All over Hollywood, men are dialing O—for orgasms. Her steamy naughty talk fills them with lust and longing, and helps them perform like the studs they claim to be.
In truth, the industry's favorite "erotic phone operatrix" is Nina Harte, a struggling actress who has put her career on hold so that her husband, Nathan, can pursue his own dreams of stardom. When Nathan's career takes off, so does he, leaving Nina and their four-year-old son, Jake, for his diva costar, Katerina McPherson. Then "Kat 'n' Nat" are crowned the media's newest celebrity sweethearts, and Kat labels Nina an unfit mother in order to win custody of Jake, just so that she can have that highly-coveted celebrity accessory—an adorable child—sans any unsightly stretch marks.
The one person who does care about Nina is Nathan's agent, Sam Godwin. In fact, he's in love with her. And because he has both a heart and a conscience, Sam feels guilty for having put Nat in Kat's path in the first place . . .
Then again, how will he feel when he learns that Nina and O are one and the same?
"Brad, Angelina, Britney and Kevin may want to check out Josie Brown's new novel,Impossibly Tongue-Tied, for its ripped-from-the-headlines plot that mixes their scandals together..." - PAGE SIX --New York Post
From the Author
As a journalist, Josie's celebrity interviews and relationships trends articles have been featured in Los Angeles TimesSyndicate International,Redbook and Complete Woman magazines, as well as AOL, Yahoo, AskMen.com, Divorce360.com, and SingleMindedWomen.com.
Go to Josie's website: JosieBrown.com. You can read Josie's blog online, at AuthorProvocateur.com or catch more Josie-eque pithyness at twitter.com/JosieBrownCA and at facebook.com/josiebrownauthor.
- The Housewife Assassin's Handbook [2011, Signal Press] - The Baby Planner[2011, Simon & Schuster] - Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives [2010, Simon & Schuster] - Impossibly Tongue-Tied [2006, HarperCollins] - True Hollywood Lies [2005, HarperCollins; 2010 Diversion Books]
In fact my novel, Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives (Simon & Schuster), is being adapted by producer Jerry Bruckheimer as a dramatic series for ABC TV.
Like most authors I know, I'm a voracious reader. My favorite classic authors are Edith Wharton, John le Carre, Martin Cruz Smith, Jane Austen, Graham Greene, P.D. Wodehouse, Margaret Mitchell, Glen David Gold, and Raymond Chandler.
As for contemporary authors, I think that both Martin Cruz Smith and John Le Carre are two of the best writers alive, and I love the writing styles of Helen Fielding, Jackie Collins and Allison Pearson. I think John Lescroart and MJ Rose are amazing, both as authors and author advocates.
I'm a cinephile (I see everything--chick flicks, action films, art house movies, almost every kind of foreign film) and I'm a walker and hiker--anywhere from four to eleven miles a day.
Otherwise, I'M WRITING. Or researching for my next books....meeting the wonderful people who let me know that what I write resonates with them...or hanging out in my fave bookstores (which is any bookstore in any town I happen to be in, at the time).
I've got a sweet romantic husband (who both cooks AND walks the dog, come rain, sleet or flood), and two great funny kids, a boy and a girl. Yeah, I know, I'm lucky, and I should count my blessings. (Believe me, I do!)
