Tabloid reporter, Reiko “Koko Says” Ayers is on the trail of a big story. When she receives a tip that actor, Maximillian Lancaster is holed up in a hotel with his rumored lover, she drops everything and runs to the scene. What she doesn’t expect is to become trapped in an elevator with her intended target. And what really baffles her is when he kicks off a getting to know you game, and she finds he isn’t the man she thought.
Award-winning actor, Maximillian Lancaster is fed up with the lies and the people around him who always wants something. When he meets a woman who intrigues him, he begins to consider shedding his “bad boy” image. After a night of passion, he learns she’s not who she claims to be, and he finds himself at the center of yet another scandal. Reiko wants nothing more than to convince Max that she has his best interest at heart. Max wants to believe he wasn’t wrong about Reiko. But will his past experience keep him from trusting her and stand in the way of true love?
Willow James has recently been signed to Conquest Music Group and is on the brink of stardom. On the journey to realizing her dreams, she discovers someone close to her has created the ultimate betrayal. Now that her focus has returned to building a stellar music career, Willow is once again rocked when the President of Conquest Music Group takes an unexpected interest in her.
Joshua Markham has built a musical empire on raw talent, business intellect, and instinct. After years in the industry, he’s bored by the product his company is producing. But when the newest talent walks through the doors of CMG, his interest in the creative side of the business returns with full force. Joshua wants to know the powerhouse songstress who’s about to take the industry by storm. But every effort to get close to her she shuns.
After a lunchtime tryst they both find themselves back at square one, when Willow’s fears have her running for cover once again. Between trying to prove his feelings to Willow and cutting ties with a former employee at the record label, who’s reluctant to let go, Joshua is about to lose everything. Joshua must determine if his feelings for Willow are worth risking everything, no matter the cost.
Eve Hancock, owner of Eve’s Den is looking for a bailout. Her world revolves around her bistro and is her escape from lonely nights. Down on her luck and weeks away from a bank takeover, and possible homelessness she approaches the only person who can financially bail her out. The man she walked out on years ago.
Noah Pratt has led a privileged life, able to buy whatever and whomever he wants. The only blemish on that perfect record was a heartbreak at the hands of his sister’s best friend years ago. She’s the reason he holds a ruthless attitude towards women. When she shows up in his office in need, he sees an opportunity to get vengeance. Noah’s offer to bail Eve out exceeds her expectations. But there’s a stipulation in the contract that forces her to face the reality of why she left him. They’re locked in a battle of wills and heart. When her secret is discovered, she risks losing everything. And Noah just may lose the only woman he’s ever loved…again.
Aspiring actress Camille Walker is fed up with working two jobs. But her stars are changing when she receives a call that she’s been chosen as the hostess for a reality TV show. Her acceptance of this new role brings an end to the first long-term relationship she has ever had. However, her decision to accept it means she must work for a customer from the bar she works nights.
River Pierson isn’t looking for a relationship, and he’s perfectly fine satisfying his needs with his long-term friend. When a waitress from a local bar audition for a reality show he’s creating, his life is about to change. Despite his best efforts, River cannot avoid the magnetic pull he and Camille have to each other.
Neither of them is looking for love. But when the two spend a wintry evening together reviewing potential projects, the heat rises. Camille and River give in to the spell of seduction they’ve been casting on each other but cannot agree on how to move forward after their night of passion. Will giving in to their physical desires ruin everything they’re both trying to build independently?