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Actress
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As a young actress in a long-running TV show, Mai Rose’s career path seemed clear. But she wants more. Already she’s dumped the show and landed a role in a serious play, with serious actors and a more-than-serious director. And now another opportunity has arisen – a major fantasy film with a role that seems tailor-made for her.
The only problem being that she’s in competition with four other scheming actresses to win the role.
Can she win the part? Does she want to win the part? She has to navigate her way through the demands of the press, the Russian billionaire owner of the newspaper running the competition, boyfriends past and present, her soldier brother and a particularly ambitious (read: nasty) competitor.
And all of them underestimate her.
Building towards an enthralling climax, Actress examines one person’s struggle to come to terms with who she is, what’s important to her and – most importantly – what she really wants.
As a young actress in a long-running TV show, Mai Rose’s career path seemed clear. But she wants more. Already she’s dumped the show and landed a role in a serious play, with serious actors and a more-than-serious director. And now another opportunity has arisen – a major fantasy film with a role that seems tailor-made for her.
The only problem being that she’s in competition with four other scheming actresses to win the role.
Can she win the part? Does she want to win the part? She has to navigate her way through the demands of the press, the Russian billionaire owner of the newspaper running the competition, boyfriends past and present, her soldier brother and a particularly ambitious (read: nasty) competitor.
And all of them underestimate her.
Building towards an enthralling climax, Actress examines one person’s struggle to come to terms with who she is, what’s important to her and – most importantly – what she really wants.
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Keith Dixon
88 books79 followersKeith Dixon was born in Yorkshire and grew up in the Midlands. He’s been writing since he was thirteen years old in a number of different genres: thriller, espionage, science fiction, literary. He’s the author of seven novels in the Sam Dyke Investigations series and two other non-crime works, as well as two collections of blog posts on the craft of writing. When he’s not writing he enjoys reading, learning the guitar, watching movies and binge-inhaling great TV series. He’s currently spending more time in France than is probably good for him.
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August 15, 2013
Throughout history the actor has existed. From Plato to Shakespeare there has been a constant need to be entertained by these almost magical people. Once dominated by the male gender acting is now shared by both genders, each struggling for domination. Acting has not always been idolized. It has only been in the last 100 years or so that society has begun to accept it as a respectable career. No longer are actors looked upon as little more than whores or deviants for they are now worshipped from afar. An almost perverse transformation has taken place with acting. While actors struggle to maintain both dignity and income, people consider them almost godlike. The public does not seem to realize the brutality of the filming industry. Hollywood, Bollywood, and its sister companies can make or break a person's soul. It can build up a being and then smother it will little care. Whether or not the actors choose to rise above the destruction is of their own choosing, but it defines the rest of their lives. This book is about one such actress named Mai. A young woman barely out of her teens that has made a name for herself by acting in soaps. Wanting something different she chooses to leave this steady job and take a chance on a play. A play that family and agent feel is beneath her. In retaliation she decides to put her full self into the play and winds up being offered a spot in a competition. A competition that requires several actresses to go against one another for the lead part in an upcoming movie. Will Mai get the part and will she succeed? How will her transition from soap screen time to real time acting in a play stand up? Is Mai a true actress in both her personal and professional life or is she on her way of becoming another train wreck like so many other young actors?
