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TV presenter Polly Anna Adams has spent a lifetime living up to her name. Suddenly single, Polly hides behind her cheery facade and enters a celebrity dance competition. Her partner? None other than gorgeous but wary professional dancer Liam Flynn.
Liam has learned the hard way to keep his heart on lockdown, but Polly's joie de vivre puts a spring back in his polished step. As the competition heats up, so does their unstoppable attraction. If only they could convince themselves their hot tango passion is just for the cameras….
- Sales Rank: #586814 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-02-01
- Released on: 2013-02-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
Kate Hardy always loved books and could read before she went to school. She always knew that she wanted to be a writer, and her parents bought her a proper typewriter for her sixth birthday. She discovered Mills & Boon when she was twelve and decided this was what she wanted to do. When she isn't writing Kate enjoys going to the beach, playing games, cooking, reading and watching films. You can contact her via her website: www.katehardy.co
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'Tolly, I know you said you were fine, but I was passing anyway, and I thought I'd just drop in and—' Shona did a double take and stopped short. 'What happened to your hair?'
'I cut it last night.' With nail scissors. The long, straight blonde hair Harry had said he loved was no more. And at least getting rid of it had been Polly's choice. Something that was under her control.
'Cut? Hacked, more like. Has Fliss seen it?'
'Um, no.' And Polly knew her best friend would panic, remembering what Polly had done half a lifetime ago. Her lowest point, when she'd sworn that her life would be perfect from then on, no matter how hard she had to work at it. When she'd learned to smile her way through absolutely anything.
Shona blew out a breath. 'We need to get you to the hairdresser's. Like now.'
Polly waved a dismissive hand. 'I'm fine. It's not as if anyone's going to see me. I don't have to go in to the studio.'
'That, sweetie, is where you're wrong. Coffee, first,' Shona said crisply. 'And, while I'm making it, you need to get changed. The sort of stuff you wore for Monday Mash-up will be just fine.'
'I don't work on Monday Mash-up any more.' Polly shrugged. 'Anyway, I'm busy.'
'Doing things that Harry really ought to be doing, since he was the one who called off the wedding,' Shona said, her mouth thinning.
'I'm the one who organised it, so it's easier for me to do it. I have the contacts,' Polly pointed out.
She left unsaid what they were both thinking: it also meant that Grace wouldn't be involved. Cancelling the wedding arrangements less than two weeks before the big day was tough enough; letting her ex-fiance's new girlfriend do it would be just too much to bear. And she knew that Harry would definitely delegate cancelling everything: he'd give that little-boy-lost look that always got him his own way.
'I could strangle Harry, I really could. Selfish doesn't even begin to—' Shona stopped. 'But you already know what I think. OK. Go and get changed while I sort the coffee and make that hair appointment. Oh, and put some stuff under your eyes.'
To cover up the shadows Polly knew were there. It was one of the disadvantages of having fair skin; even one night without sleep meant she had dark shadows under her eyes. She hadn't slept for several, since Harry had told her that he couldn't marry her.
'I do love you, Pol, but…'
As he said the words, someone filled her veins with liquid nitrogen. Freezing her. But.
That meant Harry didn't love her at all.
'. .it's as a friend. There just isn't the kaboom,' he finished.
'Kaboom?' She didn't have a clue what he was talking about. How was this happening? Was she in some parallel universe?
'Kaboom. When you meet someone and it's like the sky's full of fireworks.' He gestured wildly, mimicking starbursts in the sky. 'A thousand red balloons floating into the sky.'
She still didn't have a clue what he meant. When she saw Harry, she didn't see dangerous fireworks or balloons that could pop and leave her with nothing. She saw warm and safe and secure. And she'd been so sure he'd felt the same. That they'd be together for ever. That theirs would be one of the marriages people looked up to in showbiz—one that lasted, instead of being over almost as soon as the publicity photos had been printed. Because she and Harry were friends. They fitted. Polly wasn't going to have the same kind of on-again, off-again relationship that her parents had, in between their affairs. This would be a proper marriage. Harry's family liked her. His friends liked her. And her friends liked Harry and his easy charm.
They were a couple.
Except now it seemed that they weren't. And her head couldn't process it. 'I'm sorry, Pol.'
