{"id":805,"date":"2015-01-15T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/15\/book-review-the-publicist\/"},"modified":"2015-01-15T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T17:30:00","slug":"book-review-the-publicist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/15\/book-review-the-publicist\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Publicist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to the world of publishing. The ego has landed.<\/p>\n

Can one woman change an age-old institution like publishing? Probably not, but Kate Mitchell sure wants to try. As a publicist with a large, respected New York publishing house, Kate finds herself at the mercy of a broken publishing system, books that don\u2019t sell, and author egos that are often, well, as big as the island of Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Enter the star Editor, MacDermott Ellis: Tall, handsome, charismatic, married, and ready to save the day. Then there\u2019s Allan Lavigne, once a revered author–now as forgotten as last year’s bestsellers and his nephew Nick: Tall, gorgeous, sweet, single and ready to sweep Kate off her feet. Kate wants to do the right thing but her hormones seem to be driving her decisions.<\/p>\n

As Kate tries to navigate the landmine of publicity, over-the-top author expectations, and the careful dance of \u201cI\u2019m sorry, your book isn\u2019t on the bestseller list this week,\u201d she also finds authors who are painfully overlooked by a publisher wanting more sex, more celebrities, and more scandal.<\/p>\n

The story only an insider could tell.<\/p>\n

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\nWhew! Talk about jumping into a story headfirst! This book does just that. There’s no introduction, no leading up to anything, it’s right there right from the beginning and I loved it. Kate was a character that most anyone could relate to and as I read the book (which I couldn’t put down), I wasn’t sure if I should laugh or cry at some of the crazy things that she had to deal with as a publicist. I mean, I’ve met crazy, but some of these folks were their own special brand. I’m not going to give too much away because I really think that this is one of those books that you need to pick up and read for yourself. This is the first part to a series, but have no fear, I have the second and third parts just waiting to be read!<\/p>\n

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