Brilliant
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Last published Sun, Sep 21, 2025
A HEA standalone contemporary spicy romance novel:
Meredith Gellar is neurodivergent musician, but not talented when it comes to her fellow humans. Finding bandmembers to perform with was as easy as keeping everyone else at arm's length. It was easier still to lose herself in solitary hobbies but, nothing is simple about falling in love.
A chance meeting--on the set of a London talk show--with a broodingly sexy actor overlaps her well-ordered world with his chaotic shadow of Fame, like an overarching Venn diagram. His enticing company comes laden with more risk than Merdith has ever faced.
Can she learn to navigate Fame, Love and heartbreak--without losing herself in the process--or, do stars really shine brightest as they fall?
Notes: rated MA for sexual content, graphic language, drug references, alcohol use and references and intense situations. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to public figures and/ or celebrity figures is purely coincidental.
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Original story and cover art by Kat Pareaux. Enjoy two free chapters exclusively on Wattpad. Full Story available on Amazon as of May 23, 2025 in the Kindle Store or on Kindle Unlimited.
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