Reality shows are real, right? Wrong. When Elise Rosenberg signs up to be a participant in the new hit reality television show, Heartbreak Beach, she quickly realizes how involved the producer, Brent Knox, actually is. She regrets not reading the long contract she was given before agreeing to be on the show, but it’s too late, as she is put in an uncomfortable position during the season finale.
Title: Heartbreak Beach: A Novella
Author: Bailey Thomas
Page Count: 87
MY RATINGS:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Romance, Contemporary Romance, Short Romance, Fiction, Drama, Light Read, Behind the Scenes, Media Fiction
Reality shows are real, right?
Wrong. When Elise Rosenberg signs up to be a participant in the new hit reality television show, Heartbreak Beach, she quickly realizes how involved the producer, Brent Knox, actually is. She regrets not reading the long contract she was given before agreeing to be on the show, but it’s too late, as she is put in an uncomfortable position during the season finale.
Twenty women began the series, all fighting for the attention of Jared Bradley, the hot bachelor. Each week, he sent women home, until Elise was the only one left. The last episode is supposed to consist of her agreeing to leave Heartbreak Beach as a couple with Jared, but Brent Knox has another idea in mind. He wants Elise to reject Jared’s offer, forcing him to leave the show in the same way he started—single. She is legally obligated to follow the producer’s wishes, but over the course of the show, Elise has fallen in love with Jared, and does not want to hurt him.
Instead of complying with her contractual duty, Elise decides to leave the beach with Jared anyway, and also reveals to him how the show was forcing her to break his heart. Jared and Elise decide to fight against the production company, sharing the truth about how messy reality television truly is.
Producers have ruined enough relationships, and Jared and Elise refuse to be another failed reality TV couple.
The “reality” in reality TV is SERIOUSLY questionable in this story!
You guys HAVE to read this book! Imagine signing up for a reality dating show like Heartbreak Beach thinking you’re just there for some fun and maybe find love with the charming bachelor, Jared Bradley. But for poor Elise Rosenberg, things get complicated real fast when she realizes the show’s producer (Brent Knox) has this kind of SERIOUS AGENDA of his own.
Elise is stuck between a rock and a hard place. She’s got this contract telling her she HAS to do one thing. Something wild the show’s producer wants! But her heart is telling her something completely different.
What do you think she does? Instead of breaking Jared’s heart for the cameras, Elise decides to be true to her feelings. And together, they decide to EXPOSE the messy truth behind the scenes of Heartbreak Beach.
MY READING EXPERIENCE:
I found myself totally invested in the characters, ESPECIALLY JARED. For me, there was something SO GENUINE about him that just drew me in. If I’m going to defend him. I would say… Bailey Thomas totally nailed Jared’s character in Heartbreak Beach. He wasn’t just some cardboard cutout of a reality TV bachelor. You could actually see why Elise fell for him! It made the WHOLE situation even MORE GRIPPING because you genuinely cared about what happened to him and Elise, especially with all the producer’s crazy manipulations going on behind the scenes.
This book threw a plot twist at me that I absolutely did not see coming. I can’t say much more without giving anything away. But seriously… keep an eye out for this one when it’s released. There was a moment involving Jared that honestly broke mine. I went from really liking him to feeling completely gutted.
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NOTE: This is my personal opinion about the book. My goal is to share my experience, not to change anyone’s perspective. For Bailey, thank you for providing me with an ARC. Congratulations on your book release!