CLOSE-UP & PERSONAL
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Actress and director. The stage is set for passion...
Drama-school graduate Isabella Green wants to be a script-writer. But when she meets famous director James Berkeley, she's tempted into the glamorous world of acting.
Behind the camera, the mysterious Berkeley commands discipline at all times. But Isabella soon discovers this man's dominant tendencies also extend into the dressing room.
Suddenly Isabella is discovering a side of herself she never knew existed. But she is also learning more about the alluring James Berkeley. Is his desperate past something she can help heal? Or will the flames of passion consume them both when the cameras start rolling?
First Edition January 2013
@ JS TAYLOR
ISBN 10: 1482084007
ISBN 13: 9781482084009
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