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Starstruck
A Bluewater Bay novel

Written by: L. A. Witt
Narrated by: Nick J. Russo
Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Series: Bluewater Bay, Book 1
Unabridged Audiobook

Release Date:04-26-16

Hollywood is full of dirty secrets, but Carter refuses to be Levi's.

Retired action star Levi Pritchard has made a quiet life for himself in the sleepy logging town of Bluewater Bay, Washington. But then Hollywood comes to film the wildly popular television series Wolf's Landing, and Bluewater Bay isn't so sleepy anymore. His retirement doesn't stick, either, because he's offered a part on the show - exactly the kind of complex role he'd always wanted, one that would prove him more than a glorified stuntman. The only catch? He has to stay in the closet - no matter how attractive he finds his co-star.

Carter Samuels is the critically acclaimed male lead on Wolf's Landing. And now, the man who inspired him to take up acting - and made him realize he's gay - is joining the cast, and sparks fly between them instantly. But Carter is out and proud and determined to stay true to himself.

Remaining just friends is the only thing to do, as both the studio and Levi's disapproving, dysfunctional family keep reminding them. Except their friendship deepens by the day, tempting them with what they can't have but both desperately need.

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"2 stars, 2 Crushes, Can one come out for the other"

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Carter is a star of a local Tv production called Wolfs Landing. He has had a crush on Levi ever since he saw him in his older movies years ago. When he sees him on set and hears the rumor Levi may join the cast he is Starstruck. He pursues Levi, they become friends.

Levi has missed having a good friend. Carter is everything he could want in a man they have so much in common. But Levi can't come out or he could lose his chance at this series and bigger movies. Can he just be friends with the man he can't get out of his mind?

I enjoyed the story a lot. It's a cute friends to lovers and coming-out-for you story. I did think there was a bit too much movie watching and would have liked a little more of the actual movie they were making.

Nick J. Russo's telling of the story s great as usual. My only issue with his performance is that both Levi and Carter's voice was too close and it was hard to tell who was speaking in conversations.

If you like a good coming out for you, friends for lovers, actors, slow build up, and some hot man-sex when you get it, I think you will like this.

Excerpt from 'Starstruck'...

As Levi Pritchard sipped coffee in a window booth at the Sunrise Café, he tried not to notice how many of the cars parked along Main Street had California plates. Or think about the fact that he was here to have breakfast with a producer.

God. A producer. It was bad enough Hollywood had invaded Bluewater Bay after he’d moved here to escape all that shit. Now Hollywood was calling him. Fuck.

He put his coffee cup down and kneaded his temples, trying to massage away the headache that was starting to take hold. Why the fuck was he doing this to himself?

Oh. Right. Because he’d never been able to say no to Finn Larson.

Finn was one of those producers who had to be the progeny of a used-car salesman and a litigation attorney. No one could sell bullshit like that man. When he’d called last night, Levi’s brain had screamed, “Oh my God, no, I don’t want to see you,” but his mouth had said, “I’ll see you at eleven.” He still wasn’t sure how that had happened, only that he was here now.

Well, okay, that wasn’t entirely true. Levi knew damn well if he’d said no, Finn would’ve kept after him. Humoring the asshole with lunch was less of a headache than getting a restraining order. Finn probably wanted to resurrect the action hero who’d put Levi on the map. Levi would just politely decline and hope that was enough to get the man to leave him alone, at least until the next two-bit action flick came along.

A couple of women walked by on the sidewalk, raincoat hoods up and heads down, but he still instinctively turned away. Even though not many people recognized him out here, it was a habit to avoid the occasional stare or, worse, a nervous fan.

“Are you really Levi Pritchard?” The same question every time.

“Yeah.” It was getting harder by the year to fake that smile. “That’s me.”

And then came the inevitable:

“I loved your movies! Why aren’t you acting anymore?”

“Will there ever be another Chad Eastwick movie?”

“Guess ‘actors’ like you have a shelf life, eh?”

He’d loved acting. Loved it. It was the Hollywood bullshit he’d hated. So he’d walked away from Tinseltown and never looked back.

And now Bluewater Bay was crawling with everything he’d moved a thousand miles to escape.

That was why he didn’t come into town much anymore unless he had to. If he’d wanted to be surrounded by directors, producers, key grips, gophers, electricians, set designers, makeup artists, union representatives, cinematographers, and consultants, he’d have stayed in California. His opinionated pair of Maine coon cats were much better company than those fuckers.

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