"three fine contemporary romances"

"Ever After" by Barbara Bretton. Single mom of preschool twins, Julia Monahan attends the Reel New York Film Festival awards ceremony where she meets Hollywood's top action hero Jack Wyatt. However, though she enjoys her time she knows that happily ever after is in fairy tales not in real life.

"An Affair to Remember" by Emilie Rose. Though he attends the Reel New York Film Festival awards ceremony as a recipient Hollywood actor Conrad Carr feels miserable because he misses his better half the late Tara Dean; even his craft fails him as he believes he lost the skill when she died. At the bar he meets wannabe actress, North Carolinian Jenna and invites her to tell him her dreams. Instead she helps him end his freefall and soon soar again as he has found a new inspiration, but she refuses to believe him as his first marriage was fairy tale legend.

"It Happened One Night". Lindsay and Gavin fell in love, but the magic of Hollywood hype broke them apart as he only desired fame. She left for Vermont. Now one year later they meet at the Reel New York Film Festival awards ceremony with both realizing the attraction remains perhaps even stronger, but he must persuade her that she means everything to him; much more than Los Angeles, movie roles and scripts and awards even living with New England chickens if necessary.

These three fine contemporary romances catch the ambience of Hollywood at an awards celebration though the guys have their work cut out to convince their ladies they want a lifetime of co-starring.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 28, 2006

Summary

Welcome to the glamorous Reel New York Awards, where the "A" list rules and passion and egos collide!

Ever After by Barbara Bretton

If the Blahniks Fit, Wear Them!
Who is the mystery woman on the arm of megastar Jack Wyatt? The tabloids are wild and so is Jack, desperate to find his Cinderella blind date—a single mother of two turned star of her own romantic adventure.

An Affair To Remember by Emilie Rose

Take the Bartender's Advice
Jenna Graham is helping actor Conrad Carr reconnect with his art and his life, while she mixes drinks and waits for her big break. She just hopes it's her career, not her heart!

It Happened One Night by Isabel Sharpe

They Made Beautiful Pictures Together
Screenwriters Lindsay Kenyon and Gavin Harvey lived, loved and lost in the Hollywood fast lane. But when they get the chance to collaborate again, will the credits roll on a love story...or an epic disaster?