Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet (The Marshalls, #3)

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Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet (The Marshalls #3)

by Kimberly Lang (Goodreads Author)

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The Marshalls A rich, powerful family that mixes business, politicsand pleasure. If the U.S. had a royal family this would be it!The tabloids just couldn't get enough of A-list couple hotshot producer Finn Marshall and Hollywood wild child Caitlyn Reese. Then Caitlyn fled the glaring lights of Tinseltown, leaving an indelible mark on the Walk of Fame—and an empty seat on...more

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Published June 5th 2012 by Harlequin (first published April 1st 2012)

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Mar 08, 2012 Saly rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2nd-chance-at-love, category-romance, harlequin-presents, harlequin-silhouette, read-in-2012

The truth is except for a Suzanne Brockmann & Julie James Hollywood books haven't worked much for me, because I don't like them much, sadly this one didn't work that well for me because at the end I had a hard time buying the HEA and I felt these two hadn't really resolved their issues and needed individual therapy to deal with the effect their respective parents had had on them.

Three years ago these two were involved and both came from common backgrounds, royalty in their own right and that...more

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Apr 28, 2012 Sara HarlequinJunkie rated it 4 of 5 stars

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‘Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet’ is a fast paced, enjoyable read; author Kimberly Lang did a fantastic job in keeping me engrossed throughout this book.

Cait and Finn are ex-flames with bad blood between them. Cait left for London 3 yrs ago on the heels of their disastrous affair. They meet again on the Set of “The Folly of the Fury” being produced by Finn when Cait is brought in as a replacement to the supporting actress.

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Jun 25, 2012 Kelly_Instalove rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: genre-romance, era-contemporary, wtf-ugh-blah-ick-stfu, theme-asshole-hero, theme-big-misunderstanding

“I think we’ve proved that you can raise hell and people will still respect you, but I can’t. It’s a horrible double standard, so I’ve worked very, very hard to clean up my act.”

The set-up for the oh-so-promising premise was there, but the story never even came close to being the “redemption” I was looking for. The HERO was the one who needed to get his head out of his ass, not the titular starlet.

The issue of double standards was mentioned several times through out the book, but never really a...more

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May 05, 2013 Vanessa rated it 1 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Finn and Cait had a very explosive r/s three years previous. There was a big blow up (not sure what it was though. Sounded like she blamed him for some things) and then she left town. He thought she would be back after she pouted a bit perhaps, but she never returned. Now she is working on his movie and he can’t seem to leave her alone.

I did NOT get this one. At one point she even claimed that r/s in the bedroom w/ Finn weren’t all that fabulous or worth it, so why?

It would appear that nothing...more Finn and Cait had a very explosive r/s three years previous. There was a big blow up (not sure what it was though. Sounded like she blamed him for some things) and then she left town. He thought she would be back after she pouted a bit perhaps, but she never returned. Now she is working on his movie and he can’t seem to leave her alone.

I did NOT get this one. At one point she even claimed that r/s in the bedroom w/ Finn weren’t all that fabulous or worth it, so why?

It would appear that nothing in their r/s was EVER his fault. NOTHING! Everything was ALWAYS her fault or her hang-up or even some outsider’s fault….just not Finn’s! She told him right off that she has changed and just wants a cleaner image, but he wants in her little lacies and continues to pursue her. Sure he tries to be discreet for her benefit, but he doesn’t exactly like that either. Although on her brief stint away she did learn that some things are her fault too and she needed to own up to them. Finn believes she carries a grudge against him because of the past, and perhaps she does, but he deserved some of it. He never felt that the publicity was that bad or that it nearly destroyed her “personally and professionally”. Yet, Finn buys in to the publicity too thinking that she went off to rehab! I thought he claimed he would have known if she needed that – words I suppose - just easy to say at the time. Finn truly came across as only caring about himself before, in the past, and continuing down that road when he and Cait meet up again.

So they do their thing and he still can’t understand why she lets what other people think of her get to her. She should be more like him and worry less, but when she attempts that it bothers him as well. He seems to want to be her world and yet she doesn’t treat him like she did before. Even one of his brothers points out how self-involved he is and he hurts other people, but typical Finn denies it. He doesn’t ever really change over the course of the story either.

So he makes his play at knocking her out of her new buttoned up character – perhaps a good thing, but he also agrees if it turns out bad that she can kill him. Well you just know how that is going down! Guess what? He is offended that she is POd! He is more concerned w/ the movie project and she should be too because it’s what her actor father always said – in PUBLIC, in private he said that the stars could ALWAYS be replaced! But Finn doesn’t get that. He never put her first. He is first, what he wants, and the film is important to him – therefore it should be important to her too! Her press important to her, he knew it, but it conflicted w/ what he wanted so….

