| Author: | Alexandra Richland | ISBN: | 9780988004733 |
| Publisher: | Alexandra Richland | Publication: | April 30, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alexandra Richland |
| ISBN: | 9780988004733 |
| Publisher: | Alexandra Richland |
| Publication: | April 30, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
October 1952 finds eighteen-year-old Marie Bates relocating from her rainy hometown in the Pacific Northwest to the sun-soaked streets of Los Angeles, California. Marie's plans for a teaching career take an unexpected turn when she's asked to film a screen test at Starlight Motion Picture Studios.
Renamed Elizabeth Sutton by the studio heads, she lands her first role as an extra. On set, Beth spies Aidan Evans, a rebellious, twenty-three-year-old Method actor from New York. Aidan is branded as a stuck-up troublemaker by his famous Hollywood peers, but Beth suspects a tragic secret lurks behind his steely facade.
As their careers hit the fast track and friendship evolves into romance, the expectations of Hollywood stardom threaten to shine a spotlight on Aidan's dark past before he can make peace with it. Beth must help Aidan confront the painful event that shattered his life and conquer a terrifying truth before it destroys him and their future together.
Starlight is the first book in The Starlight Trilogy, a story of love and redemption set against the backdrop of the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Starlight is the first book in The Starlight Trilogy, a story of love and redemption set against the backdrop of the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Five Reasons To Read The Starlight Trilogy:
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A sweeping technicolor tale of forbidden romance.
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A detailed homage to the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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Cameos from many of your favorite classic film stars.
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Transformation of a small town girl to silver screen starlet through Hollywood’s unforgiving lens.
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Close-up of a 1950s bad boy channeling a tragic past and the stress of sudden super stardom through the art of Method acting.
October 1952 finds eighteen-year-old Marie Bates relocating from her rainy hometown in the Pacific Northwest to the sun-soaked streets of Los Angeles, California. Marie's plans for a teaching career take an unexpected turn when she's asked to film a screen test at Starlight Motion Picture Studios.
Renamed Elizabeth Sutton by the studio heads, she lands her first role as an extra. On set, Beth spies Aidan Evans, a rebellious, twenty-three-year-old Method actor from New York. Aidan is branded as a stuck-up troublemaker by his famous Hollywood peers, but Beth suspects a tragic secret lurks behind his steely facade.
As their careers hit the fast track and friendship evolves into romance, the expectations of Hollywood stardom threaten to shine a spotlight on Aidan's dark past before he can make peace with it. Beth must help Aidan confront the painful event that shattered his life and conquer a terrifying truth before it destroys him and their future together.
Starlight is the first book in The Starlight Trilogy, a story of love and redemption set against the backdrop of the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Starlight is the first book in The Starlight Trilogy, a story of love and redemption set against the backdrop of the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Five Reasons To Read The Starlight Trilogy:
-
A sweeping technicolor tale of forbidden romance.
-
A detailed homage to the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
-
Cameos from many of your favorite classic film stars.
-
Transformation of a small town girl to silver screen starlet through Hollywood’s unforgiving lens.
-
Close-up of a 1950s bad boy channeling a tragic past and the stress of sudden super stardom through the art of Method acting.
