Understudy by Ali Parker

Life respects nothing… including fame.

Riley has finally relented to Ethan’s subtle pushing and agreed to a friends with benefits relationship. It would seem the best answer for both of their desires, but life quickly butts in. With her mother having suffered a horrible accident, Riley has to head back to L.A. to deal with the aftermath.

Ethan works with Frank and Deza to continue filming, but things aren’t the same without Riley. He quickly realizes that the pretty young actress has slipped under his skin. He wants more than a professional relationship and the occasional romp in the sheets, but he’s the great Ethan Lewis. If he’s not single and teasing women with the hope that they might end up his in the end… is he still marketable? As things settle back down, Deza decides to bring in someone to help Riley get up to speed, but unexpectedly, it’s not a female, but Ethan’s greatest nemesis. Riley needed a mentor to study under, but never in a million years would Ethan have dreamed it would be Clayton Welms. Simple enough – Deza must hate him.