B- Reviews / Book Reviewsactor/actress / classic literature / Contemporary / critic / enemies to lovers / England / family drama / family relationships / Jane Austen / theater2 Comments
In which experienced West End actress Freddy Carlton takes on an Austen-inspired play, a scandal at a country estate, an enthusiastic search for a passion outside of acting…and the (some people might say icy*) heart of London’s most feared theater critic. *if those people were being nice Freddy Carlton knows ... more >
C- Reviewsactor/actress / contemperroneous / Contemporary / fake girlfriend / theater21 Comments
Dear Ms. Parker, I approached your contemporary romance set in the world of the London theater, Act Like It, with anticipation, for two reasons. First, I have a bit of theatrical experience, both on stage and (more) behind it, so I love to read books set in this milieu. Second, ... more >
Book Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists19th century / actor/actress / Agent/Spies/Undercover / American Navy / Art / best of lists / Biography / cats / Civil-War / class differences / Contemporary / England / epistolary / Fly Me to the Moon series / Historical / inspirational romance / Marriage-in-Trouble / murder-investigation / non-fiction / nurse / Regency / turn of the 20th century / Ugly Duckling / Western Romance27 Comments
Yeah, I have 11 books in my top ten list. Math has never been my forte. 2017 was more of a mixed reading year for me with some non-romance, non-fiction books layered in. I was also pleasantly surprised at how many A and B range reads I had. The Second ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / Acting / actor/actress / American historical / Historical / slavery3 Comments
NOTE: This has been published in the UK as “The Floating Theatre” Set aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater, this is the moving, page-turning story of a charmingly frank and naive seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways on the Underground Railroad, jeopardizing her freedom, her livelihood, and a new ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactor/actress / Contemporary / dual-timeline / England / older woman / turn of the 20th century / Womens-Fiction1 Comments
Finding herself to be on the wrong side of fifty for a female film star, Laura Scott’s career is on the slide. She has an opportunity to reverse this downward spiral when she is offered the starring role in a one-woman play about the life and loves of Hollywood silent ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactor/actress / Contemporary / England / London / Older Man/Younger Woman / theater3 Comments
NOTE Kaetrin and I both decided to read “Pretty Face” so it’s a twofer for today. The play’s the fling It’s not actress Lily Lamprey’s fault that she’s all curves and has the kind of voice that can fog up a camera lens. She wants to prove where her real ... more >
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »