Beauty Queen

Written by Julia London

Narrated by Natalie Ross

In the second book of The Fancy Lives of the Lear Sisters trilogy, a former beauty queen’s perfect life comes crashing down…but unexpected love may lift her right back up.

Former Miss Texas Rebecca Lear knows a thing or two about looking perfect—even when her life is anything but. When her no-good husband leaves her for another woman, the fairy-tale illusion shatters. Heartbroken, Rebecca heads to Austin to pick up the pieces of her life, volunteering for a friend’s political campaign in a desperate attempt to start anew. When she clashes with a gorgeous, hot-shot lawyer over campaign strategies, Rebecca realizes she’s in way over her head. And maybe that’s a good thing…

Matt Parrish is the toughest litigator in Texas—and a notorious heartbreaker. When he agrees to help out with his former fraternity brother’s campaign, he never imagined he’d be stuck working with an ex-beauty queen. There’s no denying she’s beautiful…and sweet and funny and smarter than anyone gives her credit for. But men like Matt don’t fall in love with women like Rebecca, no matter how hot the flames of passion burn between them…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: Jun 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781480522466

Julia London

Julia London is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than forty romantic fiction novels. She is the recipient of the RT Book Reviews Award for Best Historical Romance and a six-time finalist for the prestigious RITA award for excellence in romantic fiction. She lives in Austin, Texas.

Reviews for Beauty Queen

[hoot_3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The second book in the series "Beauty Queen", features Rebecca Lear, the star child of the family. Rebecca was once married to a well-to-do man, with whom she had a child with. She was a socialite stay at home mom that had given up her dreams of becoming an artist to become a beauty queen and appease her father.When Rebecca's husband decides to take a younger wife and leave her hanging she is left feeling worthless and without any marketable skills.To support her 5 year old son she takes the only job she can get. She works for Tom Masters campaign for lieutenant Governor of Texas. Shes finally gaining some self-confidence and some much needed experience, when she finds herself going head to head with an obnoxious lawyer. Matt Parish isn't amused that he has to work with a former beauty queen with no political experience, and he lets her know that every chance he gets.With the common goal of showing each other up, they manage to overcome some major campaign problems as well as find some common ground. The get to know each other better and find out that they have more in common than they could have ever expected.

[msnikki · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Quite nice. A former beauty queen struggles to find herself after her rich husband divorses her for his mistress. Former Miss Texas is co-opted into a political campaign and butts heads with the the sexy lawyer working on the campaign. Shes a distracted mother to a confused 5 year old, and that element enhances this novel. The heroine is not perfect. Colourful descriptions of people and places and spicy sex scence makes this a fun read. May not hold up to a second read.