Here, in the former book publicist's tenth novel, we meet Stacy Reiser, a struggling Hollywood actress. Nearly 35 years old, Stacey is still plugging away waiting for her big break, in the meantime making do with commercials and part-time retail jobs. Her love life is sorely lacking, and on top of all that, her nosey, loud-mouthed, interfering mother, Helen, has just moved to Hollywood to be closer to her. Things only grow worse when Helen finds a bone in a can of tuna and writes a nasty letter to the tuna fish company. The company invites her to their tannery for a visit, and the abrasive and plainspoken Helen is soon offered a starring role in the company's new ad campaign. meanwhile, Stacey's career continues to tank. What's more, Helen now has a boyfriend, while Stacey continues to have man troubles.Stacey gets involved with Jack Rawlins of Good Morning Hollywood, the movie critic who called her Sledgehammer Stacey wafter throwing a drink in his face. Helen gets involved with Victor Chellus. Turns out he's a bad apple and mom won't face the facts. He murdered his first wife, Mary Elizabeth, (food allergy,then dumping her over board) and tried to kill his second wife, Karen. Will Stacey's mom be next?Of course Stacey comes to her rescue after Jack comes clean about knowing the guy (he took a bribe). Happy, happy endings all around.This was the worse of the jane Heller books. Terrible writing, short sentences, pat romance, no sex at all, perfect guy, and low life criminal guy. Just plain bad and not terribly creative. I have been disappointed with her writing before but this is the worst.
Started this and it's cute... but nothing like vampire drama. :P It's going on the back burner since the library came through with my request for Breaking Dawn!
