Review: Rumoured - Kelly and Kristina Mancaruso - July 2025 After abandoning my previous read as a DNF, I was desperately hoping my next book would reignite my reading spark. Enter Rumoured by sister duo Kelly and Kristina Mancaruso, purchased from BookHero NZ, and I'm thrilled to report I was absolutely hooked from the first page. The story opens with investigative journalist Naomi working for Celeb News in LA when breaking news explodes: beloved singer Harlow Hayes has been arrested for murder - multiple victims. The details are scarce, victims unnamed, and everything unfolds at breakneck speed. Naomi is immediately dispatched to New York to follow the story, but what begins as a celebrity scandal quickly transforms into something far more sinister and deeply personal. Upon arriving in New York, Naomi discovers unsettling connections between one of Harlow's alleged victims, Jade Dutton, and her own sister Faye's death. The similarities are too striking to ignore, and su...

    Review: The Accidental Socialite - Stephanie Wahlstrom - April 2014 Paige Crawford wanted a change in life , so one day she decided to move from the comforts of Canada to London, UK and little did she know within a couple of days of being in London her life was going to change dramatically and drastically as well. All because of one clumsy incident , Paige finds herself sky-rocketing from being a nobody and anonymous to becoming one of the most sought after socialites in London. Everyone wants a piece of Paige from the Paparazzi which is really starting to put a damper on her life as they follow and record her every move - even the unfortunate farting during Yoga incident to showing up when she is on a date. Turns out though you get all the glamour, freebies and invites -not to mention celebrity outings and being on a first-name basis, being in the limelight isn't all it is cracked up to be as Paige will also learn what it's like to be used, hated and...

    Synopsis: Whisper - Ava Claire - April 2014 Mia Kent lives a charmed, tortured life. Fresh off the success of her teen drama TV series Carolina, California, movie executives want her to headline their blockbusters, and record executives are vying for the chance to release her first solo studio album. And then Mia starred in three movies that took her from household name--to household joke. Mia made more mistakes than she can count, turning to anything that can numb her pain. What the world doesn't know is that her mother is much worse than any pill she swallowed. Despite her best efforts, Mia can't quiet the screech of her past, nor the siren song of her waning fame. Until she meets him. Liam Walker knows all too well what it's like to fall from grace. He's a soulful rocker with a one-hit wonder under his belt, but he still believes in love--and he believes in Mia. He doesn't know how to save what's left of his career, ...

  Review: Hollywood Blackmail - Book #1 Seacliffe Medical - Jackie Ashenden - January 2014 For seven years, Lizzie Kent has been living a life where nobody knows her past and she has liked it that way as she is really Coco Dawn , daughter of Porn Star and Reality TV star Misty Dawn. Seven years ago, when she walked out of her life she also left behind a boyfriend - Ashford Hernadez - one of her mother's security guards. Ashford is now Ash Kincaid - one of Hollywood's hottest Action movie stars and a A-lister. After an incident , he finds himself at Seacliffe for some surgery and sees Coco - he recognizes her immediately even under her disguise. One of Ash's biggest regrets is letting Lizzie walk out without an explanation, all those years ago. Now that she is back in his life , he won't let her go and will do anything to get her to stay in his life. When I say anything , he will even find himself stooping to the level of blackmail. Can he prove ...

  It seems now that you can't just have your eggs in one basket, if you are wanting to strike it big in the celebrity world then the thing to do is write a book as well. Lots  of celebrities from Nicole Ritchie to Tyra Banks , Hilary Duff and now of course Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham are releasing novels even suprisingly you have the Kardashians and Snooki jumping on the author bandwagon. The latest girls which have taken a leaf out of Lauren Conrad's books are the Fowler Sisters - Elle and Blair.  Though what sets these girls apart was that I went on to Goodreads and checked up their Author profiles and I was happy to see that Elle is actually a big reader with a number of books read and some on her too-read list which is a positive that we know that these girls aren't just trying to be like everyone else.   Bringing you today on The Phantom Paragrapher is Book #1 in Elle and Blair Fowler's new series "London Sisters".   Review : ...

Do you remember that old TV Show "This is Your Life" ? The one where the show found people from your past , what about the show "Missing Persons" where they reunited with their lost parents etc. For "One Night Only" we are provided with a peek into the life of UK star Helen Redford with Sue Welfare's book "One Night Only".   Review; One Night Only - Sue Welfare - March 2012 For One Night Only readers we have presented Helen Redford in today's episode of UK hit programme "Roots". Authoress Sue Welfare has taken into the vast amount of reality tv shown these days and from that has produced a fictionalized version of a TV show called "Roots". The show takes celebrities - mainly ones that are has-beens and are washed-up and nearing the "hollywood" retirement age and gets them back to their home roots, where they came from. Singer Helen Redford has signed up for the show with the slight chance that ...

It seems lately, that actors/singers etc are tyring their hands at all areas of the creative arts as we see many of them releasing a book, though not recognised - I admire the Ghost writers that I presume help these actresses/singers/celebrities with their books.                                                                                            Review: Priceless - Nicole Richie - September 2010 When I got this book , I thought great another celebrity written novel and by Nicole Richie of all people and also the thoughts "I might as wel...