Malibu Secrets by MK Meredith -a Review
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Description:
Every girl has a secret (or two)…
On the verge of losing the Malibu home she inherited from her great-aunt, Addi Dekker is completely failing to prove to her family she can make it as a writer. Not exactly how a girl proves her independence. If she doesn’t want to give up her dream and go back to the soul-sucking job she just left, Addi has to swallow her dislike of Hollywood and rent the house out to the sexy-as-hell film producer.
And maybe (shhhh!) save money by secretly living there, too.
Roque Gallagher is pouring his heart and savings into his first independent film to make the industry acknowledge him for his talent and not just his family name. Addi’s home is perfect for the shoot, but she’s far too tempting. He’s never been able to handle work and a relationship, and this is the film of a lifetime. Between a shrinking budget and his director quitting, the last thing he needs is a sexy-as-sin tease like Addi. And he has a feeling there’s something she’s hiding…
Review:
When wild child Addi lives up (down) to her family’s prediction, her Malibu bungalow inheritance in foreclosure, time is of the essence and Addi is desperate. When cornered, however, Addi is nothing if not resourceful. As much as it pains her, Roque, stellar Hollywood producer, is the answer to her prayers…if not her dreams. But that comes later, much later, since neither person is ready, or willing, to address the attraction. Welcome to book 2 of the Malibu Sights series, Malibu Secrets, by MK Meredith, where real Hollywood dreams have nothing to do with box office numbers.
The time had come for her to grow up and figure out a way to gather up the pieces of her latest disaster without her entire family-and their friends-finding out.
Addi isn’t like her older sister, Sam (book 1, Malibu Betrayals review available here ) , and far from dedicated, workaholic older brother-attorney, Luca. She’s impulsive and “fanciful” and happy being such. That is, until things spiraled out of control and she’s $18,000 in the hole, on the brink of losing her home.
The need was immediate upon seeing the tears in her eyes, and he’d genuinely thought she’d jump at the chance to rent to him, especially considering her predicament. She’d only have a limited time to save her home. The information on her public records had been his Hail Mary-for him and her, really. But she’d thrown him out.
Why, then, would she decline Roque’s offer? The gorgeous uber producer wants to film his movie at her home – that obviously comes with payment to vacate and since it’s Hollywood, you can imagine the bank she could make! That was the first mistake: Assume, and you make an “ass” out of you and me. I fit that into a review – always wanted to do that! 😉
What I really enjoyed through paced storytelling were the similarities in background. Though fleshed out differently, life is propelled by adult choices, the feeling of inadequacy, of hovering shadows, were one and the same for Roque and Addi. They both had drive and something to prove to their families. This obstinate pair, however, looked everywhere but within, to find that approval. And when their individual desires begin to encroach on the other’s, “From the moment they’d met, she’d been in panic mode, and he’d been in production mode”, well…Malibu Secrets are spilled, and these don’t have a chance at the cleaners!
A book filled with powerful dialogue, swoon-worthy declarations, and tense, but necessary confrontations. MK Meredith encompasses all of this wonderful to execute a faith of rising above. Addi and Roque fight with each other and for each other – now that’s success!
Reviewed by Carmen
Copy provided by Publisher
