ROMANCE

Pretty Face

by Lucy Parker
Carina: Harlequin. (London Celebrities, Bk. 2). Feb. 2017. 264p. ebk. ISBN 9781488020131. $3.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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Twenty-six-year-old Lily Lamprey is a British soap opera actor with the voice of an asthmatic Marilyn Monroe impersonator. She is auditioning on short notice as a replacement in a West End production. Enter 40-year-old businessman Luc Savage, whose frequent migraines are brought on by theater renovation delays and media obsessions. While Lily's Marilyn Monroe face and body are ideal for the theater, her voice is not. Luc introduces Lily to the wise, experienced vocal specialist Jocasta Moore, who remedies Lily's challenges but also sees a romantic future for Luc and Lily. Family emergencies run interference during the play's premier and reveal that Luc and Lily are not as self-centered as they initially appeared. Parker (Act Like It) lives in New Zealand.
VERDICT The superficial preoccupation with media gossip is tempered when family becomes the focus. These plotlines give structure to the story and provide meaning to a novel that initially focuses on a whiny, rich suit and a budding actor building her stage success.
Reviewed by Joyce Sparrow, Kenneth City, FL , Feb 17, 2017
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