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61) The golden globe
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A novel on Sparky Valentine, a con man and space actor with a theater troupe which is touring the solar system. With the aid of an implant he can transform himself to be young or old, fat or thin, man or woman.
"This is an engrossing novel by one of the genre's most accomplished storytellers." --Publishers Weekly All the universe is a stage...and Sparky Valentine is its itinerant thespian. He brings Shakespeare--a version of it anyway--to the outer...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
On the night the Whitebridge Players staged their last ever performance, the idealistic young actors in the company resolved that twenty years on they would return to the same theatre and stage the same play. But two decades later, old resentments have grown and new jealousies have germinated, and it is a very different company that returns to re-enact the Spanish Tragedy. The cast members all have their axes to grind - and some have clear targets...
63) No ordinary life
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Suzanne Redfearn delivers another gripping page-turner in her latest novel, a story about a young mother's fight to protect her children from the dangerous world of Hollywood. Faye Martin never expected her husband to abandon her and her three children...or that she'd have to struggle every day to make ends meet. So when her four-year-old daughter is discovered through a YouTube video and offered a starring role on a television series, it seems...
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"The USA Today bestselling author of The Au Pair returns with another delicious, twisty novel--about a grand estate with many secrets, an orphan caught in a web of lies, and a young woman playing a dangerous game. 1980: Beth Soames is fourteen years old when a kind couple finds her playing the violin at her orphanage's yearly fund-raiser. The Averills take her home with them to Raven Hall, a rambling manor on the Norfolk coast. There she runs wild...
65) Silent night
Author
Language
English
Description
"Paige Watts is the ultimate stage mother. The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Paige channels her own acting dreams into making her daughter, Emma, a star. By the age of nine, Emma is playing a central role in a hit TV show. Then everything is shattered by unforeseeable tragedy. Now Emma is living with her aunt Whitney, who had chosen a very different path than her sister. Whitney was always the studious older sister, hating the cult of celebrity that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A broken truck, a broken career and a breakup heard around world lands superstar John Tennessee McCord in Hellcat Canyon. Legend has it hearts come in two colors there: gold or black. And that you can find whatever you're looking for, whether it's love... or trouble. JT McCord may have found both in waitress Britt Langley. Britt sees right through JT's hard edge and soft drawl to a person a lot like her: someone in need of comfort and the kind of...
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Series
Lone Star Ridge volume 3
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Former child star "Badly" Hadley Dalton can't shake the nickname she got on Little Cowgirls, the reality show that made her famous. Another thing she can't shake: her attraction to hometown heartthrob Leyton Jameson. After their teen make-out session was televised, Leyton ended their relationship, and Hadley left town. But when she learns her beloved Granny Em has gone missing, Hadley returns home and immediately lands in hot water' Leyton has wanted...
68) Cliff's edge
Author
Series
Publisher
JOVE
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Eve Harris is all set to house-sit and run the bakery she shares with her sister while Maggie goes on her honeymoon, but there's one problemthe house is already occupied. By a movie star. He claims to be her brother-in-law's friend, and not only does he insist on staying, he also offers to help. Playing house has never been so tempting... Rhys Thomas is looking for a place to lie low after wrapping up his latest film, so when Luke offers up his house...
Author
Series
Lone Star Ridge volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Their past never faded -- and neither did their passion. Between running his family ranch and dealing with far too many needy relatives, Shaw Jameson doesnt have time for more trouble. But when his first love, former-child-star-turned-businesswoman Sunny Dalton, returns to Lone Star Ridge, Shaw senses things are about to get a whole lot more interesting. Shaw isnt prepared for the memories that come flooding back nowor the reignited spark between...
Author
Series
Two Love Lane novels volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In her professional career, Ella Mancini plays matchmaker at Two Love Lane but, in her personal life, she takes the stage at the Dock Street Theatre. Now she has a chance at a new role in a Hollywood movie that happens to be filming in Charlestonone that features a big-name actress, Samantha Drake. Long ago, Ella passed up a major audition while awaiting a marriage proposal. Not only didnt she get the role; she never got the ring, either. Instead,...
