The Director's Cut by Js Taylor (if you give a mouse a cookie read aloud txt) 📕

guess it will take some time before she’s no longer embarrassed with us. But I feel certain she’ll come around.

The word on set is that the press leak confessed and was given a second chance by James.

“And that,” observes Callum as we discuss what the crew have been told, “was a genius move.”

“Why?” I ask.

“Because James is letting the crew know that he not only values loyalty,” says Callum, “but that he commands it. They’ll love him all the more now.”

Watching the crew perform their duties, I have to agree with him. If the staff were determined and efficient before, they’re even more so today.

Callum leaves my side to go talk with Natalie. Since neither of them is due to act in this first scene.

This scene. I feel the script in my hand tremble. I’ve read it so many times. And my nerves are finally starting to be replaced with excitement.

There’s a ripple in the atmosphere on set, and without even turning, I know James has arrived.

“Hello, Issy.” I hear him behind me and turn. His green eyes rest gently on mine.

“Hello,” I reply.

“Ready for our first scene?” he asks softly.

I have crazy butterflies in my stomach. But I realise I’ve been waiting for this moment since we started filming. Perhaps since we first met.

“Yes,” I reply.

He’s looking at me more intently now.

“Do you remember your first audition with me?” he asks. “When we performed Shakespeare?”

I smile. “Of course I do.”

“I wanted you so badly at that audition, Issy.”

“And now you’ve got me.”

We’re both staring into each other’s eyes, smiling.

“Time to take our places then,” says James.

A garden scene has been set up, with the cameras surrounding an enormous oak tree. James and I will be standing in front. Our characters are due an impassioned conversation.

The idea is that my character Grace will find out more about his character Tom in this scene.

As I drift to my spot, next to the ancient tree, I find myself wondering whether the same will hold true for James and I.

Will I find out more about him as we act together? Something tells me I will.

“Lights!” calls the cameraman.

A circle of subdued lights flash on, and I turn to James, who has taken his place opposite me. He doesn’t seem to mind that he’s not calling the shots today.

“Cameras!” comes the call.

From my position, directly in front of the cameras, I see various red lights blink into life.

James is staring at me, and I feel my love for him leap high in my heart. This is going to be fun, maybe. Fun and challenging. Which just about sums up life with Mr Berkeley.

I smile to myself, and I see a little look of puzzlement on his face. As though he’s wondering what the joke is. Maybe I’ll tell him later. For now, I just want to see him act.

“And action!”

The clapperboard snaps, and James and I launch into our roles.

Wait! It ends there? I need more Spotlight!

 

If you’re dying to know what happens to James and Issy, don’t worry. It’s not long to wait until the next book.

The final novel in the series, The Final Act, will launch in August 2013.

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ABOUT JS TAYLOR

Jennifer Sarah Taylor won her first story-writing competition aged eight and has never looked back. In adult life she discovered it was much easier to make men do what she wanted in fiction than in the real-world.

So she’s been forcing her male characters to make romantic gestures ever since. As an avid Fifty Shades fan, she was delighted to discover the world was ready for hotter love-scenes. She humbly hopes her readers enjoy reading the Spotlight Series as much as she loved writing it.

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