From her prison cell, where she's awaiting deportation to a home country she's never seen, Addison writes out her version of the events that have led to her incarceration. To start at the beginning, her parents met, married and began their family while living at a refugee camp in Turkey. The family relocated to Slater County, Nebraska, when Ada was a little girl. She got her Irish-sounding name from the immigration official who misheard her shy whisper and wrote down Addison McGhee on the paperwork.

Her mother still wears the veil and works as a Wal-Mart greeter and her father cleans floors in the local slaughterhouse. But Addison has come a long way from her awkward teens and has distanced herself from both her parent's culture and their Nebraska home.

Addison tries to break into acting and modeling on the West Coast. After she's discovered by a fledgling gossip news network, she spends her time flirting on air with her co- host, Hughes, and making eyes at Baxter, the moody weatherman. She loves her job, and she loves discussing her own performances on her show's online message boards under an alias. Everything gets complicated when Addison comes back from Las Vegas married to one of her coworkers. Soon, an incriminating photograph of Addison at the White House hits the tabloids. After these events lead to her arrest and possible deportation, whatever is a cover girl to do? As Addison ponders her predicament, she shares her delightfully human experiences with breaking into the cult of celebrity, trying not to disappoint her parents, learning American etiquette from outdated books, starring on live television and falling in love.

Beverly Bartlett's exploration of modern immigration, refugee families, and the assumptions and stereotypes about multi-racial children enlighten the reader within the gossipy innuendo of the story. Bartlett updates the coming-to-America story for the new millennium and gives us laughter, wisdom and insight in the process. COVER GIRL CONFIDENTIAL is a highly recommended chick-lit celebrity romance with an underlying significance for modern relationships.