Author
Series
Gabriel Taverner novels volume 4
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"October, 1604. Plague has hit London, and the theatres are closed. But the capital's loss is Plymouth's gain, when a London theatre troupe, the Company, arrive on their 'Plague Tour'. Country physician Gabriel Taverner is both bewitched and unnerved by the Company's sexually charged staging of Othello. The play thrums with magic and witchcraft - perilous subjects, with the King's deadly spies lurking around every corner. When Gabriel's good friend,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frustrated actress Piper Donovan returns to her New Jersey hometown to work with her mother at the family bakery, where her first job preparing a wedding cake for a soap star is shattered by a murder that is investigated by a handsome FBI agent.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The neighbors all whisper about the two sisters who live on the hill: It's Blanche Hudson who lives in that house, you know. The Blanche Hudson, who starred in big Hollywood films all those years ago. Such a shame her career ended so early, all because of that accident. They say it was her sister, Jane, who did it--that she crashed the car because she was drunk. They say that's why she looks after Blanche now, because of the guilt. That's what they...
74) Starlight nights
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In this sizzling companion to the critically acclaimed 738 Days, Stacey Kade once again creates a masterful combination of romance, angst, and thrills in the backdrop of a Hollywood film set. At twenty-two, Calista Beckett is trying to overcome her early fame and fortune. The former savior of the world on Starlight is now a freshman at collegemiles away from L.A. and her former existence. She sees it as her start to a new life, a normal life, one...
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Originally conceived as a novel but then transformed into a play by Ayn Rand, Ideal is the story of beautiful but tormented actress Kay Gonda. Accused of murder, she is on the run, and she turns for help to six fans who have written letters to her, each telling her that she represents their ideal: a respectable family man, a far-left activist, a cynical artist, an evangelist, a playboy, and a lost soul. Each reacts to her plight in his own way, their...
76) Finding Stefanie
Author
Series
Noble legacy volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Everyone around Stefanie Noble is content, but it seems that her happily ever after has passed her by. Then two troubled girls and their older brother, Gideon, show up in town and clearly need help. Could they bring the fulfillment that Stefanie has been searching for? Hollywood hotshot Lincoln Cash has made a life playing the role of an action hero, basking in the laurels of his fame, fortune, and adoring fans. But when he's diagnosed with a debilitating...
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A baker provides the sweetest escape for an actor in this charming romantic comedy. Actor Ryan Kwok is back in Toronto after the promotional tour for his latest film, a rom-com that is getting less-than-stellar reviews. After the sudden death of his mother and years of constant work, Ryan is taking some much-needed time off. But as he tries to be supportive to his family, he struggles with his loss and doesn't know how to talk to his dad-who now...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After a series of missteps in the face of his newfound fame, actor Charlie Outlaw flees to a remote island in search of anonymity and a chance to reevaluate his recent breakup with his girlfriend, actress Josie Lamar. But soon after his arrival on the peaceful island, his solitary hike into the jungle takes him into danger he never anticipated. As Charlie struggles with gaining fame, Josie struggles with its loss. The star of a cult TV show in her...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A breathtaking, suspenseful story of one man’s obsessive search to find the truth of another man’s downfall, from the author of The King Is Always Above the People, which was longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. Nelson’s life is not turning out the way he hoped. His girlfriend is sleeping with another man, his brother has left their South American country, leaving Nelson to care for their widowed mother, and his acting...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author Brad Parks delivers "a perfect piece of entertainment" (Steve Berry), a deliciously tense novel of thrills, twists, and deceit that will keep readers riveted. Struggling stage actor Tommy Jump knows he has to stop chasing applause and start chasing greenbacks. But then hes offered the role of a lifetime: $150,000 for a six-month acting gig. With a newly pregnant fiancée depending on him, its an opportunity he cant refuse, even...
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