Title: Before He Was Famous
Author: Beck Wicks
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Synopsis
Falling in love with your best friend isn’t always a great idea, especially when he’s Noah Lockton - the sexiest, most famous new talent on the planet. When 21-year-old small-town photographer Chloe Campbell is offered the chance of a lifetime – to join her celebrity childhood friend Noah on tour as an exclusive blogger for a New York magazine – she’s certain both have put what happened four years ago behind them. But his eyes still burn; his voice is still a jackhammer to her heartstrings; all his songs are about her. Is it possible that that night still haunts them both?
The music industry is a machine, spinning hype and rumors as much as his records. It’s not just Noah’s girlfriends who’ve got it in for Chloe (there’s no stopping the Twitter-obsessed, cat-loving pop-star Courtney Lentini for starters). Pretty soon, the jealousy and media frenzy surrounding these so-called-friends takes a life-changing turn and it seems making love means making enemies at every turn. When tragedy threatens to pull the final curtain on their relationship, both Chloe and Noah must make a choice. As much as this world leaves them starstruck, is living their dream really worth living without each other?
A story of lifelong friendships, love and hope, set in a world of celebrity, fame and social media gone very, very wrong.
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Christine's Review
I really enjoyed this story. As an avid reader, we tend to see the same thing over and over however, with this story, it took me on an unexpected ride. I'm not going to go all out and say nothing was similar to other stories I read, but the twists in the plot were refreshing and not so predictable. The flow of the story was perfect and really enjoyed the dual POV.
I was a little nervous going in thinking that these childhood friends that once crossed the line of their friendship were going to drive me bat shit crazy. lol I mean I thought them fighting their feelings for each other would want me to throw something...but surprisingly they didn't get under my skin. I immediately had a liking to Chloe and Noah. I laughed, I cried and I sure did swoon over Noah.
So I'm a HUGE Disney fan, so I absolutely loved the whole Peter Pan nicknames with Chloe and Noah. Also with the craze of Frozen, I laughed with all the signing of "Let It Go". I mean we all are signing it, and if not, you know some that always is, so it was just perfect!!
I rate this book 4 bookmarks. Check it out, this is a must read! I can't wait for the next book!
Excerpt - Noah
'Noah!' she yells again. 'You have to spin for aunt
Madeline, remember?'
It feels like so long since I saw Chloe laughing and
something lifts from my shoulders almost instantly. Aunt Mads told us she and
her boyfriend danced and span in the rain on the deck of a ship once, just
because she'd seen it in a movie and always wanted to do it. Then, when it
rained, she dragged us to her yard in The Bronx and we all span around till we
were soaked and hysterical, doing stupid high kicks on the grass.
I can't take my eyes off her as she spins and spins and
spins. And I feel it hit me. It smacks me hard; the thought that Chloe is the
most beautiful creature I've ever seen, right here, right now, spinning like a
figurine in a silver snow-globe.
She bounds up to me, giddy and still laughing. Raindrops are
careening down her cheeks and her eyes are huge now. 'Come fly with me, Peter,'
she breathes, reaching for the hand that isn't clasped around the umbrella. 'Or
are you too grown up for that now?'
The wind picks up and clutches at her dress. I reach out
instinctively to her face, run a thumb along her cheek, swiping at raindrops.
'You're drunk,' I whisper, but even as she frowns and rolls her eyes at me I
have to smile because I see her; the kid who held my hand when my
dog died, who gave names to the snails in her yard, who made me jump about her
bedroom carpet like it was an ocean full of islands.
I see the seventeen-year-old who clung to me when her dad
died. The secrets we left in the branches; the way our desperate lips searched
frantically for some modicum of sense as we let our minds go out the window and
fucked with more passion, more heart than I've ever experienced with anyone
else in my life; even if she was drunk, even if we were grieving. It doesn't
change what it meant to me.
Fuck. She's amazing. I love her. Why the hell did I let her
go back to Cooper? Why the hell did I not just tell her sooner? Would it even
have made a difference?
She's tugging on my arm and I realize I haven't spoken yet.
'Chloe...' I start. But the flash strikes us like lightning. I'd know it
anywhere and it has nothing to do with the weather.
'Paparazzi,' we say in sync, and I grab her hand, pull her
with me as we both break into a run.
Author Bio
Becky Wicks is a HarperCollins author going indie! Itchy feet has led her to live and work all over the world since leaving England at age 21, including NYC, Sydney, Bali, South America and Dubai. Right now she’s scribbling the second book in the HotFlush series in Vietnam, and will soon be in Vancouver if any hot Canadian men want to make her a cup of tea?
Becky has also written three funny travel books about her time in Dubai, Bali and South America (HarperCollins). Her first book, Burqalicious - The Dubai Diaries, her second book, Balilicious - The Bali Diaries and her third, Latinalicious -The South America Diaries are out now as ebooks.
Becky has also written a comedy romance with author Sarah Alderson under the name Lola Salt, called The Extraordinary Life of Lara Craft (not Croft) which should raise a giggle or two... think Bridget Jones if Jackie Collins had written it!
Follow her on twitter @bex_wicks and her blog www.beckywicks.com
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