Review: A little too easy, but still an entertaining read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2014
Reviewed on FicCentral.com:Lane Channing promised her dying mother that she would follow her dreams, and she's doing exactly that.  Driving two thousand miles from small town Kansas to the film world of Los Angeles, she's got the perfect summer job lined up, her first step to realizing her dream of working in the film industry.  What she doesn't expect, though, is to arrive and find that her "job" was nothing more than an unpaid internship.  And it's been given to someone else.  And her Jeep has disappeared.  With no money, no place to stay, and no one to turn to, she's completely lost in the city that was supposed to be everything for her.Dillon MacAvoy is a star in the making.  He's got the looks, the talent, the reputation, and a chance to star in the next Steve Legend movie franchise.  But he has a stack of new scripts to read and no time between the set and his string of conquests, a list that includes all his former script readers.  If he doesn't find a new script reader soon, he risks losing everything he's worked so hard for.You know what happens next, right?  Lane gets the job, and just in the nick of time, since she doesn't even have enough money for a night at a cheap hotel.  Now living in the mansion of Hollywood's next star, Lane's walking the dogs, reading the scripts, and trying not to drool every time she's around Dillon MacAvoy.  Dillon's more than a little infatuated, too, but he knows he can't have her.  Not only is she more than he deserves, but if he destroy's his womanizer image before he seals his next movie deals, his career will go into a tailspin.  Not that any of that matters when he finally breaks and kisses her.But...In some ways, it was all too easy, too much, and too fast.  Lane had no sooner sat down on the sidewalk than she was saved by Dillon's job offer.  And when they fell into more than just script reader and employer, she had some self-confidence issues but no problem at all with Dillon's recent promiscuity.  I'm not saying she should hold the past completely against him, but where was her sense of self-preservation?  Most anyone else in that situation would have at least asked more questions, made sure they were on solid ground before moving into actual relationship territory.  Sure, she was more than a little nave, but she wasn't stupid.  And the happily ever after... Well, that was another case of too easy.  They went from split to forever in about three seconds, and while yes, I wanted them to be together, I was looking for quite a bit more on the communication side of things.  Oh, and I'd still like to know what the hell actually happened to Lane's Jeep.The Verdict...I couldn't connect with the characters as much as I would have hoped, but it was still a very entertaining read.  Hard Glamour took the whole rich and famous guy falls for the innocent nobody bit and played it without falling into the traps that many books like this do.  Lane was easy to love, and her naveté wasn't overblown.  She wasn't anything like the entitled people she met in L.A., but she wasn't made out to be a lost hick from nowhere.  Dillon was a bit harder for me to like, probably because his sensitive side didn't come out much unless they were in bed.  But given how he was described, I can certainly understand how Lane fell in lust with him so quickly.  One glance at the bedroom scenes, and you will, too.***FicCentral received this book from AToMR Tours for free in exchange for an honest review. Even so, we're far too opinionated to let a freebie influence our thoughts or the contents of the reviews we post here.