Laying Low in Hollywood
Laying Low In Hollywood is the story of Lane Jensen, a figure skating coach and choreographer who has just sent her youngest child off to college. Her entire world is turned upside down when her husband of more than twenty years, announces that he wants a divorce. If that wasn't bad enough, it seems as if Lane's client base in Colorado Springs is falling apart as well.
Lane gets the unique opportunity to use her talents on the cast of a new reality TV series, called "Fire on Ice". The premise of the show is to take professional athletes from many different sports and pair them with professional skaters in an attempt to make a pairs figure skating team out of them and ultimately win the competition in the end.
The project sounds like a bit of a disaster, but Lane is anxious to put her past behind her and do something completely out of her comfort zone. This, definitely qualifies. When Lane meets her "team" she is certain her team won't have a snowball's chance in hell to actually win the competition. Her professional athlete is Ron Brannon, a retired football superstar, who's huge body is definitely made for football, but figure skating...not so much. Her luck in the professional skater draw wasn't much better, her professional is Elena Denkova, a tiny Russian skater about ten years past her prime, who speaks only broken English and who's intentions about the whole project are suspect.
To top things off, Lane is finding herself attracted to her gorgeous co-star Ron, who is unfortunately, married. Although Ron's marriage was already on the rocks, the show's producers are unwilling to have their fledgling reality show at the center of an adulterous scandal. Lane and Ron are forced to hide their growing feelings for each other, which is becoming more difficult as the weeks pass by and the cameras are constantly rolling. Will they be able to lay low, amongst all the speculation? Or will their semi secret romance erupt into the biggest scandal Hollywood has seen in some time?
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Lane gets the unique opportunity to use her talents on the cast of a new reality TV series, called "Fire on Ice". The premise of the show is to take professional athletes from many different sports and pair them with professional skaters in an attempt to make a pairs figure skating team out of them and ultimately win the competition in the end.
The project sounds like a bit of a disaster, but Lane is anxious to put her past behind her and do something completely out of her comfort zone. This, definitely qualifies. When Lane meets her "team" she is certain her team won't have a snowball's chance in hell to actually win the competition. Her professional athlete is Ron Brannon, a retired football superstar, who's huge body is definitely made for football, but figure skating...not so much. Her luck in the professional skater draw wasn't much better, her professional is Elena Denkova, a tiny Russian skater about ten years past her prime, who speaks only broken English and who's intentions about the whole project are suspect.
To top things off, Lane is finding herself attracted to her gorgeous co-star Ron, who is unfortunately, married. Although Ron's marriage was already on the rocks, the show's producers are unwilling to have their fledgling reality show at the center of an adulterous scandal. Lane and Ron are forced to hide their growing feelings for each other, which is becoming more difficult as the weeks pass by and the cameras are constantly rolling. Will they be able to lay low, amongst all the speculation? Or will their semi secret romance erupt into the biggest scandal Hollywood has seen in some time?
Laying Low In Hollywood is available at Amazon.com in paperback or Kindle editions. http://amzn.com/1482395096 http://amzn.to/ZjXXoJ
Blood, Sweat and Fears
-When people lose faith they become hopeless, after hopelessness comes desperation. At this point, it seems there is nothing left to lose. Herein, lies the danger.
Betrayal stings, especially when those who have betrayed you, are your own parents. Jenna Bruce was excited travel to Paris for the summer, unfortunately, her excitement was destined to be short lived. Shortly after her arrival in Paris she realizes she is the unwitting victim of a huge scam, fabricated by her own parents. As the lies constructed by her own dysfunctional family begin to unravel, Jenna feels her life may be on a crash course with disaster. She feels completely abandoned and alone.
Alexander Peterov is a world champion figure skater who has just won the gold medal in the 1980 Olympics, he should be happy, right? The truth is, he's not. In fact, he would like nothing more than to escape his dreary life in the USSR and his upcoming arranged marriage, which he desperately wants no part of.
Fortunately, Alexander has a plan and his new co worker, Jenna Bruce seems like an easy target. Being just 15 years old, she's young, naive and he hopes, easily manipulated. His plan is to seduce her and hopefully get her pregnant, setting the stage for their eventual marriage. This marriage to an American, especially if a baby is involved, would hopefully lead to him being able to easily become an American citizen and leave his life in the USSR far behind.
Unfortunately, things don't go as smoothly as Alexander has imagined they will. Jenna proves to have no interest in his advances and as the weeks drag on, he begins to get desperate. His entire life seems to be riding on his seduction of her and the marriage he had envisioned. Try as he might, he cannot let go of his dreams of a perfect life in America. Soon his desperation deteriorates into an unnatural obsession. Alexander begins creating a grand web of deception that has even Jenna's closest allies convinced that her and Alexander are lovers. When Alexander finally melts down and resorts to an act of unthinkable violence, everyone is shocked. But Alexander is a skilled conman, will Jenna ever get the justice she so desperately needs? Or will Alexander be able to work his magic with the police and talk his way out of this huge scandal he has created?
Blood, Sweat and Fears is the first book in Jean Marie Stanberry's Heart of A Phoenix series and it is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and on all major e-readers. http://amzn.com/0692023577
Betrayal stings, especially when those who have betrayed you, are your own parents. Jenna Bruce was excited travel to Paris for the summer, unfortunately, her excitement was destined to be short lived. Shortly after her arrival in Paris she realizes she is the unwitting victim of a huge scam, fabricated by her own parents. As the lies constructed by her own dysfunctional family begin to unravel, Jenna feels her life may be on a crash course with disaster. She feels completely abandoned and alone.
Alexander Peterov is a world champion figure skater who has just won the gold medal in the 1980 Olympics, he should be happy, right? The truth is, he's not. In fact, he would like nothing more than to escape his dreary life in the USSR and his upcoming arranged marriage, which he desperately wants no part of.
Fortunately, Alexander has a plan and his new co worker, Jenna Bruce seems like an easy target. Being just 15 years old, she's young, naive and he hopes, easily manipulated. His plan is to seduce her and hopefully get her pregnant, setting the stage for their eventual marriage. This marriage to an American, especially if a baby is involved, would hopefully lead to him being able to easily become an American citizen and leave his life in the USSR far behind.
Unfortunately, things don't go as smoothly as Alexander has imagined they will. Jenna proves to have no interest in his advances and as the weeks drag on, he begins to get desperate. His entire life seems to be riding on his seduction of her and the marriage he had envisioned. Try as he might, he cannot let go of his dreams of a perfect life in America. Soon his desperation deteriorates into an unnatural obsession. Alexander begins creating a grand web of deception that has even Jenna's closest allies convinced that her and Alexander are lovers. When Alexander finally melts down and resorts to an act of unthinkable violence, everyone is shocked. But Alexander is a skilled conman, will Jenna ever get the justice she so desperately needs? Or will Alexander be able to work his magic with the police and talk his way out of this huge scandal he has created?
Blood, Sweat and Fears is the first book in Jean Marie Stanberry's Heart of A Phoenix series and it is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and on all major e-readers. http://amzn.com/0692023577