Callie drowned Paul out and her thoughts drifted an ocean and thousands of miles away. Tyler had accomplished a longtime goal of doing makeup at a fashion show in Paris. His boyfriend, Timothy, was joining him and Callie had decided it was the perfect opportunity for her to go, as well. Last-minute trips were right up her alley. Let Hollywood—and the dizzying effort it took maintaining a career—wait; she was overdue for a bona fide vacay. A few days with her family in Michigan followed up with three weeks in the City of Light, a perfect span of time for de-L.A.-ing. Expanding her horizons was as much a necessity as drinking H2O; she needed to experience life beyond the bubble of Los Angeles and get back to basics—to sleep late and spend the afternoon reading a book at a sidewalk café. To admire a Monet or the Mona Lisa and feel the cobblestones scrape under her shoes’ soles while something fresh—anything but the stench of gasoline—filled the breeze. And, oh, yes—there was also the business of getting to know that intriguing, tight-assed smart aleck, Mitch. Who knew where that would lead? Perhaps nowhere. Or perhaps, just maybe …
The smog clung to the air like a wispy negligee. Callie looked at her front yard; the sun skimmed the Hollywood sign and poured through her open window. She tipped her face in the rays and felt nothing short of blessed.
About the Author
SHAMRON MOORE left her home state of Michigan to pursue the excitement of Los Angeles. She started her career with a national print campaign for Cadillac and went on to appear in numerous commercials, television shows, and feature films. FHM names her one of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World. Nowadays, she prefers to focus on writing, one of her lifelong passions. Hollywood Strip is her debut novel.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
HOLLYWOOD STRIP
Copyright © 2013 by Shamron Moore
All rights reserved.
Cover art by Gavin Reece
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Moore, Shamron.
Hollywood strip / Shamron Moore.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
ISBN 978-0-7653-3230-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4299-6021-2 (e-book)
1. Young women—California—Los Angeles—Fiction. 2. Self-realization in women—Fiction. 3. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3613.O56688H65 2013
813'.6—dc23
2012049515
e-ISBN 9781429960212
First Edition: June 2013
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