With careers on the rise, now isn’t the time to fall in love.

Blurb: Granger Kirby is over being known only as a heartthrob. He wants accolades for his talent, not just his looks, but being a paparazzi magnet is what keeps the scripts coming. His agent wants him in yet another publicity romance for an upcoming film, yet enough is enough for him. And when he reconnects with an acquaintance from his improv class, he realizes he may have found just who he needs to slingshot him to the next level.

Dr. Deena Newsome’s phobia of crowds and public speaking isn’t going away. In fact, it’s getting worse. And even though the improv class she’d taken to help with that hadn’t, at least she met some cool people out of the deal—including Hollywood hottie Granger Kirby. When he offers to give her one-on-one lessons on how to manage crowds in exchange for being his girlfriend decoy, she agrees. She can’t be a professor if she’s too afraid to teach, after all; and if she hadn’t gone all swoony for Granger when they’d shared a five-week improv class during the summer, surely she can fall back on the skills she’s learned and pretend she has.

And although they are both professionals in their fields, they are amateurs when it comes to matters of the heart.

Setting: Los Angeles, California

A lot of sun and stars. Warm weather and even hotter nights. But Granger likes the quiet times and Deena must learn not to be afraid to shine.

Characters: The Actor & the Professor

Granger Kirby

Granger has been in show business nearly all his life, from local commercials and modeling in his hometown of Muskogee, OK, until he hopped on the first Greyhound after high school graduation to sunny Los Angeles. He’s put in nearly fifteen years of Hollywood work; and while he’s a household name now, it’s more because of his face and his off-screen romantic partners than his on-screen talent. But he’s eyeing a role that could have the media care about his professional life more than his personal one. And Deena Newsome was perfect because she wouldn’t seek out the press like his previous partners have and, well, if a woman with a doctorate chose him, then he must be a man of some substance, right?

Dr. Deena Newsome

Deena has always felt more comfortable around books than people, accepting a visiting professorship right out of graduate school was too much of a financial blessing to pass up, especially considering the reduced rent her mentor charging her to live in his carriage house. She’d thought coming back to her undergrad setting would mediate her dread at public speaking, but her classes were going beyond abysmally bad. Luckily for her, she has access to a successful Hollywood actor willing to give her private lessons on how to own the spotlight. And if her mentor happens to be the author of the memoir renowned director is adapting into a film, well, at least she could give Granger Kirby that networking connection in return. She really doesn’t like taking without being able to offer something in return.

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