I was not sure if I was going to enjoy the book to be honest. I found it a little slow in the beginning, but found myself getting more and more into the story. I liked how the author showed Mai growing in character and developing a backbone to stand up to both family and competition. I enjoyed the realness of this book. So often people make the filming industry out to be a wonderful place where dreams are made of. In reality it is a dog eat dog world where most are run home with their tails in between their legs. I have to thank the author for giving me this book in a give away on LibraryThing. I am glad he did and I strongly recommend this book. I have never been one to really get into anything Hollywood related, but I feel this book is for anyone. It is well written and the characters come alive easily for the reader. I have a feeling that the author is going to do quite well in the future with other projects. Thank you so much author and I wish you the best in your other work! :)
I was not sure if I was going to enjoy the book to be honest. I found it a little slow in the beginning, but found myself getting more and more into the story. I liked how the author showed Mai growing in character and developing a backbone to stand up to both family and competition. I enjoyed the realness of this book. So often people make the filming industry out to be a wonderful place where dreams are made of. In reality it is a dog eat dog world where most are run home with their tails in between their legs. I have to thank the author for giving me this book in a give away on LibraryThing. I am glad he did and I strongly recommend this book. I have never been one to really get into anything Hollywood related, but I feel this book is for anyone. It is well written and the characters come alive easily for the reader. I have a feeling that the author is going to do quite well in the future with other projects. Thank you so much author and I wish you the best in your other work! :)
March 27, 2017
Actress is the second book I’ve read by Keith Dixon. Its content is entirely different from the first book I read of his, a thriller called Storey, but Actress was equally enjoyable. It’s been intelligently and sensitively written, well edited and bowls along smoothly. It’s a rare pleasure and relief to find no typos in a book. The plotlines have been skilfully woven, with surprises along the way, especially the ending.
I mostly read crime thrillers these days, so it was refreshing to read about the intricacies of the life of a rising young actress, Mai Rose, who seems to be a magnet for bad publicity. I was gripped by Mai’s challenging attempts to beat her rivals to win a prized film role while rehearsing for a stage play, and her growing ambition to produce a worthier project. The book has many interesting, well-drawn characters, particularly Jake, Mai’s self-destructive soldier brother, Helena, who is Mai’s main rival, and Mai’s friend, Billie. I look forward to reading more books by Keith Dixon.
I mostly read crime thrillers these days, so it was refreshing to read about the intricacies of the life of a rising young actress, Mai Rose, who seems to be a magnet for bad publicity. I was gripped by Mai’s challenging attempts to beat her rivals to win a prized film role while rehearsing for a stage play, and her growing ambition to produce a worthier project. The book has many interesting, well-drawn characters, particularly Jake, Mai’s self-destructive soldier brother, Helena, who is Mai’s main rival, and Mai’s friend, Billie. I look forward to reading more books by Keith Dixon.
July 5, 2013
ACTRESS is a successful shift of emphasis for this author who has written three previous Sam Dyke private eye crime fiction novels. It’s a penetrating look mostly at the business and promotional end of acting, on the stage as well as in film and television, and the stress it places on psyches and relationships.
20 year old Mai Rose is the focal point; she has had an good role in a tv series, “Amberside Terrace” but feels she is stagnating. As the novel opens, she is rehearsing the role of the young actress, Nina, in Chekhov’s THE SEA GULL. She has already appeared in one film and has another movie opportunity, this time to play the role of Deannah in a film to be based on a best seller. It is a choice part and will make her enormously wealthy, but the selection process is unusual. As part of a media promotion, five leading actresses, all of them young and highly visible stars, are being voted on by the public. The one who receives the most votes will get the leading role.
What the novel is particularly good at is examining the things that appeal to celebrities , “the money, the media appearances, the famous friends, the film premiers . . .” Mai is an intelligent young woman who almost accidentally fell into this world – she was attractive and her acting talent was recognized at age 17 in a national student drama festival. An agent represented her and she’d be the first to admit that she was lucky.
But the money, the media, the friends, and the gala premiers take a heavy toll. A small but telling detail is that she buys two expensive dogs but then finds she has no time for them, so hires a dog-walker who begins to do housekeeping and cooking for her. Mai treats her as she does her dogs - a few pats on the head and shallow perfunctory politeness, all lubricated by money.
Another minor episode in the novel adds depth to this impression. Mai goes to a light-show dance in an converted warehouse and becomes disoriented by the crowd, “a multi-limbed monster, a writhing, groaning behemoth which thrust hands and arms upwards into the light.” This is the public from a star’s perspective, and when Mai does focus on individuals, she sees only bodies wearing day-glo T-shirts or neon makeup. In this kind of business, a person becomes the mask he has assumed.
And Mai has no privacy. One evening she has had too much drink and throws up in public. A young fan is there to record all with her i phone camera. Mai’s companion is there to offer money for the footage, but it’s worth much more by posting it on you-tube. Ironically, instead of being a public-relations disaster, it seems to help her image with the public, as if young women were perversely identifying with her.
