• Media Darling

  • By: Fiona Riley
  • Narrated by: Lori Prince
  • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (451 ratings)

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Media Darling

By: Fiona Riley
Narrated by: Lori Prince
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Publisher's summary

Hayley Carpenter has always dreamed of being a famous screenwriter, but dreams don’t pay bills and LA living isn’t cheap. So when a temp position at a celebrity gossip magazine becomes available, she goes after it.

Emerson Sterling has been acting since she was little, but a rough patch as a teenager has given her a bad rap in Hollywood. Just when she thinks her dream role can turn around the public’s image of her, a conflict with her co-star and America’s Sweetheart, Rachel Blanche, puts her on the front cover of every magazine, the villain once again.

Rumors swirl that the starlets’ feud started in the bedroom, and Hayley accidentally overhears a conversation between Emerson and Rachel that could lead to the biggest scoop of her career. Will Hayley follow the story, or will her irresistible attraction to Emerson and the secrets Emerson is desperate to keep buried ruin both their careers...and their chance at love?

©2018 Fiona Riley (P)2018 BOLD STROKES BOOKS INC
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great story, great narration!

Great story....great character development and intensely written love scenes. THANK YOU Ms. Riley for "spelling out" love scenes. Some authors leave love scenes to the listeners imagination. This is lesbian romance for crying out loud! We want to be led! On an equally important note....anyone who doesn't adore Lori Prince needs their head examined. She gives amazing depth to characters and is the only narrator I know brave enough to give love-making scenes the passion and intensity needed to make your stomach jump and make you almost drive off the road. This is a great book. Buy it. The end.

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Emerson is my favorite character in anything ever.

I recently just started reading lesbian romance books on a whim. I’m 32, I’ve loved and lost the two loves of my life and despite having completely given up on the thought of finding love, I’m still a believer. The biggest. In this time of non-monogamists and polyamory people I feel so lonely in my little romantic bubble. I got an alert from audible I had 2 credits to burn before I shut my account off and I downloaded two of the lesbian audio books on here with high praise thrown at the narrators. This book is literally the second romance novel I’ve read in my entire life. Second girl on girl romance novel. I’m absolutely a sucker for them now. On to this book.

First point is the narrator. Her voice is extremely sexy to me. I love that girly raspy voice. The way she speaks as the character of Emerson, it was incredible to me. Super sexy. It brings soul to the character. The very very very easy to love character. I’m not going into details but I cannot remember seeing/reading/hearing about such a soulful, amazing, romantic and captivating character. I love her. I wish she was real. Whenever the book switches back to Haileys character point of view, I freakin missed her. How lame right? Take the celebrity part out and this character is definitely a dream girl type. Perfection. I hope to find a person similar to her, one who is so in touch with her feelings despite everything, not afraid of love, going after it, and fighting for it.
The authors description of the MANY sex scenes were very accurate, you can really imagine a time you made love to someone who set your soul on fire at the time and feel like the author was describing it to the T.
Hailey is okay, the ending definitely dragged on unnecessarily, which didn’t bother me because I loved the characters. But it was obvious to me that it was being dragged out. Her voice as the gay dude is hilarious.
Anyway sorry I rambled, this book is entertaining, funny, super sexy

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Excellent!

I loved Media Darling. Great story. Loved Hayley and Emerson. I hate the fact that the media hounds them. Now I feel justified in not paying any attention to gossip shows or gossip rags. If people stopped supporting gossip writers and photographers. The world would be a better place. Lori Prince does an excellent job with the narration.

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Beautiful story, frustrating narration.

The story is beautiful. The narrator lacks good character vocals to make an enjoyable listen.

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omg!!!

I couldn't stop listening. I had to know how it ended... I couldn't wait. I'm looking forward to a next one. This was soooo hot!!! I loved it!!!

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Excellent Read/Listen!

Like everything about it. Though I would hate the narrators voice after reading some other reviews however it did not take away from the enjoyment of the story.

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What a treat!

I’m a sucker for a well-written Hollywood celebrity romance. “Breaking Character” by Lee Winter is one of my all-time favorite books (and audiobooks). No other Hollywood-based romance has approached the heights of BC for me - until this one. I can’t say “Media Darling” is as good as BC, but it’s in the same league. And honestly, it’s not fair to compare them because “Media Darling” is really its own animal. It’s very “today” - the dialogue, the characters, the tone, the accurate reflection of being a twenty-something celebrity in the social media age. This is a book about two Millennial MC’s that actually reads like it was written by a Millennial (which isn’t always the case with many lesfics I’ve read). Emerson and Hayley are really sweet together, and I can’t express my gratitude that the obstacles that threaten their relationship are actually extremely realistic given their circumstances, rather than over-hyped drama manufactured by two adults who can’t communicate like adults (another evil of the romance genre). And did I mention this book is FUNNY? There were times I literally laughed out loud reading (the Fabulous gay best friend is fantastically deadpan and insulting and so well voiced by Lori Prince). And speaking of Lori Prince, she is amazing as always. A couple of times she seemed to slip up with Hayley and Emerson’s voices, making it too hard to figure out which of them was talking, but for the most part she gave the emotional, insightful and funny performance you can always rely on from her. This one was 100% worth the credit. I’ll be looking for more from this author.

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Passion + smart women

I loved this book, if for no other reason than these were two smart women, who didn’t need to have stupid misunderstandings to create the literary drama.
That being said, there are definitely other reasons to enjoy this story. Lori Prince is awesome as usual.

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A must listen

As always Lori P. brings the characters to life with charisma. Good story arc and steamy love scenes. I’m kind of sad that the author skipped much of the angst before reuniting our lovers for the HEA, but for those with hearts in need of something lighter- this is it!

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I loved it!

I loved it all. Lori Prince did an amazing job, the characters were amazing and the sex scenes were hot. The story was sweet,

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