Okay, I’ve said in the past that a turn off for me is the Older Woman/Younger Man (OW/YM) plot. Alice Clayton has changed my mind. If all Older Woman/Younger Man romances were like this one, I would be as much a champion of them as I am of May/Decembers where the man is so much older.
Grace Sheridan, thirty-three, is back in Hollywood for the second time in her life. This time she’s not quitting until she lands a part. In the meantime she’s renovating her new fixer-upper, living in the guest bedroom of her best friend and agent’s place, and concentrating on her craft, her singing, and her freelance.
Holy, the best friend, is also the manager for Hollywood’s up-and-coming it boy Jack Hamilton. He’s twenty-four, British, and the lead in Time, a role that’s garnered him much attention before it’s even been released. Women flock to him, which is both a source of amusement and gratitude because he thinks he’s pretty boring. He’s said it before, he’ll say it again, he’s going to date the first girl he meets that hasn’t read the stories that Time is based on… which just happens to be Grace.
The age difference means nothing to Jack, but bothers Grace because she knows Jack is constantly surrounded by younger women, even those younger than he is. When the tabloids label her the unidentified redhead she is amused, but when one calls her a cougar, she is not. It hurts and she’s worried about the fan reaction. Holy is also worried. Jack is at a point in his career where it’s prudent to put on the appearance of being single and available. Again Jack doesn’t care. He will not rock his personal life to make himself more appealing to his fans… which both endearing and annoying for Grace who understands the situation.
When a job in New York is offered to Grace, she knows she must and should accept, but it comes at the worst time possible. She and Jack are just starting their relationship. Long distance doesn’t seem like the best possible plan and yet she doesn’t want to give him up.
The Unidentified Redhead doesn’t conclude by wrapping everything up, it leaves much open and enough questions for the sequel The Redhead Revealed to whet the appetite. There are enough hazards to their future that their current rosy ending could very well be in jeopardy. Navigation will be tricky. It will all come down to how much they both want it and what they’re willing to do to get it.
Rating: 5 Stars
Buy: The Unidentified Redhead (Kindle)
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Sounds very good!
Both 1 and 2 in the series are pretty cute. Can’t wait for the 3rd.