Cait thinks on it, romanticizes his care of her in the past – changing history I suppose – and takes on more blame for things again. While Finn once again believes that he holds NO fault in anything and it’s just Cait’s warpedness at work here. Even his brothers believe he doesn’t take anything seriously. While whining to his brothers about her he manages to say her life and stories don’t involve HIM again, and again, and again. Then their advice: GROVEL!! Sounds good, but sadly disappointed.

It appeared that he didn’t chase her, or pine for her, instead he finished up his gift for grands and waited for her to appear back on his scene. Then he threatened her w/ possible bad publicity if she didn’t give him the time of day. He even whines about that fact that she turned down another film w/ him yet he was the one that said she brought about the latest fiasco because she was working on a film w/ him!! Cait wasn’t asking for that much, she just wanted to come first w/ someone and I NEVER saw that happening w/ Finn. He can’t even do a grand gesture for her and he didn’t try to contact her after her last leaving of town. It’s like a repeat of what happened in the past; him waiting for her to come to her senses and calm down. He virtually blackmails her w/ her hang-up and she goes w/ him. They don’t seem to agree on anything, he kisses her, she begins to piddle….meant puddle and that’s it. Says the three magic words and she is his! I buy those glasses buy the barrels and they are NOT dark enough for this one!! Claims she can lean on him, but I must have missed that one too. Oh missed this though: after he says he loves her he says she hasn’t reciprocated it she says she has always loved him – WITHOUT MEETING HIS EYES!!! He made big claims but he never had to put his money where his mouth is and they just seemed empty in the end. She makes the grand gesture for him though.

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Jun 27, 2012 Stephanie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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One of my favourite things about romance novels is the brilliant titles these authors come up with. They’re often witty and zany enough to rival the best lines out of the country music genre, and descriptive enough to put Jules “I describe my books’ plots in their titles” Verne to shame. And indeed, Harlequin author Kimberly Lang is quite the pro at this: how can one not want to read a book by an author whose titles include Magnate’...more This review originally appeared at www.readinasinglesitting.com.

One of my favourite things about romance novels is the brilliant titles these authors come up with. They’re often witty and zany enough to rival the best lines out of the country music genre, and descriptive enough to put Jules “I describe my books’ plots in their titles” Verne to shame. And indeed, Harlequin author Kimberly Lang is quite the pro at this: how can one not want to read a book by an author whose titles include Magnate’s Mistress…Accidentally Pregnant! and Boardroom Rivals! Bedroom Fireworks! (I’m talking about Kimberly Lang here, by the way, not the afore-mentioned Jules Verne, although I’m sure that the latter’s description of bedroom fireworks would be very scientifically accurate, if not especially titillating.)

While descriptive titles might be less than ideal in other genres, they’re no big deal in romance: the reader knows the ending from the get-go, so spoilers aren’t really an issue. Really, rather than surprising us with the book’s ending, the author’s job is to surprise us with how the characters arrive at that ending. I can imagine that it’s not an easy job: how do you keep a reader interested when they’re all-too-aware of the basic structure of a category romance novel? Often the answer’s a whole lot of humour, plenty of larger-than-life characters, endless smouldering looks, and more miscommunication than is typically involved in trying to pay your phone bill through a service that uses voice recognition software.

As might be inferred from the above, Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet is essentially about exactly that. Caitlyn Reese is a young Hollywood wild child who has spent the past year or so trying to make up for the Lohan-esque actions that have made her the darling of the paparazzi. Whilst waiting for the media hubbub to subside, she’s spent her days in London honing her craft and acting for the stage, and doing what she can not to reprise her days of stumbling out of cars and passing out in public. Convinced now that the gossip rags have other actresses in their sights, and that she’s done her bit to make herself once more presentable in the eye of the public, Caitlyn jetsets back to the US to take up a role in the film The Folly of the Fury, a blockbuster vehicle specifically designed to rake in the awards.

But the title of the film proves to be quite apt when Caitlyn finds that the film is being produced by none other than Finn Marshall, the very man who led Caitlyn astray in her wilful youth. Though the two attempt to deny the attraction between them, it’s not long before they’re sneaking out and about together and getting up to their familiar mischief. But Caitlyn is torn: is Finn worth throwing her newly reinvented career away for?

Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet contains all of the angsty banter and ambivalence that’s required to divert the reader away from that inevitable HEA, as well as the requisite foreshadowing of our hero’s need to settle down and get started on that whole child-rearing bizzo. But while Finn and Caitlyn do their bit of sizzling and smouldering, it’s Finn’s family who appeal most here: for some reason they feel a good deal more grounded than the key characters–no doubt because this is one of a series of linked books involving the Marshall family. Indeed, so much of the story here, ie Finn and Caitlyn’s debauched past, feels as though it’s occurred prior to the novel, and I couldn’t help but feel as I read this that I was working through a sort of summary of past events. The book feels almost more like a retrospective or an epilogue, and lacks the immediacy I hoped for.

