Title: The Redhead Revealed
Author: Alice Clayton
Publisher/Year: Gallery Books 11/5/13
Length: 32- Pages
Series: Redhead Series #2
Overview
LONG-DISTANCE LOVE JUST GOT HOTTER!
Life is sweet. Grace Sheridan has just won her dream role in a new off-Broadway play, and the talented hunk flooding her phone with scintillating texts and scandalous photos is Jack Hamilton, the twenty-four-year-old “it” Brit whose Hollywood career is about to climax faster than . . . you know. So what if their steamy relationship is bicoastal and under wraps, or that L.A. fangirls are grabbing Jack’s ass?
Absence does make the heart grow fonder and the libido hotter, but their few weekend visits feel more more like fast food than the five-course dinner they crave. And then—the creator of Grace’s new show is the man who broke her heart back in college, and he seems to have written the play just to make amends with his leading lady.
As rumors spread that Jack and his lovely, leggy ex-girlfriend have gotten back together, Grace starts to wonder about her own feelings. Can lust alone keep our favorite, feisty duo together, or will Grace find herself back in safer, more familiar arms?
My Thoughts
This is such a sweet story and to see where we go in this second installment is a compelling and intriguing space. We know that things are off to a great start with Grace and Jack, yet we know that their lives are about to take them on a path that’s so far from one another that it’s going to be incredibly hard.
Where we left off, Grace has just moved to New York to start working on an off Broadway show, ironically being directed by a man from her past where there are unsettled bits and pieces – they never got their closure and we see that there’s something going on there now – even 20 years in the future. There’s also the fact that Jack’s movie is about to come out and there’s so much press and attention being paid to him that you know there’s going to be jealousy and hurt feelings.
That’s exactly what happens. While they talk to each other as much as they can, they can’t manage to see each other in person, and that’s putting strain on things. Jack is being photographed more and more, and often there’s a woman named Marcia on his arm – a girl that he dated in the past and a woman that the press wants to link him to once again. Holly, both of their agent is in the camp of ‘let them believe that Marcia is the girlfriend’ so that there’s more buzz generated to raise Jack’s star, and while it’s a valid point, it’s hard on both of them.
Then there’s Michael and Grace – there is something between them and we’re not yet sure what. I think that it’s clear that Michael wants to be with Grace, and while Grace is so in love with Jack, there’s something growing there that’s clearly more than friendship. The question really becomes who will make a move and what will be the implications to the Grace/Jack story.
Just when we think that things are going well, there’s an implosion, and their world come crashing down. It’s perhaps too much for them to handle since Grace is in a different place in her life than Jack and perhaps wants to make sure that he’s not sacrificing for her. We really don’t know if they’re going to be able to make it work, especially when there are so many other people in the mix.
Where we are left off at the end of this second book is a place where there are still so many questions. Will Jack and Grace make it? Will they ever be able to live in the same place since we know that Jack still considers London home, and what will all the people around them add to the mess?
Add to that some really steamy scenes – all written in the same fun and hot way that Ms Clayton always does it. There’s so much sexual chemistry between these two to make the scenening hot, but there’s so much fun banter and humor in it that keeps it real and entertaining. So…on that note, onto the next book. Enjoy!
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