Rafi Reyes figures going along with a fake-dating stunt is only fair after Julian Gault saves his life. The young actor is famously cold and snotty, and Rafi's rock band is falling apart in the wake of betrayal. A shiny new romance might be just what both their reputations need. It's too bad they don't actually like each other, but they'll both benefit -- a softer public image for Julian, revenge against his ex for Rafi.<br><br>But as they navigate public events, attend red-carpet premieres, and play cat-and-mouse with paparazzi together, Rafi gets to know a different Julian than he expected -- one who defends horses, takes care of his troubled cousin, and has Rafi's back against his dysfunctional family. Rafi starts to hope he and Julian have something real together.<br><br>But Julian has secrets more painful than Rafi can imagine. With Julian's powerful and controlling uncle scheming to turn them against each other, their relationship must become something much deeper if it -- and possibly either of them -- are to survive.

Star Bright

So not only was Julian a tasteless decorator and a show-off, but he didn’t even take care of his valuable things. Spoiled brat. Rafi sighed.


“Julian,” he called, but heard no answer, or even any rustle of movement. “Julian!”


The entryway fed him down a hallway, where another, equally ill-advised statue, this one roughly humanoid, was wearing Julian’s straw hat from the beach. The hallway opened out into a sitting room that was nearly Victorian in its overcrowded, over decorated glory.


“Good thing I’m not claustrophobic,” Rafi muttered, dodging around overstuffed furniture with tassels. Tassels.Here, too, Julian showed his true colors—the mahogany coffee table bore multiple water rings, and books and papers sat in haphazard piles. Another hat perched atop a lampshade. There were cigarette butts on the Persian rug.


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