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The Dream Maker #4
Her Leading Man
Step behind the scenes into the exciting early days of motion pictures. Meet intrepid producer Martin Tafft, driven to make Peerless Studios the biggest name in the new frontier of silent movies. Experience the action, thrills, and passion that create film magic—and don't end when the camera stops rolling.
Love Wasn't In The Script
Christina Mayhew doesn't consider herself a gifted thespian. For beautiful Christina, film acting is simply a surefire way to earn money, which she'll need to get into medical school. At least she has intellectual, gentlemanly producer Martin Tafft to talk to. But while Martin is more than happy to discuss matters of the mind with Christina, his reaction to her secret goal is a crushing disappointment—especially since she has come to see Martin as more than just the boss. Then an accident on the set forces Martin to take the male lead, and Christina gets a taste of his kisses—on screen, at least. Now all she has to do is convince him that he would be perfect for another role...namely her lifetime leading man.
Love Wasn't In The Script
Christina Mayhew doesn't consider herself a gifted thespian. For beautiful Christina, film acting is simply a surefire way to earn money, which she'll need to get into medical school. At least she has intellectual, gentlemanly producer Martin Tafft to talk to. But while Martin is more than happy to discuss matters of the mind with Christina, his reaction to her secret goal is a crushing disappointment—especially since she has come to see Martin as more than just the boss. Then an accident on the set forces Martin to take the male lead, and Christina gets a taste of his kisses—on screen, at least. Now all she has to do is convince him that he would be perfect for another role...namely her lifetime leading man.
350 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 2001
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Alice Duncan
103 books113 followersAlso writes as Emma Craig, Rachel Wilson, Anne Robins and wrote two books under the name of Jon Sharpe (Pecos Belle Brigade and California Crusader).
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May 12, 2018
It's 1913 and production is about to start on a silent film on location in the desert of California but representing the desert of Egypt. Beautiful lead Christina Mayhew is accompanied by her grandmother, a crotchety lady with a lethal cane. Christina's goal is to make enough money to pay for medical school. The Mayhews are staunch feminists. Martin Tafft is the director/ producer determined to keep his movie solvent and reputable. Pablo is the sleazy leading man. The story is very humorous, particularly when they are filming and everyone is saying things that do not go with the actions they are portraying. A peaceful suffragette march that goes wrong and a most unfortunate accident on a camel for the leading man are hilarious and change the direction of the plot. Good conclusion to a great series revolving around the early film industry.
June 25, 2019
Fun Romance
I enjoyed this story set in the early days of movie making. It was a time where they still made silent films and doubted there would be movies with sound because of the noise of the cameras. Too much focus on the defensive and obnoxious grandma at first, but once the story got past that, the dialogue of the actors while being filmed in comparison to what was written in the script was a hoot. I enjoyed reading how the overbearing know it all leading man for the film got put in his place. An interesting book.
I enjoyed this story set in the early days of movie making. It was a time where they still made silent films and doubted there would be movies with sound because of the noise of the cameras. Too much focus on the defensive and obnoxious grandma at first, but once the story got past that, the dialogue of the actors while being filmed in comparison to what was written in the script was a hoot. I enjoyed reading how the overbearing know it all leading man for the film got put in his place. An interesting book.
June 22, 2013
Funny pairing of liberated female and stuffy male
Christina Mayhew is a silent-screen actress in Hollywood of 1913. Though a very successful leading lady, for her, acting is simply a way to earn the large amount of money she needs to pay for medical school. Martin Tafft is the producer of her latest film and very much her match in intellect, ambition and personal strength.
Martin is extremely disappointed to learn that Christina is leaving the industry after this film wraps. He had very much hoped to work on future projects with the beautiful, young actress. She is one of the most talented--and most exciting--women he has ever known.
Christina is very attracted to Martin, and when she realizes that his admiration for her is more than simply professional, she determines to proceed as a liberated, independent woman and propose to him that he be her very first affair.
Gentlemanly Martin is shocked to his polished shoe tips at Christina's scandalous offer. He is adamantly opposed to sex outside marriage, tells Christina so, and remains stiffly withdrawn from her until an accident injuring the leading man forces Martin to take over his role. Soon Martin and Christina are sharing kisses on the set so heated, it becomes impossible for Martin to resist extending those kisses into his and Christina's private lives.
The setting of HER LEADING MAN is fascinating, and so authentically drawn, reading it delightfully transported me to the world of early Hollywood. The liberated heroine and the stiff, moralistic hero are a great pair of comic opposites, and the heroine's outrageous grandmother provides a lot of laughs, too. The love scenes between Martin and Christina are very emotional and very hot--I really love stories where a repressed hero finally lets go to the cauldron of passion inside him, because the heroine is utterly irresistible to him.
Christina Mayhew is a silent-screen actress in Hollywood of 1913. Though a very successful leading lady, for her, acting is simply a way to earn the large amount of money she needs to pay for medical school. Martin Tafft is the producer of her latest film and very much her match in intellect, ambition and personal strength.
Martin is extremely disappointed to learn that Christina is leaving the industry after this film wraps. He had very much hoped to work on future projects with the beautiful, young actress. She is one of the most talented--and most exciting--women he has ever known.
Christina is very attracted to Martin, and when she realizes that his admiration for her is more than simply professional, she determines to proceed as a liberated, independent woman and propose to him that he be her very first affair.
Gentlemanly Martin is shocked to his polished shoe tips at Christina's scandalous offer. He is adamantly opposed to sex outside marriage, tells Christina so, and remains stiffly withdrawn from her until an accident injuring the leading man forces Martin to take over his role. Soon Martin and Christina are sharing kisses on the set so heated, it becomes impossible for Martin to resist extending those kisses into his and Christina's private lives.
The setting of HER LEADING MAN is fascinating, and so authentically drawn, reading it delightfully transported me to the world of early Hollywood. The liberated heroine and the stiff, moralistic hero are a great pair of comic opposites, and the heroine's outrageous grandmother provides a lot of laughs, too. The love scenes between Martin and Christina are very emotional and very hot--I really love stories where a repressed hero finally lets go to the cauldron of passion inside him, because the heroine is utterly irresistible to him.
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