Hollywood Heartthrob: A Teacher Celebrity Romance

By Clarissa Carlyle

Amy Prince was just a regular girl, in a regular teaching job, until Hollywood heartthrob, Josh Roberts came to shoot a movie on the campus where she teaches.

 

Then her whole world got turned upside down!

 

Can any good come from a regular girl dating the hottest, most desired guy in Hollywood?

 

Find out now in this romping fun romantic love story!

 

This is a new adult celebrity romance novella featuring a female college professor and a celebrity movie star of approx. 27,400 words. It's a short, fun, quick read!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clarissa Carlyle
• Release date: Apr 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781533720979

Book preview

Chapter 1

S o, have you heard about the movie that’s being filmed on campus? asked Jenny Montgomery excitedly as she walked down the hallway with her colleague.

Amy Prince rolled her eyes, bored.

I’m actually sick of hearing about the movie! It’s all the students want to talk about. It’s distracting them from actually learning!

Yes, but it is exciting, Jenny pointed out. And the main star is Josh Roberts. He’s like, an Adonis.

Only on screen. I bet he’s nowhere near as good looking in person.

Well, now he’s filming here so we will get to find out!

Amy forced a smile and watched Jenny scurry away to teach her music class. All anyone wanted to talk about lately was the upcoming movie and Josh Roberts. In Amy’s English Literature class, she could barely get her students to focus on their text, Wuthering Heights, because all any of them wanted to do was gaze out of the window in the vain hope of glimpsing some of the unfolding action on the film set.

Whoever Josh Roberts was, Amy already didn’t like him. He was interrupting her teaching, and since this was only her second semester at the college, she needed to make a good impression. This was her first job since graduating, and she had to make it count.

As soon as she entered her classroom, she caught snippets of excited whispers.

Oh my gosh, he’s so hot.

He, like, totally looked right at me!

It was evident that her class was still in the grip of Josh Roberts fever. Sighing, Amy made her way to the front and set down her bag. A few of the students looked up and smiled to greet her.

Hey, Miss P, said Emily Smith from her usual seat in the front row.

Hi, Emily.

Hey, Miss Prince, have you met any of the cast yet? a male student called out from the back of the room.

No, I haven’t, Amy replied curtly, wanting all chatter about the film to stop quickly so she could begin teaching.

We heard that all faculty and staff get to meet the cast, the guy continued, sounding disappointed that she hadn’t actually met any of the stars yet.

I can assure you we don’t get to meet them, Amy explained. Now, if you can turn to page twenty-three in your books –

Well, that’s a shame! Donna Clark interrupted, and a few other students made noises in agreement.

I’m actually not that bothered, Amy said, getting increasingly annoyed. What does bother me is whether or not you guys pass your mid-terms, which are coming up. Please, page twenty-three, and the next person to mention the movie being filmed here is going to write me a three thousand word essay on why prose is more absorbing than film as a medium!

That shut them up. No one ever liked getting extra work.

AMY PRINCE HAD ALWAYS dreamt of being a teacher. As a little girl, she would line her dolls up and stand before them, pretending to teach a class.

Her parents thought it was cute and were also pleased that she’d chosen such a sensible dream, unlike her sister Tanya, who dreamed of being a movie star. Amy’s dream was obtainable, which meant her life wouldn’t be filled with bitter disappointment.

Tanya on the other hand kept being knocked back in the film world, despite her tenacity. She was twenty-eight and waiting tables, refusing to accept the fact that her big break was probably never coming.

The whole thing made Amy resent the film industry and the stars and the falsehoods they presented to the world. People like her sister wasted their lives on a notion that one day they’d be famous, and everything would change. Amy knew that hard work was what would ultimately bring her reward. There was no quick fix in life.

But had Amy wanted to be a film star, she’d have had a better chance than her sister.

Tanya Prince was short, with stubby legs and dark brown hair. Her face was too angular, and none of her features seemed to fit in place. In contrast was Amy, who was tall and lean with flowing blond hair and bright blue eyes. People were always surprised to learn they were sisters, and it was true that there was little the two had in common, both in looks and in personality.

SO YOUR ASSIGNMENT for this week, Amy began as her class came to a close, but she realized that hardly anyone was paying attention to her. Instead, they were all gazing dumbly out of the vast glass windows on the far side of the room.

Excuse me! Amy called out. Does anyone appreciate that you are in class right now?

Sorry, Miss P., Emily said apologetically on behalf of the class. But they are filming just over there on the field. Look, you can see.

Amy obliged and sure enough, she could see lights, chairs, people, cameras - all the associated paraphernalia that comes with shooting a movie.

Inwardly she swore at the presence of the stupid movie for ruining her class for the second week in a row.

Come on, people, we saw it all last week - let’s focus!

Oh my God, there he is! a girl screamed from the back of the class, and suddenly everyone was on their feet, running to the windows and craning their necks to get a good view.

Sighing, Amy accepted that she had lost them for that session and decided to work them extra hard the following week.

However, in spite of herself, she couldn’t help but glance out the window to see who was getting the girls in such an excited state.

It was easy to spot the offender.

In the distance, a tall, dark-haired man with lightly tanned skin strode out on the set wearing ripped jeans and a plain white t-shirt. Even from this distance Amy could see that he was strikingly good looking, with pronounced cheekbones and the slight presence of stubble darkening his face.

Well, make sure you finish your chapter by next week, Amy called to her class even though no one was paying attention.

The problem with her being so new to teaching and so young was that at times she struggled to get their respect because they regarded her as more of a peer than an authority figure. It was something Amy was working on and looking to Jenny for advice, as she had five years’ experience on Amy. Not that you’d think it though, as sometimes Jenny could be the more immature one out of the two of them.

You can’t tell me you don’t like him. Donna came over to Amy’s desk and raised her eyebrows suggestively.

The guy is an absolute stud. He’s got just the right amount of bad boy, but with all that good boy charm. And he’s recently single.

Why should that matter? Amy asked, hoping her students weren’t intending to try to sleep with a guy just because he was famous; surely it was beneath them to do so.

You’re not that old, Miss Prince. I bet you and Josh Roberts are around the same age. And for a teacher, you’re not all that bad looking.

I guess I should take that as a compliment.

WHEN AT LAST HER CLASS had left, Amy sat down to grade some papers in her quiet classroom.

The end of the school day had always been her favorite because the old building would seem so calm after being full of young students all day. She liked to just sit and savor the silence and get her work done before heading home to her apartment on the outskirts of town.

But today was different. As she tried to focus on the papers before her, she was constantly distracted by the sounds outside on the field, where the filming continued.

Action!

Again!

Cut!

These were accompanied by the sounds of gunshots and screaming. All of which startled her, and she had to keep reminding herself that none of it was real.

In the end, Amy had to accept defeat and head home to finish grading her papers.

AS SHE WALKED OUT INTO the almost empty parking lot, the noises from the film set intensified.