Expected Release Date: March 2, 2013
Book Description:
Once upon a time in New York City, there was a
down-on-his-luck actor named Reeve, who was talented and gorgeous in that
dreamy, broody sort of way that makes all the women swoon. But show biz is a
rough biz –he lost out on a part in a big film, and now his day job hours have been
cut too. What’s a handsome young thing in need of a role to do?
Enter Sutton Brenner. She’s sexy and shrewd and the most
top-notch casting director there is. She’s this close to landing a coveted gig casting
a film based on a best-selling mega-romance novel, but there’s a catch. After
one too many transgressions with lovely single ladies, the film’s philandering
producer has been put on a short leash by his wife, who’s forbidden him from
working with anyone unattached.
So the happily single Sutton strikes a pact with Reeve –
play the role of her fiancée until she closes the deal, and he’s guaranteed to
get an audition for the starring role in the film.
But as the two play pretend, the lines between make-believe
and matters of the heart start to blur. Especially after that hot night in the
balcony of the Broadway theater. And that scorching afternoon in the stacks of
the New York Public Library. Who’s playing who? Or is someone else really the
director in the secret affair of their lives?
PRETENDING HE’S MINE is a 30,000 word companion novella in
the New York Times and USA Today bestselling CAUGHT UP IN US series.
(It’s not necessary to have read CAUGHT UP IN US to enjoy
PRETENDING HE’S MINE. This is not a sequel. However, CAUGHT UP IN US fans
should be pleased to know that Jill has several scenes and that both Kat and
Bryan appear in a key scene in this novella! There will also be a bonus scene
from CAUGHT UP IN US never seen before included in the novella!)
Excerpt:
“You were all weird and awkward when I kissed you at your
office,” he added.
“I’m sorry. I was just surprised.”
“I know. But we need to make sure you don’t jump the next
time I kiss you.”
“We do?”
“Well that would give it away, wouldn’t it? You need to get
used to
being kissed by me.”
“Okay,” she said with a business-like nod.
“That means we need to practice.”
“Practice kiss,” she said slowly, then nodded quickly.
“Right. Of course. Like a stage kiss. Like actors. So of course we’ll stage kiss.”
She sounded chipper and cheery, as if she were trying to
convince herself. She seemed to need the convincing, so he went along with it.
“Think of this as a dress rehearsal. We’re prepping for the
big kiss scene that makes the audience swoon and totally believe we’re in love.
Got it?”
She nodded.
“Ready?”
“Right here in the dressing room?”
“What better place to rehearse a kiss than a dressing room?”
“Totally. Absolutely. Definitely.”
Reeve wondered how many more adverbs she’d need to utter
before he kissed her. Perhaps they were a sort of liquid courage. Either way,
he knew he had to lead. He suspected he had more experience with stage kisses
than she’d had.
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