
One night of passion between a Hollywood heartthrob and an aspiring screenwriter was all it was meant to be… Now a media scandal could be the making or breaking of them. Jonathan’s done playing the token diversity character. Despite being the son of an award-winning director and a screen sensation, he has struggled to find his own identity in his craft. He only felt normal that amazing night with the mystery girl who had no idea who he really was. No acting required. Tessa prefers to live behind the scenes, perfect for a screenwriter. With her final year of university looming, her dream of getting into the National Film and Television School for her postgraduate degree may actually be within her reach. One problem – aside from her talent, she’s a nobody and a drunken one-night stand with a guy who turned out to be an A-list celebrity is hardly a claim to fame. However, when Jonathan needs to reinvent his image after a disastrous interview goes viral - his former fling could be his one chance to take control of the narrative. Tessa is the perfect good girl for the media to fall in love with and Jonathan’s industry connections will give her the advantage she needs. As the pair agree to stage a fake romance to further their careers, the lines blur between reality and playing pretend. When genuine feelings develop between them, the media attention puts a further strain on their fledgling romance. What’s more, both Tessa and Jonathan have secrets of their own that could shatter their newfound happiness forever.
Author

T.J. Ryan is a Hertfordshire-based Author, Screenwriter, Director, Playwright and Film Reviewer. Having graduated with a First Class in Scriptwriting and later studied at the National Film and Television School, he has written several scripts for stage and screen since 2013. T.J. Ryan is naturally drawn to writing diverse and complex casts of characters while tackling complicated subject matters with integrity and honesty. His debut novel Between the Lines was written during the COVID-19 pandemic, and he is currently writing the rest of the series with Unscripted, Rewritten and Fade In. Outside the Between series, he has penned Higher Education: a Short Story and is working on an LGBTQ+ retelling of Romeo & Juliet and a modern-day gothic romance inspired by the works of V.C. Andrews and Emerald Fennell. For his script work, his directorial debut short film (Womanhood) premiered at the Watford Film Festival and was nominated for Best Ensemble Cast at the Prodigy Film Festival in 2019. One of his feature scripts was a semi-finalist at the SWN Screenplay Competition in 2020.