After giving the performance of a lifetime in my latest movie, I’m riding a high in my career.Ready to celebrate, I come home only to find my wife giving a performance of her own—no amount of bleach will scrub this image from my brain.My ex-wife is hellbent on making my life a living nightmare—slandering me in every tabloid and talk show from coast to coast. Her damaging lies could cost me … could cost me everything I’ve worked so hard for.
Added to that, I find out that my friend, Harlow Trembley, has publicity troubles of her own. As a famous fashion model, she’s used to the gossips printing scathing lies. But the most recent lie involves the two of us.
As our worlds collide, I propose we turn the tables on the stalkerazi.
I ask her to be my fake girlfriend.
We know the game, and the stakes are high. As the summer goes on, our pretending turns to something more.
Can Harlow heal the parts of my soul that need it most—or will I end up pushing her away?
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Healed by You is the second book in the Harbor Series and can be read as a standalone, but trust me one this – you will want to grab Bound to Me (book 1) after reading this book!
Grady and Harlow are both dealing with ultimate betrayals from their significate others. After bumping into each other a few times, they realize that there is something “more” between them. The sparks start flying, the heat gets turned up a few notches, lust takes over and both of their minds are stuck in the proverbial “gutter” with all those dirty thoughts! They help each other heal – body, mind and soul.
What a fantastic book to end the year on! I have to say that Harlow and Grady are one of my favorite couples!
Three of my most favorite lines in the book are:
“Not a deviant. But if you leave the sexual innuendo door open even a fraction, I’ll come barreling through like the Kool Aid Man.”
“The best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.”
“Good, because I want to hug your face with my thighs.”
Healed by You is the 2nd book in the Harbor Series and can be read as a standalone. This is Grady James’s story—you met Grady in Christy Pastore’s Scripted series books as a secondary character and something about him then drew me to him and I was so glad to see he was getting his own book now.
In Healed by You, he is a well known movie star and is married but in the beginning of the book, we see his marriage come apart when his wife is doing her yoga instructor. After he gets over his wounds of the breakup, he files for divorce and heads for the Hamptons where his friends are , back to the Harbor. While he is going thru this divorce for his wife is fighting him, he still needs work so he gets a well-known modeling job and this is where he meets her-she who bewitches him. Its someone who he has worked with before in the modeling circuit and they are friends but suddenly he sees her in a special light. Grady’s lady has had a lot of pain in her past, in fact she is coming off a 2 yr romance with a stupid man who used her and then dumps her because she is better known that he is and that makes him feel threatened so he dumps her as she thinks he is going to propose. This tears this beautiful woman apart and this is when these two meet- when they are at crossroads in their personal and professional lives.
The passion and heat between Grady and his woman are electric and the emotional connection is JUST as hot. I loved how they worked thru a lot and learned to be there , for one another. It was also great to see old friends make appearances in this new story in the Harbor Series. Grady’s woman is sassy and sweet. She knows how to work the runaway yet also make money. She is smart and funny; she is a good friend and she always keeps Grady knowing her love is real-she is loyal and above her, she isn’t a cheater. Not to say there isn’t angst- there are ups and downs and of course, Grady is a guy so will he learn to pull his head out of his rear or will he ruin the most perfect thing? Only way to find out is to read the latest by Christy Pastore—trust me, you don’t want to miss out!!!
My Rating: 4.9 stars *****
“I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***
4.50 Stars
What a great Contemporary Romance book this was!!! This is my second book by Christy Pastore and each one I read gets better and better.
Who doesn’t love a great Hollywood story? One that is filled with paparazzi, rumors, social media, break-ups, one night stands, etc!! Isn’t this the way the ball rolls in Hollywood?
Grady has it all going for him in life. Just wrapped up on filming and comes home to celebrate with his wife… Only his wife has started celebrating a wee bit earlier than she should have.
While the burner is set to medium heat, the relationship forms. No need to rush a good thing, right? Learn all there is about each other and open up when you are ready to. That’s the perfect setting for a great relationship.
