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Kind of Famous: A Steamy Rockstar Romance Kindle Edition

by Mary Ann Marlowe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.4 42 ratings

Book 3 of 4: Flirting with Fame

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Layla Beckett has a secret. For the past ten years, she’s run the most trafficked fan site on the Internet for her favorite band—under an alias, naturally. When she lands a job at the prestigious New York City music magazine The Rock Paper, she’s suddenly thrust into the world she’s only observed from the cheap seats. Now that she’s brushing elbows with sexy guitarists and hot frontmen, she wants to play it cool and keep her superfan status on the down low. Although she’s dying to gush on her forum, posting her insider adventures online could expose her real-life identity and blow her cover.

And that’s all before one of those sexy musicians becomes a fan of her.

From the minute he meets Layla, Shane Morgan’s heart beats a heavy metal rhythm, but his head is full of doubt. Since only the most hardcore fans could pick the drummer out of a lineup, he’s resigned to groupies using him to get closer to the more famous guitarists. But he doesn’t want to be Layla’s passthrough.

As Layla gets to know the real people behind the music, she’s drawn to the less-than-flashy drummer’s sweet charms, fascinating mind, and banging hot body, but she worries about his insecurities. She needs to convince Shane she’s moved beyond fandom before he discovers her online history and loses all faith in her intentions.

But the Internet is forever, and secrets have a way of getting out.

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Mary Ann lives in central Virginia where she works as a computer programmer/DBA. She spent ten years as a university-level French professor, and her resume includes stints as an au pair in Calais, a hotel intern in Paris, a German tutor, a college radio disc jockey, and a webmaster for several online musician fandoms. She has lived in twelve states and three countries and loves to travel. She loves to hear from readers and can be reached through her website at www.maryannmarlowe.com, on Facebook, www.facebook.com/marlowemaryann/, and at twitter.com/maryannmarlowe.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07ZHNSGSM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (April 7, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 7, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1860 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 354 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,165,088 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,250 in Rockstar Romance (Books)
- #19,302 in Contemporary Women's Fiction
- #25,419 in Women's Romance Fiction

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Mary Ann Marlowe is a romance junkie with wanderlust. She’s lived in twelve states and three countries, but she’s called the Charlottesville, Virginia area home for nearly twenty years. She’s held dozens of jobs from university-level French teacher to Wall Street computer programmer, got her black belt in karate, and beat Zelda Breath of the Wild. She loves to pull from her experiences when creating her fictional worlds. When she isn’t writing, she day jobs as a developer, hangs with her two amazing kids, and dreams of travel. She also writes under the name Lorelei Parker.

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Robyn Arrington

If you're looking for an escape from everyday life, Kind of Famous is the book for you.

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2020

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Hot musicians? Check. Steamy love story? Check. Escape from reality? Double check.

Layla Beckett is a music super fan - so much so that she runs an extremely popular forum for her favorite band. When she lands a great new job that has her actually rubbing elbows with the members of that band, she thinks she's died and gone to heaven. Then she meets Shane, the drummer to another band, and they hit it off right away. Layla is hesitant to reveal her super fan status to Shane, as he's been burned in the past by fame-seeking groupies. But as their relationship heats up, she begins to question the wisdom in hiding that aspect of her life. Once the truth inevitably comes out, it threatens to ruin everything.

Marlowe does an excellent job building heat between Layla and Shane, and you'll definitely be rooting for them. It was fun revisiting characters from previous novels as well - the whole series is superb.

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Lisa Albright @booksloveandunderstanding

Rock and roll romance

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2020

☆☆Book Review☆☆ Kind of Famous by Mary Ann Marlowe
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Description:
Layla Beckett has a secret. For the past ten years, she’s run the most trafficked fan site on the Internet for her favorite band—under an alias, naturally. When she lands a job at the prestigious New York City music magazine The Rock Paper, she’s suddenly thrust into the world she’s only observed from the cheap seats. Now that she’s brushing elbows with sexy guitarists and hot frontmen, she wants to play it cool and keep her superfan status on the down low. Although she’s dying to gush on her forum, posting her insider adventures online could expose her real-life identity and blow her cover.

And that’s all before one of those sexy musicians becomes a fan of her.
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I enjoyed the memories the concert and rehearsal scenes brought back for me. Layla was someone I could see being friends with despite some of her misguided choices. Shane was a little insecure for me, but ended up growing enough to provide a powerfully romantic ending to their story. Just a heads up there was a lot of steam in this one! I loved the support from the secondary characters. They were well-developed and I realized after I finished it that this was the third book in a series, so I want to go back and read their stories too. ...
If you'd like a glimpse of rock star life and what it means to date someone in a band this series just might be the perfect series for you. It's kind of fabulous.
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Available tomorrow 4/7/2020!
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Thank you to Mary Ann Marlowe and Net Galley for a gifted copy in exchange for my honest review.

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susan_d

fast, fun, romantic read

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2020

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This is the third book in Mary Ann Marlowe's flirting with fame series, and she just keeps getting better. This story is really well composed with two lovable leads in Layla and Shane, a quick, compelling plot, and zippy writing. It's fun and flirty, very funny and extremely sexy. Layla is a strong female lead, one who's used to taking care of things and taking no crap. It serves her very well in this plot, and in her ability to match her would-be mate, Shane. He's outgoing and forward with her, but never creepy. Together, they are both smoldering and fun. Plus, it's great to check in and catch up with characters from the books earlier in the series. Read it, you'll love it!

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Marsha Jo

Celebrity status isn't always what it's cracked up to be.

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2020

This was a fun story. A relative nobody (though she has an online following,) finds herself smack dab in the midst some of her favorite rock stars. For the most part she is good at hiding her fangirl status, though that may end up being what ultimately costs her her relationship with not only her new friends, but also her new rock star boyfriend. It's a well told story, and the characters are all well written, but I did have some negative feelings toward the 'heroine' of the book and how she came across. I can't pinpoint what it was about her exactly, but it felt like she had a 'I'm better than you' vibe that was kind of a turn off. This was a lengthy read, and it took a while to get through. While I enjoyed the story/plot, it didn't quite have that 'I can't put this book down' thing going for it. There is a small amount of sexual content. There is a big break-up followed by the grand gesture (from both parties involved.) While this is book three of the series, it can be read as a stand alone without any issues, but if you have read the previous books, you'll see some of the same characters involved.

*I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley.

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A blast to read!

Reviewed in Canada on May 5, 2020

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I'm a sucker for a shy hero with a good heart. If he's also a musician with a messy head of auburn hair, I'm toast. Shane is my type of man, and I loved navigating the world of fandom through Layla's eyes, especially when their chemistry lit the pages on fire. Kind of Famous is a great rock and roll romance from a different perspective that was a blast to read!

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