I'm once again joining my friend Becca of The Becca Files for Memorable Monday. This week I'm featuring The Memoir of Johnny Devine by Camille Eide.
A historical romance with a Hollywood screen actor twist? Yes, please! I grew up watching old movies with my mom and so this book was like a Hollywood movie come to life. I felt like I was a little girl sitting on our couch in my pajamas watching a movie on a Saturday afternoon, one of my favorite memories.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Love can’t rewrite the pages of one’s past, but it can cover a multitude of sins---one page at a time.
A WW2 widow hired to write an exclusive memoir lands on McCarthy’s hit list and must clear her name while trying not to fall in love with the born-again, ex-Hollywood heartthrob whose scandalous past keeps him too busy to notice her. Or does it?
In 1953, desperation forces young war widow Eliza Saunderson to take a job writing the memoir of ex-Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Devine. Rumor has it Johnny can seduce anything in a skirt quicker than he can hail a cab. But now the notorious womanizer claims he’s been born again. Eliza soon finds herself falling for the humble, grace-filled man John has become—a man who shows no sign of returning her feelings. No sign, that is, until she discovers something John never meant for her to see.
When Eliza’s articles on minority oppression land her on McCarthy’s Communist hit list, John and Eliza become entangled in an investigation that threatens both his book and her future. To clear her name, Eliza must solve a family mystery. Plus, she needs to convince John that real love—not the Hollywood illusion—can forgive a sordid past. Just when the hope of love becomes reality, a troubling discovery confirms Eliza’s worst fears. Like the happy façade many Americans cling to, had it all been empty lies? Is there a love she can truly believe in?
NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. . . What book is memorable to you? Tell me in the comments!
1 comment:
I don't think I've heard of this one before. I love the cover art!
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