Review: Grey is stripped in so many ways in her journey.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 17, 2013
This is my first book by this author, and I'm sure that it won't be my last. I'm a Georgia girl myself, so I'm always drawn to stories with a Southern connection. I loved the premise of this story, nave, virginal daughter of a stanch Southern pastor, who leaves home to live life on her own terms. Her Father doesn't agree with her life choices (she loves to dance, but he thinks that it is sinful), but she leaves home to follow her dream to attend college at USC. She wants to have a career behind the scenes of the movie industry, which her Father thinks is a great temptation to a lustful lifestyle. By making the difficult decision to leave, she knows that she is alienating herself from her Father and her home. She dedicates herself to her studies; but a year or so in, she finds out that her grant is almost exhausted and she must find a way to supplement her tuition. She turns to one thing that will make her fast money, stripping. One evening while performing, she meets Hollywood hottie, Dawson Kellor. Dawson is drawn to Gracie/Grey, but he doesn't do relationships as his past has made him jaded and unfeeling. But something about Gracie/Grey keeps putting them together. And that's when things get interesting.I love romances where both the man and woman are broken and they are able to help each other heal individually and grow as a couple, and Grey and Dawson were that for each other. I felt that there were so elements of the story that could have been explored a little more (Grey's relationship with her Father, and her exposure to the LA lifestyle, etc), but all in all is was a fast paced read that kept me intrigued with the storyline throughout. Some parts seemed rushed, but maybe I just did not want the story to end.