If only life were as simple as smiling for the camera.After years of braving the Arctic’s frigid temperatures or endless hours tracking the Spirit Bear to capture the perfect shot for National Geographic, Meg Jeffries decides to move back to the city–San Francisco. She wants a life with more stability. The kind that lets her see her family more than once a year and comes with owning a toaster or … owning a toaster or a full-sized tube of toothpaste. But creating her new “normal” is not without its obstacles. Meg is confident and successful behind a camera. A little extra publicity can’t change that… until it does.
Westin Drake is famous for fast cars and box office sales. Yet he’s a terrible driver and secretly hopes his fifteen minutes is almost up. West moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco, looking for some substance and time near his family. But now that the buzz of his next film, Full Throttle – Floor It, is hitting maximum fervor, West keeps everyone at arm’s length so he can protect the people he loves… until he can’t.
When the public mistakes a simple kiss on the cheek for a budding romance, Meg and West are caught in a media frenzy. Somewhere amid the backseat getaways and plastered smiles, Meg discovers the man behind the glossy photographs, and West wonders how he’ll ever let her go once the cameras stop rolling. Love is never simple, especially when the world’s watching. How much are two people willing to expose for a chance at a true happily ever after?
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All from a friendly little kiss………..
Exposure is a fake relationship that turns real story of Meg and Westin.
Meg Jeffries is a National Geographic photographer who has recently returned to San Francisco to be near her family. After being away for a couple of years she was successful in her career, as she is really great, but personally she is lonely and maybe ready to settle down a bit more. So she is trying to get her feet under her as figure out what kind of life she can make for herself after being away for so long.
Westin McNaughton is a famous movie star specializing in action and playboy roles. But that is not really him just the roles he plays. He has recently moved to San Francisco from LA to get away from the glitzy and paparazzi stuff. His true passion is actually the environment and helping projects how ever he can.
Meg and Westin at a nature protection event and with one little friendly kiss things take a turn neither expected. Each of their agents see all the buzz and decide to hatch a plan to play on it by having Meg and Westin pretend to be in a relationship. They go along with the plan, as who doesn’t when you are a celebrity. As they spend more time together they also get to know each other more and before they know it real attraction and feelings happen. So now what do they do as they are two very different people who have very different careers? Can they come together for real and build a future together?
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
Terrific!
This is one of those books that draws you in and then keeps you there until the very last word. All of the characters (especially Meg and Westin) are amazing and draw you into their world. Fast moving starting with her decision to move back to San Francisco after leaving the Arctic.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Tracy Ewens, ‘Exposure: A Love Story’.
As a Hidden Gems ARC reader I received a free copy and promised an honest review. Here it is.
Rating: 3,5 stars (of 5).
In general: Real love in spite of media madness.
Main characters:
– Meg Jeffries.
Photographer, specialized in exotic landscapes and animals published in National Geographic. Two years ago she preferred her job above her boy-friend. It resulted in a bitter break up. Now she’s on a cross-road in her life. After years of living in the nature regions of foreign countries she feels lonely and she wants to spend more time with her family.
– Westin McNaughton.
A movie actor (pseudonym Westin Drake) often playing the bad-ass womanizer. He was raised in Petaluma where his brothers own a brewery, moved to L.A. and is now living in San Francisco. He’s successful, wealthy and famous, but a bit tired of paparazzi, fans, media, PR advisors and movies in which he cannot show his real acting talent. He’s more interested in nature protection projects and his family in Petaluma.
Meg and Wes meet during a campaign for nature protection. They like each other in spite of their very different way of living. She, working on her own in remote areas and he, a famous movie star surrounded with the media.
The author, Tracy Ewens, describes with a lot af feeling how both sympathetic main characters struggle to adapt to the style of life of the other. It results in much doubt about the success of their relationship in the real world, fear of losing independence and a successful career or wondering about the opinion of their families. For me Meg and Wes – two strong personalities – have perhaps a bit too much uncertainties and changes of opinion to remain credible. So it took a little long before these two nice main characters ultimately found happiness.
R. Huiszoon.
Meg is back in San Francisco for good. After ten years exploring the world and the nature with her camera she is ready to settle and share time with her family. West is a famous actor but he wants a normal life. Can the two of them make it work when their worlds are so differents? A love story about trust, be yourself and sharing.