'Hollywood Dirt' by Alessandra Torre is a contemporary romance set in Quincy, Georgia, where Hollywood heartthrob Cole Masten meets the fiery Southern girl Summer Jenkins. The book follows their hate-to-love relationship as they navigate misunderstandings, attraction, and developing feelings. The story is filled with witty dialogue, steamy moments, and a delightful plot that explores the clash between small-town life and Hollywood glamour.
The author, Alessandra Torre, masterfully creates a richly detailed backdrop of the old South, complete with well-developed characters and a charming small town setting. The plot unfolds with instant heat and fireworks as Summer and Cole's interactions spark off the page, leading to a beautifully written love story that captures the essence of Southern charm and Hollywood glitz.
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The book features a strong, central romance that drives the plot and is a major focus of character interactions.
From The Publisher:
Cole Masten. Abandoned by his superstar wife, Hollywood's Perfect Husband is now Hollywood's Sexiest Bachelor: partying hard and screwing even harder. Watch out Los Angeles, there's a new bad boy in town.
Summer Jenkins. That's me, a small town girl stuck in Quincy, Georgia. I cook some mean chicken and dumplins, can bluff a grown man out of his savings in poker, and was voted Most Friendly my senior year.
We were from different worlds. Our lives shouldn't have collided. But then Cole Masten read a book about my small town. And six months later, his jet landed on our dusty airstrip, and he brought Hollywood with him.
From the start, I knew he was trouble. For our town. And for me.
Sometimes, opposites just aren't meant to attract.
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It's true, I'm on a bit of a Hollywood romance kick right now. No idea why.
But I don't care. I loved this. It was delicious and sweet. I love Summer - her feisty Southern charm and her fearlessness. And I love the Rehearsal Dinner from Hell. It was deserved.
My only quibble is, honestly, Nadia got off too lightly. She should have been eviscerated, publicly. Absolutely eviscerated, so that the whole world knew what a mercenary she was, how badly she used Cole and then calculated how to take the most from him. Seriously, finding out that in the months prior, she'd insinuated herself into the picture... disgusting. Fuck her.
re-read Oct 2018
I love this story. BUT. Coming on the heels of a drunk rapist being confirmed to SCOTUS, I found the misogynistic shit - the way Cole manipulated her in the movie - to be harder to swallow. It was less hot, and more privileged man compromising a strong women, forcing her to bend to his whims. I like Cole and Summer together, I really do. But between the sexism of the movie they were making - which is fine, it is a period piece and in that era women were treated that way - and the mirroring of that in the way they were re-writing the script to put her in a totally different, sexual role without her consent ... it was shitty.
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