Overview: Freshly minted leading lady Ana Barlow is living the dream, preparing to go on location to film a Greek-god epic at Nashville’s replica of the Parthenon.

But when a sighting with her married co-star threatens to tank her career, she comes up with a plan: She’ll pretend to date his stunt double, Levi Stephens, and let everyone believe he’s who she was spotted with.

Luckily, Levi, an industry newbie, needs to leverage this movie’s potential as much as she does.

Verdict: In what is a most gloriously written, articulately crafted book, one which, and most importantly, contains such a visually rich prose that you can let your mind lovingly assemble and create all the characters, colorize them, and have them speak the words you read seamlessly as you turn each page, this romance novel is one of the finest of its genre kind that I have myself read in the past decade.

For Double Standard: An 831 Stories Romance by author Mallory Thomas (a writer and reader of soft love stories that make you swoon, squeal, and blush) is, and without a shadow of a doubt, one of those books that is a must-have for anyone seeking a new beach, or train, or car, or spaceflight accompanying read!

This rather steamy romance tale - one that incorporates not only the raw epicenter of the human soul but also reveals a fair shake of the tail about the Hollywood power dynamics that go on behind closed doors — is not only a highly intelligent read, but it is a book that grabs you with a high velocity of interest from the very off and has you gripped to the very end.

A one-sitting read, I hear you ask? For sure. Absolutely. And a thoroughly worthwhile and engaging one at that.

About the Author - Mallory Thomas is a writer and reader of soft love stories that make you swoon, squeal, and blush. When she’s not writing, she can be found picking up after her two kids, joking with her handsome husband, and planning trips to the beach. She’s also a baby formula expert and content creator.

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