A fun, funny, steamy, and unputdownable ("Entertainment Weekly") new novel from bestselling author Amy Sohn, in which an ambitious young actress discovers that every marriage is a mystery and that sometimes the greatest performances don t take place on screen.
When Hollywood heartthrob Steven Weller pulls Maddy Freed out of obscurity for a starring role in his newest Oscar-worthy film, she feels her career roaring onto the express track. Steven s professional attention soon turns personal, and Maddy falls headlong into a fairytale romance with the world s most eligible bachelor. She s sure there s no truth to the gay rumors that have followed him for years, but soon realizes she cannot afford to ask too many questions about his complicated past
A sexy and engaging (Emma Straub) page-turner set in a tantalizing world of glamour and scandal, of red carpets and ruthless competition, of scheming agents and the prying eye of the press, "The Actress" sits perfectly between Joan Didion s "Play It as It Lays" and Jackie Collins s "Hollywood Wives" .A valuable contribution to the canon of Hollywood fiction ("Slate"). "Booklist "calls it addictive This may well be Sohn s breakout book. "