Holly Hearts Hollywood
Release Date: 09/23/14
Swoon Romance
Summary from Goodreads:
Sixteen-year-old Holly Hart wants to be a star. She moves to Los Angeles from the small town of Cedar Junction, only to hear she's too fat and ugly to be a famous singer.
But when Shell Shocked Records looks past Holly's plus-size and less-than-graceful-personality to offer her a recording contract, Holly cannot believe her good fortune. On closer inspection, however, the record execs want Holly to do all the singing, and a thinner and more beautiful girl, Lacey, would lip-sync and get all the credit. Holly goes for it because after all, she wanted to sing.
Sixteen-year-old Holly Hart wants to be a star. She moves to Los Angeles from the small town of Cedar Junction, only to hear she's too fat and ugly to be a famous singer.
But when Shell Shocked Records looks past Holly's plus-size and less-than-graceful-personality to offer her a recording contract, Holly cannot believe her good fortune. On closer inspection, however, the record execs want Holly to do all the singing, and a thinner and more beautiful girl, Lacey, would lip-sync and get all the credit. Holly goes for it because after all, she wanted to sing.
Contractually bound to secrecy, Holly is more than happy to sit backstage while
Lacey shimmies in the limelight and basks in the fame. Before she knows it,
Holly is friends with Serena, the pop-star daughter of a music-mogul, flirting
with an intern, and developing a strange half-friendship with the seemingly
bipolar Lacey.
When Grayson Frost, the biggest country star in America, and coincidentally, a
former school bully begins dating Lacey, Holly hopes that he won't recognize or
torment her.
Through a series of embarrassing and weird events, Holly gets to know Grayson
and learns that he is much nicer and more mature than he was four years ago.
Holly is horrified when she starts falling for him. When Grayson admits he fell
for Lacey's voice, what is a girl to do when she can't legally tell the truth
at the moment when the truth matters the most?
Excerpt:
Later, 10:00am-American History
Amanda says my fear of drawing attention to myself is a misguided attempt to appear humble. She says there's a Holly, deep down inside, who's proud of her singing voice waiting to get out. Then again, Amanda has Psychology for her first semester elective, and she's kind of gotten carried away.
Don't get me wrong, I love to sing. I just don't love to sing in front of other people. But the moment I'm alone in my room or in the shower, you can't stop me from singing. I only feel confident when I'm singing. I'm just afraid that if I sing for other people, I'll find out I've been wrong about my skills, like those people on American Idol whose parents told them they were great.
On the other hand, Meredith says it's smart to not tell the whole school about my potential record deal. If it doesn't work out, then it'll give everyone more reasons to make fun of me.
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776. The thirteen original colonies declared independence from Great Britain.
Oh, what's the point? This is why I don't actually take notes in class. Didn't we learn this stuff in fifth grade? Isn't this supposed to be my senior year of high school? I can't wait to go to college and learn something useful.
Then again, I might not even get into any of the colleges I applied to.
Ugh, thinking about it makes me feel sick.
Amanda says my fear of drawing attention to myself is a misguided attempt to appear humble. She says there's a Holly, deep down inside, who's proud of her singing voice waiting to get out. Then again, Amanda has Psychology for her first semester elective, and she's kind of gotten carried away.
Don't get me wrong, I love to sing. I just don't love to sing in front of other people. But the moment I'm alone in my room or in the shower, you can't stop me from singing. I only feel confident when I'm singing. I'm just afraid that if I sing for other people, I'll find out I've been wrong about my skills, like those people on American Idol whose parents told them they were great.
On the other hand, Meredith says it's smart to not tell the whole school about my potential record deal. If it doesn't work out, then it'll give everyone more reasons to make fun of me.
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776. The thirteen original colonies declared independence from Great Britain.
Oh, what's the point? This is why I don't actually take notes in class. Didn't we learn this stuff in fifth grade? Isn't this supposed to be my senior year of high school? I can't wait to go to college and learn something useful.
Then again, I might not even get into any of the colleges I applied to.
Ugh, thinking about it makes me feel sick.
About the Author:
I'm the author of the upcoming YA series Holly Hearts Hollywood, coming September 2014 by Swoon Romance. I'm a twenty-something cat lady who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. When I'm not working my office day job or writing books, you can find me either singing and dancing or binge-watching TV shows on Netflix.
I'm the author of the upcoming YA series Holly Hearts Hollywood, coming September 2014 by Swoon Romance. I'm a twenty-something cat lady who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. When I'm not working my office day job or writing books, you can find me either singing and dancing or binge-watching TV shows on Netflix.
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