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Today, we're heading back into—
Love by Design
Jasmine Galloway sees beauty in all things but it’s not a
thing of beauty when she meets Derrek Martin, a shallow, arrogant
playboy celebrity. When her sister Juniper, a blockbuster actress,
recommends her interior design business, Décor Dreams, to Derrek, it’s
sure to be a disaster. Jasmine is uncertain she can hold her tongue and
get the job done, but she takes it, never one to let her opinions of
others stand in the way of professional success and she’s not about to
let some pretty boy win her over whose ego is as big as his blockbuster
movies. It isn’t long before Derrek’s gentle, affectionate manner and
country boy charm gets the better of her. She curses herself for
allowing the tabloid fodder to contaminate her impression of a man who
might well put his designs on her heart.
Derrek Martin counts himself lucky his acting career took
off shortly after his arrival in California. Even more since his
parents’ deaths left him the guardian of his little sister. The new
house is nice, but it needs a woman’s touch before he brings Paige out
from Indiana to live with him. He knows his reputation in the tabloids
depicts him far from who he really is, but he has never met with a more
chilly reception than the moment he meets Jasmine Galloway, Interior
Designer to the Stars. He’s sure she has read everything bad ever
published about him and disregards all the good. His private life is
simply that, private. Derrek intends to keep it that way—until he meets
Jasmine.
Her blatant dislike for him pushes a button no one else
ever has and Derrek finds he’s desperate to prove that he isn’t what the
tabloids make him out to be. More than that, he’s determined to make
her his leading lady, but will an ex with a secret steal the spotlight
away?
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Today we're catching up with Jasmine, who has just arrived home to her apartment when she's stopped by her downstairs neighbor, Ester, who loves to keep her up-to-date on all the celebrity gossip and news. This new tidbit might open a whole new can of worms Jasmine wasn't expecting when she took on the decorating job for Derrek.
“Oh, that Tuesday Barrington is out
of rehab.” Essie’s eyes sparkled over the news of the troubled actress.
“There’s talk she’s going to be hosting that late night skit show and then
doing some television cameos.”
“Really?” Jasmine’s stomach knotted
up. So Derrek Martin’s drug addict ex was out for good behavior and trying to
make a comeback.
If you missed previous Six Sunday posts from
Love by Design and would like to check them out-
Smells Like Freedom
Plastic and Fluff
Led Astray
Intrigued
The Wonderful Wizard of...
Visions
Smiling Back
That Girl is a Hot Mess!
Overzealous Puppy
From one of my other finished manuscripts in the other continuing
Pryce of Love Series- Perfect Recipe for Love-
Sunni Gives It Some Thought...
Ample Distraction
I'm also featured today over on Menagerie Authors Sunday Book Videos blog and I'd love it if you'd come check out the book trailer for my current release, Castaway Hearts.