Falling Star
tells the story of Natalie Daniels, a woman at the pinnacle
of her twenty-year career as a news anchor in
ultra-competitive Los Angeles television. But now Natalie’s
world is threatened. Ruthless KXLA news director Tony
Scoppio – who’s out to cut costs and boost ratings – is
scheming to replace her with younger, cheaper Kelly Devlin,
a Playboy playmate who makes up in ambition what she
lacks in ethics. As Natalie battles to maintain her
hard-won position, she plays right into Tony’s hands by
making a rare on-air gaffe and going to disastrous lengths
to book a sought-after interview. And just as her
professional woes mount, Natalie’s marriage to sitcom
producer Miles Lambert unravels – and her husband reveals a
heartless plan to betray her.
While television airtime is all about appearances, Natalie
must look deep within herself to determine how to glue back
together the shattered pieces of her life. Yet she finds
herself distracted by a blossoming relationship with her
TV-news agent, dashing Australian entertainment lawyer Geoff
Marner, newly engaged to another woman.
She may be forty, frightened, and alone, but Natalie is
first and last a fighter. Triumphs come when she least
expects them, and take a form she never could have
predicted, yet set her on a course where her star will once
again inexorably rise.
Here's a sneak peak at
chapter one …