But when feelings form and the truth comes out. Will one make a sacrifice to not have what they truly want in a relationship? Or is it time to let it go and become the one who is in a relationship with no paperwork to tie the two together…
Just like a perfect pineapple, this story drew me in at the beginning and kept me going till the end. Great job Christy on another fantastic book!!!
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One word can seize your heart. I seriously think I was about to go in shock. So many situations in this book will cause that reaction. Grady’s early return home definitely is in the top five. A few others come to mind immediately but I refuse to spoil the fun.
Fun is exactly what this book is. It’s sweet, sexy, and romantic but its also fun. A friendship brought on by proximity and mutual kindness. A chance for two “broken” people to just be. Fun situations and not so fun gossip make these two a constant center for blame. Too bad people don’t know the truth.
But even with even one out for blood, they make life their own. I admire their bravery and friendship. It’s a beautiful thing what Grady and Harlow have.
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4.5 Stars
Healed by You is the second book in the Harbor Series, and yes, before you ask, can be read as a standalone, but after reading HBY, you should definitely pick up Bound to You and all the other books by this amazing author.
For those of you who are a Christy Pastore fangirl like myself, you already met Grady James. In HBY, he has grown up a lot, he’s finally coming into his own and having his own leading parts and still doing the modeling gig. He’s married and settled and thought all was well at Casa James, when he walks in on his wife doing a very interesting yoga pose with her instructor, ahem, doggie style anyone? Ah Hollywood, home of the cheaters. After licking his chops and getting divorced, Grady goes back to where he can just be himself and be close to his friends, back to the harbor at the Hamptons.
Since Grady still needs to work, he finds himself at a modeling gig where he meets his Special Lady. It is someone he has known from modeling. No, I’m not giving you her name especially if you have read the previous books. Let it be a surprise. Let’s just say, she too is coming off a two year relationship, when her douche canoe boyfriend decides to break off so he can concentrate on his athleticism. What I adored most about this Special Lady is that, she grieved for her ex, and kept it moving. She is busy concentrating on making a go of her business plan, but when her BFF asked her to stand in with Grady during a photoshoot, besides the camera capturing the chemistry between these two, sparks were flying all over the place.
They both decide to take things slow up until the paparazzi gets wind of their outings and Grady devices this great plan and convinces his Special Lady to run with it and make tabloid talk. Simple, right? It was until, the crazies commenting and making up more stories, c’est la vie. Can I take a minute and applause Special Lady in getting what she wants in the bedroom? Homegirl can dirty talk like a boss and Grady, he sure as hell did not hold back in that department either.
Both main characters were strong together, they had very funny moments, the Friends references were the best. I was waiting for the other shoe to drop and when it did, I was a bit sad, but through it all, the author made me believe in love. How love is so powerful, you will revisit your original stance on failed marriages.
I love how Ms. Pastore made me want go visit the Hamptons and hangout at the harbor. The descriptions were so lush that I felt I was there with Grady, his Special Lady and his awesome group of friends. We should all have friends like Ronan, Holliday, Ella and Alex.
This is the first book of Christy Pastore’s that I’ve had the pleasure of reading. I loved Grady and Harlow’s story. Harlow and Grady have known each other for years but never really spent too much time together. Chance has them crossing paths again after both of them suffered heartache. After a few conversations the two decide that faking a relationship would be the best way to get the media to stop reporting negatively about them and start reporting in their favor. Neither one planned to fall in love for real.
Harlow and Grady quickly become best friends, opening up to each other and sharing things that they normally wouldn’t with others. Their relationship turns into one of trust, honesty, respect and understanding. Now they only have to decide if they are willing to declare their love for each other and see where it takes them.
Loved this story.
Christy Pastore is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors to read. The story between Grady and Harlow was so good, I had a hard time putting it down. I ended up reading the entire book in one sitting. I fell head over heals for this couple.