I'm also the author of three non-fiction books: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finding Mr. Right [Alpha/Pearson]; Marriage Confidential: 102 Honest Answers to the Questions Every Husband Wants to Ask, and Every Wife Needs to Know [Signal Press]; and Last Night I Dreamt of Cosmopolatans: A Modern Girl's Dream Dictionary [St. Martin's Press]
As a journalist, my celebrity interviews and relationships trends articles have been featured in Los Angeles Times Syndicate International, Redbook and Complete Woman magazines, as well as AOL, Yahoo, AskMen.com, Divorce360.com, and SingleMindedWomen.com
You can connect with me here, or on:
- Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/JosieBrownAuthor - Twitter: http://twitter.com/JosieBrownCA
PRAISE FOR JOSIE'S BOOKS:
The Baby Planner
"Brown takes baby mania to its illogical, hysterical extreme in this bubbly romp....But what begins as a light foray into Bugaboo country turns into something bigger than a satire of status-obsessed Bay Area yummy mummies as Brown takes a dark look at the fears of parenthood and family, with Katie's heartbreaking longing for a child unveiling a disturbing reality about her marriage and family. Still, the message from the somber realities is one full of hope: love makes a family, commitment keeps it together." --Publishers Weekly
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
"Josie Brown writes with all the secrets, sex, money and scandal of an OK Magazine cover. Truly entertaining reading."--Jackie Collins, Hollywood Wives
"Josie Brown's writing is whip-smart as well as wickedly funny, and just as you are enjoying the ride she takes you on, she shatters your heart with her insight into modern lives." --Tatjana Soli, New York Times bestselling author and 2011 recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction for The Lotus Eaters
"Already touted as the perfect summer beach read, this character driven (sometimes steamy) book can best be described as the offspring of an affair between Desperate Housewives and a Jennifer Weiner novel....A quick look into the sometimes catty world of wealth where priorities get shifted, friendships get broken and marriages, like their mansions, get rearranged. It was light and fluffy (with some excellent dialogue.)..." -- GoodHousekeeping.com
"I loved it! Josie Brown captures the highs and lows of love, lust and marriage with heartwrenching pathos. I'm recommending it to all my friends as the perfect beach read!" -- Lisa Rinna, acatress, and author of the novel Starlit
True Hollywood Lies
The tone is confessional, the writing laced with venomous humor..." --Wall Street Journal
"Brown captures the humor of working for a megalomaniac...[A] well-paced, entertaining story..." --Publishers Weekly
"A fine piece of literary work." --New York Post
Impossibly Tongue-Tied
"Brad, Angelina, Britney and Kevin may want to check out Josie Brown's new novel, Impossibly Tongue-Tied, for its ripped-from-the-headlines plot that mixes their scandals together..." - PAGE SIX, New York Post
Josie lives in Marin County, California, with Martin and our two children.
Martin, my husband: THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO FINDING MR. RIGHT, and MARRIAGE CONFIDENTIAL: 102 HONEST Answers to the Questions Every Husband Wants to Ask, and Every Wife Needs to Know.
This review is from: Impossibly Tongue-Tied (Paperback)
What can I say. Josie Brown is the diva of wordsmithing pop-glam-lit. Um and she writes a damn good story too. As I read ITT I felt like I was standing on Sunset Blvd. She paints the Hollywood scene so vividly I could see it in Technicolor. The story is probably more true to life than not. If you want a peek into the scandal of all that is Hollywood and cheer for a heroine who deserves it, run to the nearest book store for your copy, or better yet just order it here at Amazon.com
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Like the other reviewers, I'm not going to delve too much into plot. That is because, for this book, less really is more. I wasn't prepared; I grabbed this off the shelf of my local library expecting it to be a light, silly read (come on, its about phone sex operators and Hollywood). I ended up crying twice!
I loved the main character, Nina. The sex scenes were tasteful - not trashy as I was expecting. The character writing was so good I even felt SOME (not much) pity for the cheating bastard here. The ending was wonderfully bittersweet. I only regret three things after reading this book:
1) The evil villainess definitely didn't get taken down enough for my taste. I hated her so much that only jail or being bumped to the C-list could have appeased me.
2) About a half hour after finishing this book (10 min ago), I came to the realization that this wonderful book took another layer of shine off of movies and Hollywood. People will do some pretty nasty things for fame and the public will still give it to them. Now, it will be hard not to look at acclaimed actresses and wonder if their sweet personalities aren't also an act. Or if my favorite Hollywood heart-throb is cheating on his girlfriend/wife. I would have given this book 6 stars if the author had just provided one or two actors/actresses with sweet and loyal this in the book. Because, like many of my generation, I may not be ready to face what Hollywood has become.
3) The ending was really romantic but I still wish that the author had given us more of a peek into what Nina's future life holds professionally speaking.
I'm sorry for the rant but if you're still reading, this book was worth the disillusionment about Hollywood. It was amazing. For another satirical TV/Movie romance novel, look at Seven Exes Are Eight Too Many by Heather Wardell
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Ms. Brown again brings Hollywood to life in Impossibly Tongue Tied. Her characters are straight on and 'almost' recognizable. Nina is naive, but not stupid as she does all she can to help her husband, Nathan Harte realize his dream of stardom. All along Nina sees the danger signs but wants to believe in her husband and her life with him, until she is forced to see the writing on the wall. At no time does Nina seem a victim as she gives as good as she gets all along the torrid way through a nasty Hollywood divorce. Ms. Brown delivers with witty dialogue, unexpected twists, and a great heroine to cheer for the whole book through.
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