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BOOK INFO
Title: The Hollywood Assistant
Author: May Cobb
Publisher: Berkley
Publish Date: July 9, 2024
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Series: na
My Rating: 4/5
BOOK BLURB
Offered a dream job in Hollywood with a famous director and his actress wife, an insecure woman becomes their personal assistant where their secrets and lies place her in the crosshairs of a murder investigation.
Cassidy Foster is heartbroken, stuck in life, and getting a little too obsessed with plants. Then when a well-connected friend becomes sick of Cassidy’s moping and gets her a gig with famous Hollywood couple, Marisol and Nate Sterling, Cassidy jumps at the chance to move to sunny LA.
The Sterlings are warm and welcoming. A perfect couple. All Cassidy has to do is be available a few hours a week for errands. In return, she has access to luxury: Designer clothes. A sparkling pool. Great pay.
When Nate takes interest in her, asking her to read scripts he’s written, Cassidy thinks this could be the key to kickstarting her writing dreams. As their business relationship grows, so does their attraction. Nate is sexy and talented, and Cassidy can’t believe her luck. Clearly, Marisol doesn’t know what she has. Maybe that’s why the two are always fighting when they think Cassidy isn’t around.
But Cassidy learns she was hired for a different purpose. The Sterlings aren’t the perfect couple. Marisol isn’t the perfect wife. And when one of them is found dead, Cassidy becomes the perfect suspect.
MY REVIEW
Cassidy accepts a job working as a personal assistant for a famous couple. The perfect couple facade fades once Cassidy gets to know the couple more.
The story is told from Cassidy’s point of view and alternating timelines. One is the present day and the other is four weeks later. This gives the reader insight into what is to come, but there is still a lot of mystery in the story.
The Hollywood Assistant is a slow burning thriller. Dramatic, scandalous, and entertaining.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Books by May Cobb:
- The Hunting Wives
- My Summer Darlings
- A Likable Woman
- The Hollywood Assistant