There might not be a better author to write about Hollywood
endings than Robyn Sisman. Her grandmother was an actress
that worked with the big greats like Ginger Rogers and her
grandfather wrote the hit Broadway play, Burlesque, and even
took Laurel and Hardy on tour. Her mother even attended the
LA premiere of Gone with the Wind on the arm of Charlie
Chaplin! Now this all might seem like prologue to her newest
novel, A HOLLYWOOD ENDING, but her Hollywood bloodline has
certainly helped to create a wonderful escape novel that's
hard to put down.
Paige Carson, the Hollywood mega star at the center of this
novel, seems to have everything going for her. A big
Hollywood picture with Hollywood's hottest movie star,
Jackson Rolfe. Everything on the surface seems wonderful,
but it ain't. Jackson Rolfe is a pig, her career isn't as
stellar as it seems, and her love life is nonexistent. In a
series of terrible but delightful mishaps, Paige Carson ends
up in London and cast in a Shakespeare play. She even
manages to find a few love interests, but more importantly
she gets reconnected to life without the Hollywood glitz.
The structure of A HOLLYWOOD ENDING is classic chick-lit,
and can sometime feel well-worn. However, wasn't it Joseph
Campbell or great writers like Homer that have proven that a
good plot structure is timeless? As a result, the reader
gets caught in the fairy-tale like life of the main
character and her struggles. Every scene feels crisp,
luscious, and exciting.
In the end, it's not Shakespeare. But, it's a perfect summer
read and I couldn't stop reading it. I also read a Weekend
in Paris, but I liked this book by Sisman better. If you
like chick-lit, romance, career struggles, and adventures in
London/LA, then this book is absolutely essential reading!I
have to admit I can't wait for the next Sisman book to hit
bookstores.
From the bestselling author of Weekend in Paris, a
brand- new novel that proves happy endings don’t just happen
in Hollywood.
American starlet Paige Carson is
off to London to try her hand at Shakespeare, and prove that
she deserves more than bimbo roles and Hollywood hunks who
can’t see beyond their own reflections. But stage acting is
not quite what she expected. Neither is her landlord, Ed
Hawkshead, a highfalutin documentary-maker who seems far
from the charming, floppy-haired Brit of her
daydreams.
Having a spoiled Hollywood brat—even one
this attractive—as a tenant is Ed’s worst nightmare. He’s
certain he will have to rescue her from trouble and is
surprised when the tables are turned and he is the one
needing help. Opposites attract as Paige and Ed must revise
their assumptions about each other and rise to new
challenges professionally.
Robyn Sisman has done it
again, writing a rollicking romantic comedy that will warm
readers’ hearts as they fall in love with her delightful
characters.
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