There was also a repeating motif regarding the redeemed/conquered bad girl that bothered me. While Finn is never judged for his past hell-raising ways, Caitlyn has suffered for hers. The same theme seems to apply to the wives of Finn’s brothers: both comment on their own similar pasts, and there’s the implication that the love of a good man has put them on the right path. Indeed, even the title of the film in which Caitlyn is acting implies that a hell-raising woman is in some way ineffective and silly. While I understand Caitlyn’s desire to be appreciated for her acting talents and dedication to her career, it would have been nice to have seen Finn fight to redeem himself in a similar way. Instead, we get to watch him stalk about the page and revel in the easy-peasiness of sexist double standards, topping it all off with his effective conquering of Caitlyn through a marriage proposal that’s designed to make an honest woman of her and put things to rights.

I won’t deny that I enjoyed the light and breezy style of this one, and the chemistry between Finn and Caitlyn is certainly palpable, but the redemption theme and the post-hoc description of events dropped this one a little in my estimation. (less)

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Jun 15, 2012 Rhonda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet by Kimberly Lang
4 STARS This is a fun romance. Thier are a few sex scenes that I skipped over. I enjoyed the story line and the characters. I did wonder if Finns brothers had books with their story. Caitlyn Reese has been working and taking acting classes thier for the last few years. She wants to make a comeback. Her parents are stars in thier own rights. Before she ran away to London she used to date Finn Marshall. Thier lives were too much in the spotlight....more

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Mar 18, 2012 RLA rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The heroine Caitlyn has just been cast in the hero Finn's latest movie however he is not at all happy about it. Cait and Finn were once Hollywood's hottest couple mostly knows for their wild antics, however their relationship, along with Cait's reputation, crashed and burned after one too many scandalous incidents. Cait has spent the last few years out of the limelight and rebuilding her career, but Finn is still bitter about the way Cait up and left him and refuses to believe that Cait's wild c...more

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Sep 29, 2012 Heidi Rice rated it 5 of 5 stars

The last of the Marshall brothers trilogy and it's a cracker. A great end to the series, moving the action to a Hollywood movie set as youngest brother Finn (and the only one not to be involved in the family business of politics) is a movie producer. The heroine Caitlin is a young actress trying to reestablish her career integrity after a disasterous affair with Finn three-years before that got them both all the wrong attention in the tabloids, but while that virtually destroyed her career he ca...more The last of the Marshall brothers trilogy and it's a cracker. A great end to the series, moving the action to a Hollywood movie set as youngest brother Finn (and the only one not to be involved in the family business of politics) is a movie producer. The heroine Caitlin is a young actress trying to reestablish her career integrity after a disasterous affair with Finn three-years before that got them both all the wrong attention in the tabloids, but while that virtually destroyed her career he came away from it unscathed... At least that's what Caitlin thinks (and Finn wants to think too) and she's naturally resentful - especially when the old passion between them begins to spark again and Finn isn't going to do a damn thing to stop it.

I loved the early establishing scenes in the book, Ms Lang doesn't pull her punches when these two first meet, there is a lot of animosity there and we get to see it in some smart, sassy dialogue but also in its greater emotional complexity. Because what this story is really about is the two of them growing up and learning how to have a grown-up relationship (and not just in the sex sense). Cait has to realise that she's entitled to have flaws, that all you can do is your best and that tabloid intrusion isn't something she should kow-tow to. While Finn, a master of shrugging off anything in his life that is emotionally complex has to learn to actually delve beneath the surface, not just of Caitlin's feelings but also his own.

The book really hots up in the second half and during some seriously hot 'booty call' scenes and a really sweet and funny and exhilarating trip to a funfair we begin to see them both falling in love - and fighting it, cos there's still all that other stuff to resolve, something they're both shying away from until they hit the headlines again (and not in a good way).

I also adored the scenes between Finn and his brothers Ethan and Brady... Ms Lang so knows how to do male banter!

