Second Chances in Hollywood
Sarah Hendess
20th Century Historical Romance
Josie Donovan left her home in Kansas under a cloud. Now settled into her work as a nurse in Hollywood, California, in 1959, she finds the producer of her favorite television program is in her hospital ward and offering her an audition.
Actor Robert Coolidge hates his role on Gunslingers but needs the job to support his son. When Josie joins the cast, the loneliness plaguing him lifts, until a goodnight kiss somehow goes wrong.
Yet Josie is there with her nursing skills when Robert falls ill on set, and the pair are at a crossroads. Robert, who never talks about himself, will have to open up, and Josie must have courage, if either of them is to have a second chance at love.
Uncaged Review: Set in 1959, we follow a woman named Josie, who moved to California to get away from Kansas and a bad marriage. As a nurse, she gets a job in a hospital and when one of the patients is a TV producer, he wants her to come audition for a part on a popular western TV show called the Gunslingers. Her best friend Cassie convinces her to at least audition, and Josie gets the part. This follows the relationships she builds with the cast, and one in particular, one of the show’s stars, Robert, and how the relationship builds. But both of them will have to overcome some past trauma to find a second chance.
This book is nicely written, and the romance is believable. The friendships and secondary characters are all characters that are entertaining and fit in well with the story arc. The movie sets felt like the reader is right there sitting and watching it being filmed. The author did her due diligence with the research and the pacing kept me interested. Reviewed by Cyrene
4 Stars
