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Title: Hiding in Plain Sight
Genre: New Adult / Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Reverse Grumpy x Sunshine, Secret Dating, Workplace (Set) Romance, Rising Star x Established Lead.
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Description:
To the world, Willow Thorne is the untouchable "Siren" of the silver screen. An Oscar winner with a lethal eyeliner wing and a pinstriped wardrobe that screams "don't touch," she is the definition of a cold, high-fashion professional. She doesn't do "bubbly." She doesn't do "approachable." And she definitely doesn't do "dating costars."
Then there's Julian Vane. Hollywood's golden boy, three years her senior in the industry, and the most uncoordinated leading man to ever walk a red carpet. He's all messy hair, lopsided grins, and a "Bambi-on-ice" clumsy energy that should, by all accounts, annoy Willow to death.
But the cameras don't see what happens when the director yells "cut."
For three years, they've played a masterclass in gaslighting the public. They are "just friends," "professional collaborators," and "mutual admirers." The world sees a cold London star and a goofy American heartthrob. They don't see the secret spam accounts, the mystery scratches, or the way Willow's "grumpy" exterior dissolves into breathless, bubbly laughter the second she's alone with the only man who knows she's actually a "Blondie" at heart.
They always knew the secret would come out eventually. In an industry built on smoke and mirrors, they just didn't expect the curtain to fall quite like this.