Mai is an always interesting and surprising character as she fights against being stereotyped, one of the strengths of the novel. Although she is sometimes confused (as who wouldn’t be?) and has her blind spots, she sees through enough of the hypocrisy and foolishness around to often speak honestly and openly, and ironically, as with the vomiting scene, it adds to her public appeal.
The book moves toward a suspenseful conclusion with the five candidates appearing in a tv special,the one garnering the most votes declared the winner. But to get to this point, Mai has had to navigate her way through a maze of drugs, alcohol, a suicide of a boyfriend,, an unstable Afghan vet brother, and a personally vindictive Helena Cross, her chief rival in the competition.
The novel ends ambiguously with Mai possibly turning in yet another direction. The one constant in Mai’s life has been a restlessness and a growing awareness of the banality of fame. But banal or not, fame includes power and money, and the central struggle of the novel, I think, is how to turn away from them or to try to use them responsibly. Mai has her “serious art”, of course, the Chekhov play, that counterpoints her pop culture star image, but that may not enough to satisfy her. Nothing comes easily in this satisfying novel.
20 year old Mai Rose is the focal point; she has had an good role in a tv series, “Amberside Terrace” but feels she is stagnating. As the novel opens, she is rehearsing the role of the young actress, Nina, in Chekhov’s THE SEA GULL. She has already appeared in one film and has another movie opportunity, this time to play the role of Deannah in a film to be based on a best seller. It is a choice part and will make her enormously wealthy, but the selection process is unusual. As part of a media promotion, five leading actresses, all of them young and highly visible stars, are being voted on by the public. The one who receives the most votes will get the leading role.
What the novel is particularly good at is examining the things that appeal to celebrities , “the money, the media appearances, the famous friends, the film premiers . . .” Mai is an intelligent young woman who almost accidentally fell into this world – she was attractive and her acting talent was recognized at age 17 in a national student drama festival. An agent represented her and she’d be the first to admit that she was lucky.
But the money, the media, the friends, and the gala premiers take a heavy toll. A small but telling detail is that she buys two expensive dogs but then finds she has no time for them, so hires a dog-walker who begins to do housekeeping and cooking for her. Mai treats her as she does her dogs - a few pats on the head and shallow perfunctory politeness, all lubricated by money.
Another minor episode in the novel adds depth to this impression. Mai goes to a light-show dance in an converted warehouse and becomes disoriented by the crowd, “a multi-limbed monster, a writhing, groaning behemoth which thrust hands and arms upwards into the light.” This is the public from a star’s perspective, and when Mai does focus on individuals, she sees only bodies wearing day-glo T-shirts or neon makeup. In this kind of business, a person becomes the mask he has assumed.
And Mai has no privacy. One evening she has had too much drink and throws up in public. A young fan is there to record all with her i phone camera. Mai’s companion is there to offer money for the footage, but it’s worth much more by posting it on you-tube. Ironically, instead of being a public-relations disaster, it seems to help her image with the public, as if young women were perversely identifying with her.
Mai is an always interesting and surprising character as she fights against being stereotyped, one of the strengths of the novel. Although she is sometimes confused (as who wouldn’t be?) and has her blind spots, she sees through enough of the hypocrisy and foolishness around to often speak honestly and openly, and ironically, as with the vomiting scene, it adds to her public appeal.
The book moves toward a suspenseful conclusion with the five candidates appearing in a tv special,the one garnering the most votes declared the winner. But to get to this point, Mai has had to navigate her way through a maze of drugs, alcohol, a suicide of a boyfriend,, an unstable Afghan vet brother, and a personally vindictive Helena Cross, her chief rival in the competition.
The novel ends ambiguously with Mai possibly turning in yet another direction. The one constant in Mai’s life has been a restlessness and a growing awareness of the banality of fame. But banal or not, fame includes power and money, and the central struggle of the novel, I think, is how to turn away from them or to try to use them responsibly. Mai has her “serious art”, of course, the Chekhov play, that counterpoints her pop culture star image, but that may not enough to satisfy her. Nothing comes easily in this satisfying novel.
