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Book Title: Love on Page Six (Entertaining Love, book 2)
Author: Claerie Kavanaugh
Cover Artist: Cath Grace Designs
Release Date: June 26, 2023
Genres: Sapphic Contemporary Romance
Tropes: actor /performer, Celebrity/Socialite/Model, Hollywood, movie set, Friends to Lovers
Themes: Against All Odds, Character w/ Disability, Coming Out, Femme / Femme
Interracial / Multicultural Relationship, Slow Burn
Heat Rating: 3 flames
Length: 60 000 words/ 240 pages
It is a standalone book and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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An actress with a secret, a journalist with a dream, and forbidden love that could change everything.
Blurb
Desperate to save her family’s dying magazine, love is the last thing on 26-year-old Daphne Fernandez’s mind when she agrees to go undercover as a makeup artist to scoop a juicy story on the city’s most popular telenovela star. But a spur-of-the-moment kiss makes it more complicated. A cheating boyfriend might not be Bombshell Bridget’s only secret.
Bridget Blake has only ever wanted one thing in her life: to be herself. But her overbearing momanger insists showing the world who she really is would mean the death of her blossoming career. So when the new makeup artist fights her way under Bridget’s perfectly moisturized, paparazzi-proof skin, it’s everything she can do to keep the façade in place. Until one spontaneous kiss turns her world upside down. With Daphne, Bridget is the brave, fun-loving, take-no-prisoners girl she’s always wanted to be. But embracing her new self may mean leaving behind everything she’s ever worked for. Is love really worth it?
Book two in the standalone sapphic celebrity romance series Entertaining Love.
Daphne
September 21st
A flutter of butterflies dances in my stomach as I wheel through the heavy metal doors of the warehouse of La Reina Rompecorazones. As my chair bumps over the threshold, the familiar scents of latex and acrylic paint greet me. Shafts of morning light filter through the tall windows and glint off shelves of prosthetics and animatronic creatures. I smile, imagining the sea of fantastical beasts coming to life under the glow of camera lights. Here, the impossible becomes possible with a single brushstroke and a dash of movie magic.
“You’re late again, Fernandez,” Michael growls as I roll up to my workstation. He doesn’t even glance up from the fish he’s sculpting.
I glare at him and let out a long breath. Who made you the boss? I want to snap. But I don’t.
Instead, I gnash my teeth and repeat my brother’s advice over and over in my head, using it like a mantra until my breathing steadies. Don’t let those pendejos get to you, eh? Do your thing and show them why you’re just as good as any of those gringos. You got this!
A small smile creeps onto my lips. He’s right. At least, I hope he is. After weeks of fighting for recognition, this is my chance to prove I belong.
The thought alone is enough to send an entirely new kaleidoscope of butterflies flying in my stomach as I take in the rhythmic chaos of the morning. Animators, designers, and technicians bustle about their tasks; each lost in their own world. The energy here is electric and contagious, making it feel like anything is possible. It’s always felt magical, but today it feels extra special.
“There’s the makeup queen.” Diego flashes me a warm smile. “Ready to blow them away?” He winks, and I grin.
“Never been more ready.” If I could dance, I’d be tangoing. Whether the humming coursing through my veins is from nerves or excitement, though, no lo sé, what I do know is no matter how today goes, things will be different. Either the crew will finally see me as a valued team member or… Nope. I’m not even going to go there.
Or else it will feel like my career is over before it even begins.”
CHECK OUT THE OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES
Book Title: Love Among the Stars (Entertaining Love, Book 1)
Author: Claerie Kavanaugh
Publisher: Half Caff Press
Cover Artist: Cath Grace Designs
Release Date: March 19, 2023
Genre: Contemporary F/F Romance
Tropes: Matchmaker, Celebrity
Themes: Coming out
Heat Rating: 3 flames
Length: 40 000 words/ 250 pages
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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Hollywood’s best matchmaker may have finally met her match.
Blurb
Genevieve “Eve” Davis is Hollywood’s best, most sought-after matchmaker. Just about everyone in the City of Angels owes her for their happily ever afters. She’s been in the business for ten years and has never made a false move. The only person she hasn’t been able to hit with Cupid’s arrow? Herself.
Then Jemma, Hollywood’s most recent “it” girl, appears on her doorstep. But rather than having an extra bounce in her step, she looks like a dog just crapped all over her brand-new designer boots. The date Eve set up for her was anything but a fairy tale beginning. In fact, it was a downright disaster. The first bad review Eve has ever had. If she can’t fix this, her perfect reputation will be torn to shreds.
Even worse, the deeper she digs for that secret ingredient that will help her find Jemma’s perfect match, the harder she falls.
Book one in the standalone sapphic celebrity romance series ENTERTAINING LOVE
Love Beneath the Stars
A Matchmaker Wedding Novella
Book Title: Love Beneath the Stars: A Matchmaker Wedding Novella
Author: Claerie Kavanaugh
Publisher: Half Caff Press
Cover Artist: Lauren Dombrowski
Release Date: April 26, 2023
Genres: Contemporary F/F Romance
Tropes: Age gap, celebrity, matchmaker, wedding
Themes: Coming out, forgiveness
Heat Rating: 3 flames
Length: 30 000 words
It is a standalone story in the Entertaining Love series.
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They say love conquers all, but what if getting it means losing your family?
Blurb
After years of searching, a job gone wrong finally led Hollywood’s most famous matchmaker Eve to her soulmate in up-and-coming starlet Jemma Mason. For a year, they had pictured their perfect destination Valentine’s Day wedding. But when Jemma’s family arrives from Montana, they quickly learn perfection is hard to come by.
Jemma’s conservative brother has always been distant, but when he meets his sister’s fiancée, who is seven years her senior, he worries she’s moving way too fast and refuses to come to the wedding, let alone keep his promise to walk her down the aisle. Can love really conquer all, or are there some wounds that simply run too deep to be buried?
Eve and Jemma’s Wedding Novella. Sequel to LOVE AMONG THE STARS in the standalone sapphic celebrity romance series ENTERTAINING LOVE.
Claerie Kavanaugh has spent most of her life telling stories, but she never imagined herself writing romance. In fact, she used to think it should only be reserved for Hallmark movies. It wasn’t until college, when she discovered fanfiction, that she learned what romance was truly about: not just fluffy relationships and happily-ever-afters, but human connection, the desire to push one another to be better, and create hope that somewhere, somehow, everyone has someone.
When she’s not writing, she loves to travel and explore new cultures, helping other authors polish their works as a freelance editor, and singing while doing so. Broadway musicals are her soul-food, something her mother and sister know well. She constantly blasts the newest soundtrack through the halls of their Missouri home, much to the chagrin of her very sassy and spoiled cat.
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