Reality TV Bites: A Novel - Softcover

Bolks, Shane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060773111 ISBN 13: 9780060773113

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2006

Synopsis

Allison Holloway may be one of the last holdouts: a true reality TV junkie. (Hey, there's no shame in admitting you enjoy watching the Donald say "You're fired!" for the millionth time.) But when her boss signs up their interior design firm for Kamikaze Makeover, Allison knows things are never going to be the same again. Dozens of cameras are set to tape every embarrassing moment as two teams compete for $3 million by executing a bold design concept using unorthodox materials (sex toys, anyone? ). As if that wasn't bad enough, a hunky producer tries to seduce Allison with fine champagne and limo rides, while an equally hunky Dave wants to introduce her to the finer things in his life like beer and basketball games, and a piranhalike press hounds her day and night - and let's not forget the vibrator wall art. Will Allison ever get her life back? Will she finally find her prince after kissing so many frogs? Join Allison as she fights back against the lies, the double-dealing, and the backstabbing to prove that she's a survivor even a gooey round of pudding wrestling can't defeat.

About this title

About the Author:

Shane Bolks is an award-winning writer who loves historical romance and its edgier cousin, chick-lit. Two very different worlds, but she’s as happy with a cosmo, the latest edition of "Vogue", and Brad Pitt as with a ratafia, a copy of "La Belle Assemble", and "Beau Brummell".

From Booklist:

Allison Holloway is privileged, gorgeous, thin, and appears to have the attitude to go with it. What could possibly be her problem and why should we care? Because Bolks has created a character with such depth and quirkiness we can't help but like her. Allison is a designer in Chicago's most prestigious design firm. A reality-show junkie, she is excited when her boss decides that they'll go head to head with a Japanese design team in a new show a la Iron Chef, the popular cooking show. In addition, the executive producer is suave, urbane, gorgeous, and an actual European prince, just what a princess wannabe like Allison longs for. In the wings is her gadfly boyfriend, Dave, but even though she tingles when he is near, it's the executive producer and the prospect of fame that claim her. Then, when the first show airs, Allison's reality comes crashing down. Breezy and hilarious with just the right amount of pathos, Bolks' romance is impossible to put down. Maria Hatton
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About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060773111
• ISBN 13: 9780060773113
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304