The shapechanging Monsters in Hollywood series
continues
as the real live monsters prepare an action movie which
will let the world know that they are around - and
friendly. In the previous tale a warrior called Tokaki was
imported from China to help with stunt fight training. Now
the director Cali, a human girl, has got to the stage of
filming. She has to manage security, editing, lighting,
makeup and other issues, and she really can't afford any
distractions.
A MONSTER AND A GENTLEMAN lurks in the shape of an Asian-
looking man whose alter ego is a fire-breathing monster.
Seling is an actor who is still familiarising himself with
human customs, and he's finding Cali very attractive. They
can't resist getting steamy in a trailer after shooting one
day, but Cali has to pull back on her professional manner
if she's to keep control of the movie. The effects experts
is having a field day, because the monsters can pick up a
car and throw it, and many other stunts are so easy to rig,
but several technical issues arise with lighting and
editing, and sets need to allow that monsters are bigger
and some spread wings. But calamity arises when a tabloid
columnist somehow gets hold of a production shot and
exposes the monsters' secret. A banshee is called in to
investigate. And a secret team of demon-hunters are
convinced these monsters are evil and need killing. No
wonder Cali hasn't got time to continue where she and
Seling left off. Even if he's the best thing that ever
happened to her....
Seeing behind the scenes is a large part of the fun, with
assistants known as talent wranglers trying to get actors
where they should be, and the various departments
contributing their efforts to the whole. At the same time
the characters come across as individuals and occasionally
fragile. There is adult action enough to please fans of
hot romances and the monsters still comment as to how they
don't understand women.
If you have not read any of the series, by now it would be
a little complicated to get into this instalment, but even
reading the previous Have Monster Will Travel would be
sufficient. Lila Dubois is clearly having a lot of fun with
this series and the next book is already planned, but grab
A MONSTER AND A GENTLEMAN for the low-down on producing
Hollywood's next big blockbuster.
Cali knows exactly what will happen if her latest movie
fails. It won’t just destroy her directing career and
company, Calypso Productions. It might mean global war, and
the extinction of an entire race of beings—the monsters.
The last thing she can afford is distraction in the form of
a midnight-haired, caramel-skinned monster who
can—literally—bring on the heat.
Seling enjoys humans, and not, as some have suggested, as a
snack. As one of the stars of a movie that will allow his
people to come out of hiding, he especially enjoys watching
the movie’s intensely focused, human director.
After one particularly frustrating day on the set, Cali and
Seling give in to a blistering night of pleasure. Seling
wants more; Cali isn’t ready to risk her heart. But it all
may become moot when someone leaks raw footage that could
incite the very panic they’re trying to avoid.
And the only way to find the culprit is to unleash a monster
so dangerous that it’s like bringing a nuclear bomb to a
knife fight.
Warning: This title contains a strong-willed woman, a
banshee (no, they’re not the same person) and two men who
know how to please their woman.
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