{"id":630,"date":"2015-05-20T22:10:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T22:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelledevon.com\/?p=630"},"modified":"2021-01-03T22:11:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T22:11:22","slug":"not-too-cocksure-by-marc-freden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michelledevon.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/20\/not-too-cocksure-by-marc-freden\/","title":{"rendered":"NOT TOO COCKSURE, by Marc Freden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>NOT TOO COCKSURE, by Marc Freden<br \/>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Sunstone Press, Trade Paperback: $19.99 retail<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GAY HOLLYWOOD DOES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, READ THIS BOOK!<\/div>\n<p><i>An unflinching, candid, and scandalous look at Hollywood: A world of secrets, sex and celebrity, where dreams can come true for those who <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-631 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/michelledevon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"271\" \/>have the ambition and willingness to leave their moral compass locked in the closet.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Mica Daly is an aggressive, ambitious on-camera entertainment reporter. Chad Martin is a strikingly handsome cater-waiter and ambitious, driven aspiring actor. When their two worlds collide at what ultimately devolves into a debauchery-fueled bacchanal disguised as a dinner party in the Hollywood Hills, Mica and Chad\u2019s lives \u2014 and bodies \u2014 become inextricably intertwined in the first book in author\u00a0<b>Marc Freden<\/b>\u2019s \u201cBright Lights\u201d book series titled<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170417052702\/http:\/\/amzn.to\/1cPi8Hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>\u00a0Not Too Cocksure<\/i><\/b>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author Marc Freden has been privy to Hollywood\u2019s scandals for over 30 years and is now ready to reveal those secrets to his readers through his alter-ego Mica Daly. Mica is a fixture on the red carpet circuit but is hungry for more\u2014a hot story that he can really sink his teeth into. Chad\u2019s meteoric rise to stardom is that hot story. Caught between love and ambition, business and pleasure, both Mica and Chad navigate Hollywood\u2019s treacherous waters to keep their relationship a secret. That is until a series of revealing pictures surfaces of Chad with a mystery man, kicking the Hollywood rumor mill into high gear. Lydia Gray, Mica\u2019s unscrupulous boss, sees an opportunity and assigns Mica to find out who this man is in Chad\u2019s life. Forced to choose between outing his boyfriend and saving his career, or risk everything to keep their secret, Mica discovers that even taking the high road may lead him down a path paved with deceit, heartbreak, jeopardy, and even death.\u00a0<i>Not Too Cocksure<\/i>\u00a0is an unvarnished look at celebrity and the blatant sexuality of those caught in its decadent web.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170417052702\/http:\/\/michysbookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-762 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170417052702im_\/http:\/\/michysbookreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"image006\" width=\"137\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><i>\u201cIt has bee<\/i><i>n said that my novels have all the steaminess of a \u201950 Shades of Gay\u2019 and the Hollywood-insider deliciousness of Jackie Collins, which I consider a compliment<\/i>,\u201d says Freden.\u00a0<i>\u201cAll my characters are drawn from, or are a pastiche of, real Hollywood personalities. People have asked me if certain incid<\/i><i>ents in the book have really happened. And the answer is yes!\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Freden, a producer and on-camera entertainment journalist for over 30 years, is an easily recognizable on-camera fixture of entertainment programs and televised red carpet events. His critically acclaimed first novel,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170417052702\/http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0047T7IC8\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0047T7IC8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=accentuateser-20&amp;linkId=GMLGEJX6G32FHI7K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>REALLY!?!\u2014A Memoir and Other Observations From a Man Who\u2019s Lived Life \u2018Not Quite Famous Enough<\/i>,<\/a>\u00a0in which his witty and sardonic anecdotal life story was praised by Publishers Weekly:\u00a0<i>\u201cFreden\u2019s energy, charisma, and honesty are admirable . . . readers will come away rooting for him to become \u2018famous enough.\u2019\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170417052702\/http:\/\/amzn.to\/1EZ4VT1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Author\u2019s Amazon Page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOT TOO COCKSURE, by Marc Freden Sunstone Press, Trade Paperback: $19.99 retail IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GAY HOLLYWOOD DOES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, READ THIS BOOK! 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