And the Envelope, Please
Barbara Bretton, Emilie Rose and Isabel Sharpe
Signature Select, Feb 2006
ISBN: 0373836937

"Ever After" by Barbara Bretton. Single mom of preschool twins, Julia Monahan attends the Reel New York Film Festival awards ceremony where she meets Hollywood's top action hero Jack Wyatt. However, though she enjoys her time, she knows that happily ever after is in fairy tales not in real life.

"An Affair to Remember" by Emilie Rose. Though he attends the Reel New York Film Festival awards ceremony as a recipient Hollywood actor, Conrad Carr feels miserable because he misses his better half, the late Tara Dean; even his craft fails him, as he believes he lost the skill when she died. At the bar he meets wannabe actress, North Carolinian Jenna and invites her to tell him her dreams. Instead she helps him end his free-fall and soon soar again, as he has found a new inspiration, but she refuses to believe him as his first marriage was a fairy tale legend.

"It Happened One Night". Lindsay and Gavin fell in love, but the magic of Hollywood hype broke them apart as he only desired fame. She left for Vermont. Now one year later they meet at the Reel New York Film Festival awards ceremony, with both realizing the attraction remains, perhaps even stronger, but he must persuade her that she means everything to him; much more than Los Angeles, movie roles, and scripts and awards, even living with New England chickens if necessary.

These three fine contemporary romances catch the ambiance of Hollywood at an awards celebration, though the guys have their work cut out to convince their ladies they want a lifetime of co-starring.