The Way You Love Me

by Elle Wright

Overview

Stunning social media meltdowns. Glamorous dueling power couples. Mega-viral scandals and dizzying Internet super-spin. No one is better than the Pure Talent Agency at handling it all—or facing down up-close-and-personal bad news...

Superstar actress Paige Mills is America's Sweetheart. But with a shocking divorce, she's burning her powerful husband's house of lies right down to the ground. Reeling from ugly revelations and unable to trust anyone, she takes refuge way off the celebrity grid in her family's remote Michigan lake house. But the brilliant agent who helped shape her success won't give up his client—or his long-simmering passion for her—without a fight...

Andrew Weathers can't let the gifted, caring woman he's always loved wreck her career. And at first, he just wants to help her hope again. But soon their professional chemistry turns into days and nights of no-holds-barred desire—and a resulting publicity firestorm. Now, between hard choices and potentially career-ending consequences, can Paige and Drew risk a seemingly impossible happy ending?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496725813
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	02/23/2021
Series:	Pure Talent , #3
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	1,088,026
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 4.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Elle Wright is an award-winning author of edgy contemporary romance loaded with heat, humor, and scandal. Her novels feature strong, intelligent, courageous, beautiful, yet flawed, heroes and heroines of color. There was never a time when Elle wasn't about to start a book, wasn't already deep in a book—or had just finished one. She grew up believing in the power of reading to transform, to heal, and to enhance life and love. She became a lover of all things romance after her mother convinced her to take a chance and read something new. She resides in Michigan with her husband and children. Connect with Elle online at ElleWright.com, Facebook ElleWrightAuthor, Twitter @LWrightAuthor, and Instagram: @lrwrightauthor.

Editorial Reviews

01/18/2021

A Hollywood talent agent rewrites the script when he falls for his client in the sweet, sassy finale to Wright’s Pure Talent series (after The Way You Hold Me). Known as “Black America’s Sweetheart,” actor Paige Mills is used to the limelight, but with a nasty divorce underway, all she wants is some time away from the public eye in the comforting presence of her agent and good friend, Andrew Weathers. But Andrew has made himself unavailable, afraid he’ll reveal his true feelings for Paige, or snap and attack her vindictive soon-to-be-ex-husband, Julius Reeves. Though he misses Paige, he’s content to communicate through his assistant—until Paige goes off the grid, hiding out from the paparazzi, the public, and her upcoming projects. Andrew sets out to find her, willing to break all his own rules once he does. Andrew and Paige’s romantic connection derives from a foundation of deep friendship, and their unwavering devotion to each other makes their romance all the more endearing. Their meddling mothers, meanwhile, offer a bit of comic relief. But though Julius’s antics cause a lot of trouble for the couple, the drama is resolved disappointingly quickly in a climax that lacks real fire. Readers will be satisfied, if not wowed. Agent: Sara Camilli, the Sara Camilli Agency. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

2021-01-27
A wildly popular actress must face unfair consequences when she gives in to a long-standing attraction to her talent agent.

Superstar Paige Mills is popularly regarded as “Black America’s Sweetheart," but her carefully crafted public persona is threatened when her powerful and vindictive director husband drags out their divorce negotiations. Paige is supported unquestioningly by her whole team with one notable exception—her trusted agent and close friend, Andrew Weathers. Reeling in the aftermath of the negotiations and hurt by Andrew’s abandonment, Paige drops off the grid once the divorce is finalized. Andrew has complicated feelings for his client and has been keeping his distance from Paige because he can't bear to see her being emotionally abused by her husband. When he hears that Paige has chosen to seclude herself, however, Andrew tracks her down to her uncle’s remote home in Michigan. As they spend several days together, shielded from public scrutiny, Andrew and Paige face their feelings for each other. But the romantic idyll—and their careers—is threatened when the media learns of their whereabouts. As Paige faces a publicity nightmare, she must make difficult decisions to find happiness and peace in her personal and professional lives. The third book in Wright’s Pure Talent series underlines the strength of family ties and the precariousness of female stardom. The chemistry between Andrew and Paige is palpable and sweet, and their personalities complement each other. Andrew’s affection for a talented and bright client blossoms credibly into love for a strong woman wearing her emotions on her sleeve. But the trajectory of Paige’s escalating feelings for Andrew is not mapped with enough attention to emotional detail, with the result that several of her decisions seem unduly hasty.

A warm and familiar romance that dwells engagingly on the significance of emotional fortitude.

Kirkus Reviews