**Image Adjuster by Lily Alexander**
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Everyone! So thrilled to see you all today! We have another new-to-me author
and book! Please allow me to feature on the blog Lily Alexander and her latest release, IMAGE ADJUSTER … And
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**LILY ALEXANDER **
**BIO**
Lily
is a Colorado native enjoying the fantastic climate of Southern California
with her family and cranky cat after surviving more than a decade in
hot, humid places where hurricanes get their own season and Winter is a
myth.
The written word is her favorite thing - reading or writing, she doesn’t discriminate. Left to her own devices she can read about a book a day; that HEA is a powerful drug!
As an only child she grew up inventing elaborate stories for her dolls to act out. She started word processing on a computer around age 10 and never looked back. After suffering the heartbreak of catastrophic drive failure a regrettable number of times, she has finally learned to back things up appropriately and often.
The written word is her favorite thing - reading or writing, she doesn’t discriminate. Left to her own devices she can read about a book a day; that HEA is a powerful drug!
As an only child she grew up inventing elaborate stories for her dolls to act out. She started word processing on a computer around age 10 and never looked back. After suffering the heartbreak of catastrophic drive failure a regrettable number of times, she has finally learned to back things up appropriately and often.
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**IMAGE ADJUSTER**
Publication
date:
March 11, 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
**BLURB**
In Hollywood, image is everything.
Being part of a power couple can mean the difference between your star rising or being iced out of roles. No one ever said the relationship had to be real.
Stephanie, an actress and the daughter of Hollywood royalty has made a thriving business out of posing as a girlfriend to celebrities who need a bit of a PR boost. Everything is scripted and when the contract ends everyone goes their separate way.
No feelings, no risk, just acting.
Devon is just another client – no matter how handsome he might be, how compatible they seem. The arrangement works perfectly. It’s all business. Definitely just business.
Unless it’s not.
Being part of a power couple can mean the difference between your star rising or being iced out of roles. No one ever said the relationship had to be real.
Stephanie, an actress and the daughter of Hollywood royalty has made a thriving business out of posing as a girlfriend to celebrities who need a bit of a PR boost. Everything is scripted and when the contract ends everyone goes their separate way.
No feelings, no risk, just acting.
Devon is just another client – no matter how handsome he might be, how compatible they seem. The arrangement works perfectly. It’s all business. Definitely just business.
Unless it’s not.
**EXCERPT 1**
"Sounds
like I'm barely needed at all."
"Oh,
quite the contrary." He wiggled his black eyebrows at her suggestively.
"I need you. I want you. You are an integral part of this scheme." He
playfully sandwiched one of her hands with his own and cradled it gently before
releasing it again.
Stephanie
shook her head, trying desperately to ignore the tiny flash of heat in her
chest at his words and touch.
"You
sure you haven't done this before?"
"Absolutely."
He reached across the table and took both of her hands into his. Stephanie
sobered for a moment and was caught up in the serious expression of his icy
eyes that were anything but cold. "Stephanie Von Feldt? Would you please
help me con the press and general public into believing that we are a hardcore
devoted couple? Then have a fantastic blow-out breakup fight with me in public
so everyone knows it's over?" His playfully serious expression was just
too much.
"Why,
Devon Greene, I would be so honored to charge you a small fortune for providing
just such a service."
As Devon
planted a gentle kiss on her knuckles, the quiet sound of a camera shutter went
off just on the other side of the patio.
"Whoops,
spotted." Devon's bright smile faded a bit, then brightened again.
"Guess today that guy got lucky. That'll be worth a couple weeks' pay with
TMZ."
"I'll
never understand why the ones with just a phone don't turn that fake shutter
sound off. Seems silly to give yourself away if you've managed to ninja stealth
yourself an exclusive picture."
Devon
threw his head back in laughter, nodding his agreement.
Momentarily
distracted, he tapped out a text to someone after his phone pinged, and glanced
around, a half-grin on his face.
"Everything
okay?"
"Yeah,"
he nodded. "Someone from work is giving me a hard time. I think she's
around somewhere or drove by or something."
After a
few watchful moments, he let it go and they chatted a bit more, his attention
split between Stephanie and his phone.
It was
silly to feel jealous, but she couldn't help it. Said co-worker was a she, and
he was amused by her.
Giving
herself a mental slap, Stephanie pushed those thoughts and feelings away and
focused on their conversation and her coffee.
Not long
after, they finished their drinks and went their separate ways, Stephanie torn
between being nervous about spending so much time with Devon all at once with
minimal script planning time and being relieved that it would be over before
she could make a fool of herself or lose her professional edge.
Who was
she kidding – she was already losing her edge. The worst part was that for the
first time since she could remember, she actually genuinely got along with a
client.
She liked
him.
The very
idea made her shiver and tingle with long-repressed feelings like want
and need.
Stephanie
was in big trouble.
**TEASER**
**EXCERPT 2**
On a laugh, Stephanie lifted her fork
and closed her eyes to enjoy the first bite in all its perfection. It had been
entirely too long since she had treated herself to the explosion of delicious
perfection that was the French toast and vanilla bean sauce.
"Oh.
My. God." She heard Devon rumble quietly, but with emphasis.
Eyes still
closed, slightly annoyed that her first-bite-worship had been interrupted, she
mumbled, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing,
nothing at all." The booth creaked as he shifted around in his seat.
When she
opened her eyes, he had a perfectly predatory grin on his face, eyes fixed on
hers, his hands steepled under his chin.
"Seriously,
what?" She demanded, a short nervous laugh escaping her lips. "You
look like the cat that ate the canary."
He finally
took his fork in hand and took a bite of his pancakes.
"It's
nothing, really." He said, swinging the fork around for emphasis as he
chewed. "It's just now I know exactly what your O face looks like."
Stephanie
blinked at him, feeling the heat rise into her cheeks, and annoyingly into
other, much lower places.
"Excuse
me?"
"You
know. The face you make when you-"
"Yes,
I'm quite aware of what you're referring to." She blushed furiously, his
flirty grin and playful eyes only making it worse.
Those
reinforced Image Adjuster walls were crumbled into dust. The bubble popped into
a splatter of soap.
Shit.
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