Star Treatment

High Concept:  The Ugly Duckling transforms into a Paris Hilton-esque star

 

Genre:  54,000 word young adult fiction

 

Blurb:  Sixteen-year-old Chloe Westcott lives unnoticed in the shadow of her famous, movie star brother.  Her life revolves around keeping him happy and keeping his sterling reputation intact.  Considering he's nineteen and can't make a good choice to save his life, she's constantly scrambling to cover his actions.  Lately, the only way to save his butt is to take the blame.  She's suddenly getting noticed--for all the wrong reasons.  When Hollywood's hottest bad boy blackmails her with video evidence that could destroy her brother's career, Chloe has to decide how far she's willing to go to save her brother . . . and how she's going to save herself from too much attention.

 

 

Family Priorities

High Concept:  The Simple Life Does Construction meets Who's the Boss?

Genre:  55,000 word category romance

Blurb:  Veronica Jamison comes to small town Illinois to claim an inheritance from the father she never knew and make a life for herself where people who will see her as more than a rich, spoiled socialite.  But taking over a construction company from a man who believes it should have been passed to him isn't the loving, family welcome she longs for.  Matt Yeley knows all about Veronica's type, and he knows she won't last a week in his town.  Been there, done that, and he has five-year-old twins as a constant reminder that a woman like Veronica will bail at the first sign of trouble.  His family is his first priority, not the hot blonde with no construction experience who's weaving her way into his and his kids' hearts and threatening to destroy his future.