And then Harry told her about Grace.
His new assistant, who'd made him feel the kaboom—the way Polly never had…
Polly shook herself and changed into one of the bright long-sleeved T-shirts, jeans and trainers she'd worn on Monday Mash-up, then swiftly added enough make-up to erase the shadows and the pallor from her face. And then she pinned on her brightest smile, ready to face the world. By the time she'd finished, Shona had made them both a coffee and was speaking rapidly into the phone.
'I've managed to get you in with Enrique in twenty minutes,' she said. 'I've told him it's urgent. And we'll take a taxi to make sure we get to the studio in time.'
'Which studio?' Polly asked. 'And in time for what?'
Shona shoved one of the mugs towards her. 'Drink this. I put enough cold water in it so you can chug it straight down. I need you awake. Because, sweetie, you're going to be on Ballroom Glitz. Starting tomorrow!'
This was definitely a parallel universe. Polly had just walked out of a steady job, knowing that there was a recession on and she'd be lucky to find a waitressing job to tide her over until her agent managed to get her so much as an audition, let alone find something she'd enjoy as much as she'd loved her role as a children's TV presenter. And now Shona was talking about a new contract on a new show? She couldn't quite take it in.
''Ballroom Glitz? Since when?'
'Since I got a phone call from the producer an hour ago saying that someone had had to drop out and asking if I had anyone on my books who could fill the slot,' Shona explained. 'Obviously there are other people auditioning for it—but you're going to be the one who gets it, Pol.'
Polly appreciated the older woman's faith in her—right now, her faith in herself was pretty shaky—but she knew it was misplaced. 'Shona, I've got two left feet. Look at the mess I made of it when Danny tried to teach me those dance moves on the show.'
Shona rolled her eyes. 'Danny's not as experienced in teaching as the guys on Ballroom Glitz are. And street dance isn't the same as ballroom. You're going to be great.' She patted Polly's shoulder. 'And if you trip or make mistakes, so what? It shows you're real. People will be able to identify with you, Polly.'
Polly couldn't help smiling. 'I'm hardly an A-lister, Shona. Monday Mash-up isn't even on terrestrial telly. Nobody's going to have a clue who I am.'
'People like you. They identify with you, and Fliss would tell you the same.'
'Fliss is my best friend. She's supposed to say things like that.'
'It's still true,' Shona said firmly. 'That's why the "Challenge Polly Anna" segment was so popular on Monday Mash-up. You did the things people wanted to try doing themselves. And you didn't always beat the challenge—so they knew it was true to life, not something set up with all the flaws airbrushed out. You're going to learn to dance with one of the professionals, and every woman in the country, young or old, will be able to imagine themselves in your shoes. They'll love your warmth and that amazing smile of yours. And that, sweetie, is exactly why you're going to nail this audition and be on the show.'
'What about the costumes?' Polly asked quietly. 'They let me have long sleeves on Monday Mash-up.'
'They can do the same thing on Ballroom Glitz. If not long sleeves, then cuffs or fingerless elbow-length gloves,' Shona reassured her. 'Nobody needs to see your wrists and nobody's going to ask questions. Don't worry.'
Easier said than done. Polly dreaded the wardrobe department seeing her wrists and asking questions—or, worse, speculating. Especially if they thought the scars were because of Harry. Which they weren't.
But being on the show could make a huge difference to her life. It'd mean eight whole weeks of work, if she managed to stay in the competition until the finals. Even if she was voted out at the first elimination, it still meant that she'd have two slots of prime-time exposure—slots that could lead to other opportunities. Plus dancing was something physical that might just tire her out enough to let her sleep in her new flat instead of lying awake and realising how wide the bed seemed without Harry in it, wondering where she'd gone so badly wrong and why she hadn't been enough for him. And she'd have to concentrate on the training, so she wouldn't have time to think about the wreck of her life.
Everything could be perfect again. Far, far away from the lowest point in her life all those years ago. The point that had led to her scars and the long, slow climb to the settled and happy life she'd wanted so badly.
Yeah. She could smile her way through this. Fake it until you make it.
'I've always wanted to learn to dance,' Polly said. She pushed away the memories of her five-year-old self begging for ballet lessons and her father's sneered refusal. Fairy ballerina? Fairy elephant, more like. You're too clumsy, Polly.
