All That Really Matters (McKenzie Family Romance #1)

by Nicole Deese

Ethan’s all-gas-little-brake personality had found me at the perfect time. After so many years of playing the role of outsider in a family who strived after intangible things, someone finally understood me—believed in me, even.

“The producers are going to need to see more of your empathetic side. More heart. More compassion. More generosity and selflessness. They’re impressed by your charm and wit, and no one would ever question your natural charisma on screen, but for this to move forward, we need to see the host of Makeup Matters with Molly get her hands a bit dirtier in the muck of real life. Because as it is right now, you’re just a pretty face with an addictive personality.”

He believed in me. And perhaps that was the only encouragement I needed to push toward my next goal.

Self-made—now that was an adjective I’d wear proudly. But self-focused? That certainly wasn’t how I wanted to be described by the people who knew me outside of Makeup Matters with Molly.