing out in
the press, Darcy doesn’t know which way to turn.
I like this
series about the band. I’ve read the
first ones and have become attached to the guys. I usually like the female characters. However in this case I wasn’t crazy about
Darcy. I didn’t like her attitude. I couldn’t relate to her at all. I thought she was pretty selfish and weak as
a main character. I did like the issue
between Mega-star Jack and her. The
author did a fabulous job of shining a light on the dark side of Hollywood and
victim blaming when it comes to sexual assault.
The storyline was interesting and I like how Darcy finally brought to
light what happened but hated how she treated Johnny. She avoided that issue and ran away. That just added to my dislike of her.
So I liked
the storyline and the characters except Darcy.
I tried to like her toward the end but couldn’t do it. So with that in mind I give this story a 3.5
out of 5.
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