I blagged this book off Ms Lang in exchange for room and board for a couple of days in London... I so got the better half of that deal!(less)

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Aug 05, 2012 Cleffairy rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I’ve always loved Ms. Kimberly Lang’s work, but I’m sorry to say that i don’t really fancy this one in particular. The pace is not only slow, but I feel that the one who really needs a redemption is the hero, not the heroine. It’s a dissapointing read, but i suppose if you want some exaggerating emotional ups and downs in your two hour read, then this book will be it. Sure, the scenes and everything i...more

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Jul 09, 2012 Jessie Potts rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

Before I get into my review of Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet, I need to make some things clear. First, this is my first Harlequin romance (I know!), and second, I read more paranormal romances than anything else, so this was a step out of my element. Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet is a Harlequin Presents Extra romance, which means the hero is ridiculously good-looking, rich and falls for his woman hard.

Kimberly Lang sets the stage in Hollywood, where the rich and famous play and work. Her...more Before I get into my review of Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet, I need to make some things clear. First, this is my first Harlequin romance (I know!), and second, I read more paranormal romances than anything else, so this was a step out of my element. Redemption of a Hollywood Starlet is a Harlequin Presents Extra romance, which means the hero is ridiculously good-looking, rich and falls for his woman hard.

Kimberly Lang sets the stage in Hollywood, where the rich and famous play and work. Her hero and heroine are from absurdly rich families with huge political and entertainment ties. Their world is much more different from ours: We're talking scandals, public embarrassment, humiliation, paparazzi … and fleeing the country. Which is exactly what Caitlyn Reece did after the blow-up between her and then-flame Finn Marshall. They were both young, constantly partying and way too wrapped up in each other to notice that they both needed help. That was three years ago, though, and Cait is stronger than ever. With acting classes, workshops and much-needed space, she's ready to face the limelight once again and remake her career into something her and her parents can be proud of.

Unfortunately for Caitlyn, the means to this career redemption is through one of Finn's movies (he's a producer), and the sparks fly between them any time they step in the same room. Sometimes the sparks lead to fights, and other times they lead to … well, you know.
Turns out, Finn and Caitlyn just can't stay away from each other, and staying away is exactly what Caitlyn wants to do. Alas, there's more than just Finn to get in the way of her remake: There's the relentless paparazzi, a spiteful and jealous co-worker (who also happens to be the leading lady in the film) and a past that's just too big to ignore. Caitlyn has to decide just how much she wants to launch her career and how much she wants to leave the past buried.

I read this book in less than two hours and was absorbed from start to finish. I don't know what I was expecting when I picked it up, and to be honest I don't think the cover or the back blurb do the story justice. Yes, it was quick. Yes, it was light. But that was what made it so enjoyable. I wanted a break from reality, and this gave me the perfect excuse to just veg out, not think so hard and just thoroughly enjoy being.
I'm eager to pick up the first two books in this series that deal with Finn's two older brothers … who are just as rich and gorgeous and probably as arrogant as Finn is!

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If you are looking for a mini vaca from reality and love the hot rich alpha hero paired with a sensitive strong heroine I highly recommend this book. Hey we can't all have vamps and weres all the time
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Sep 10, 2012 Laura rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2012, rtheme-fame, romance-and-or-erotica, netgalley

The parts of this book I liked were because I liked Cait and her story and her journey. If this was women's fiction, and just about her, I would have liked it. However, this is romance, and I hated the "romance" in it. Finn was a dick, didn't deserve Cait, and treated her like crap. He didn't redeem himself to me and I glossed over his supposed grovel because it was BS. I didn't believe that the relationship would last, or that it was good/healthy for her.

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Mar 06, 2012 Ellen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: category, romance-series, contemporary-series

Felt like Cait was a bit immature, blaming Finn for all her problems and then deciding he doesn't care and refusing to look at any other option - even after she admitted that she needed someone else to be the bad guy while she recovered. All that aside- I thought it was great how they clicked and I like that Finn was a producer not an actor because we all know that's been done to death and Finn and Cait really clicked and are great as a couple.

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Mar 04, 2013 Sharon Helfrich rated it 4 of 5 stars

I haven't read anything from this author but definitely will seek out her other titles. Well developed characters and humorous dialogue kept my interest.

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Sep 06, 2012 Jennifer Estep rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance

A fun contemporary romance about an actress and a movie producer, with a behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood.

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Jul 03, 2012 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance, harlequin-presents, series-the-marshalls, rating-4_5-stars, location-usa, heat-level-r, read-in-2012, job-actor-celebrity-musician, job-filmmaker-director-producer, trope-coworker-boss-employee, trope-political-family, trope-reunion-reconciliation, trope-secret_hidden-relationship

Overall rating -- 4.5 stars (a 1/2 star was earned by the cute epilogue)

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Apr 07, 2013 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: bba-2013, romance

This is probably the best short-form romance novel I've encountered so far. It was well-plotted and the characters were very likeable.

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Apr 10, 2013 Beckey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, harlequin, romance

Won an autograph copy of the book. Interesting enjoyable story.

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