She lifted her chin. 'We've got the lemons. Let's go make lemonade. With a sparkly swizzle stick in it.'
Shona patted her shoulder. 'Attagirl.'
Six hours later, Polly was back in her flat, making a list of the last few things she needed to cancel for the wedding and answering concerned emails from friends with the minimum of details. Even if she didn't get the Ballroom Glitz job, at least she had great hair. Enrique had somehow managed to transform Polly's appalling scissor-job into an urchin cut that made her look like a blonde Audrey Hepburn, all eyes. And in any case the audition had been good practice, reminding her of the skills she needed to brush up on...
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Reviewed by Desere Steenberg, South Africa
By Desere Steenberg
I'm personally not one to watch reality shows, I much rather prefer to keep my nose on the inside of a good book. But when I read the back-cover copy of this book and noticed it's about celebrity dancing I figured I might need to take a peak at the real thing before reading the book.
So I took a little peek at the shows first before I read this book and what I found was that I really love the heat and passion that goes into the dancing and just how addictive the on screen emotions between the dancers can be.
I was a bit concerned that I would not find the same heat and passion in the book as the on screen is of course more realistic and in a book if the author does not convey that same realism the read falls flat.
Kate Hardy however gave me every single bit of heat, passion and flare I wanted and the added bonus of romance blossoming between the main characters Polly and Liam was perfection!
Polly was a very delightful character, and her always smiling her way through everything got me thinking that smiling is definitely the best way to handle most upsets in life. Smile and your enemies will never know what you are really up to, however when Polly is alone and the smile is no longer needed it also showed me that dealing with everything by smiling and never letting yourself really show another emotion in the presence of others will eventually take their toll and let the whole world think you are a easy come what may person and if they hurt you it won't matter as you smile everything away.
Liam was awesome! I very much admired this character for his courage to get back up and out there again to prove a point and become what no one ever thought he would be. Through this character the author showed that all it takes is determination and hard work and in the end it will pay off.
I'm taking a message of life hits us hard sometimes but if we keep pushing to claw your way back up to the top you might just meet others along the way that will show you the direction you are actually meant to be going.
A very awesome cuddle up with your best bear romance read!
5/5 star review
" The dance heat is on! But will it last behind the on-screen facade?"
**Copy provided by the author in exchange for a honest review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Highly recommended for all lovers of romance.
By Nasreen Jahan
BALLROOM TO BRIDE AND GROOM by author Kate Hardy is Harlequin Romance and Mills & Boon Cherish release for February 2013.
Polly Anna Adams was officially 'resting' as in out of a job. Her fiancé told her there was no 'kaboom' in their relationship just days before they were supposed to get married. And then left her to pick up the pieces. Cancel all the wedding arrangements. Then her agent walked in and made her go to the audition of a TV celebrity dancing show.
Her dancing instructor was Liam Flynn. And meeting Liam, Polly felt the 'kaboom' but did Liam also felt that? He was trying to get his career off the ground after some set back. Would Liam let what he felt distract him from his career goal?
BALLROOM TO BRIDE AND GROOM takes a reader through the various dancing ways and I loved reading it. The chemistry between Polly and Flynn was scorching hot, while dancing and off the cameras. Author Kate Hardy brought to life a gorgeous hero hurt by past hurts and a strong, spritely heroine who also had baggage in her past. Then how she brings these two characters to their happy ever after is just fabulous to read.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
they danced right into my heart
By Beth Cutwright
My mother loaned me this short romance novel and it was a very enjoyable read. It was not a sexually explicit read although there is mention of such activity. Both Polly Anna and Liam are well defined characters, each suffering from a world of hurt at the hands of their previous love interests and each has a lot to overcome before they can allow themselves to fall in love again. But the human spirit is strong and getting that second chance is what we all seek when hurt. The story definitely centers around the two of them....other characters contribute to a phone call conversation or to the judging team of Ballroom Glitz. Polly Anna must come face to face with her biggest fear/shame in life and finds it to be a freeing experience with the help of her dance coach. If you like clean romance stories, this is a sweet and fun read!
I was not compensated in any way for this review....I just enjoyed reading a clean simple romance story!
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