August 14, 2013
I received this book for free in exchange for the promise to write an honest review.
A young actress leaves the security of a steady job on a soap in order to broaden her horizons. She is cast in a play, entered into a newspaper constest that has the readers voting for the lead actress. The winning actress will be cast in a movie that happens to be based on one of Mai's favorite books. She also comes across a script she may want to produce.
I enjoyed the book. There were places that it seemed to drag a little places, maybe giving too much attention to minor characters. I loved the way both Mai, our hero, and her nemesis were described in such detail. I could sense the hate rolling off Helene.
A perfect book for a rainy Sunday afternoon.
A young actress leaves the security of a steady job on a soap in order to broaden her horizons. She is cast in a play, entered into a newspaper constest that has the readers voting for the lead actress. The winning actress will be cast in a movie that happens to be based on one of Mai's favorite books. She also comes across a script she may want to produce.
I enjoyed the book. There were places that it seemed to drag a little places, maybe giving too much attention to minor characters. I loved the way both Mai, our hero, and her nemesis were described in such detail. I could sense the hate rolling off Helene.
A perfect book for a rainy Sunday afternoon.
March 19, 2017
When presented with a book by an author whose work you really enjoy, you would think that there was a pre-existing set of expectations that dispose you to liking the novel. Yet when I downloaded ‘Actress’ by crime thriller writer Keith Dixon, knowing it was distinctly different from his Sam Dyke or Paul Storey novels, I had my doubts. It is, after all, a book described by many as contemporary women’s fiction, even ChickLit, and being of the opposite sex to its target audience… well, you get the idea. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the tale Dixon presented.
It is, in a way, a deeper novel than his excellent crime thrillers, reflecting a walk through the psyche of its protagonist that elevates the novel above the mundane. We follow the life of Mai Rose, a twenty-year-old rising star of TV soaps, with an, as yet, unreleased movie in the works, during the course of a few weeks which author Dixon uses to show how she is battling for control of her life. She is almost a person with a major psychological disorder, a double personality, in that her public, shallow, self-destructive persona is lined up against the wiser-than-her-years inner voice striving to find purpose in her life and career. The vehicles that bring this battle to a head are two. The first originates in the very public world where she is simply reacting to influences beyond her control (a casting for the prime role in a major movie run by a newspaper with the readers voting the winner). The other is the discovery of a screenplay, brought into her life by her drug-using, soldier brother, which tells a very different story about the war in Afghanistan and which she becomes obsessed with the idea of producing; a very serious, complex endeavour she has never contemplated before.
Crime writer Dixon does bring his keen eye for commenting on modern society memes. As we follow the development of the young women’s search for her own route in life, Dixon takes several sideswipes at the exploitation of fame by the Press for their own ends and the lengths to which rivals will go to triumph in the insincere world of public celebrity. There are some nice twists to the tale, which also reflect Dixon’s mainstream writing too.
Overall, I did enjoy the read and would recommend it. The characters reflect the depth and attention to detail that Dixon shows in all his novels and the story that is told is as believable as the headlines in today’s popular press. An interesting discovery.
It is, in a way, a deeper novel than his excellent crime thrillers, reflecting a walk through the psyche of its protagonist that elevates the novel above the mundane. We follow the life of Mai Rose, a twenty-year-old rising star of TV soaps, with an, as yet, unreleased movie in the works, during the course of a few weeks which author Dixon uses to show how she is battling for control of her life. She is almost a person with a major psychological disorder, a double personality, in that her public, shallow, self-destructive persona is lined up against the wiser-than-her-years inner voice striving to find purpose in her life and career. The vehicles that bring this battle to a head are two. The first originates in the very public world where she is simply reacting to influences beyond her control (a casting for the prime role in a major movie run by a newspaper with the readers voting the winner). The other is the discovery of a screenplay, brought into her life by her drug-using, soldier brother, which tells a very different story about the war in Afghanistan and which she becomes obsessed with the idea of producing; a very serious, complex endeavour she has never contemplated before.
Crime writer Dixon does bring his keen eye for commenting on modern society memes. As we follow the development of the young women’s search for her own route in life, Dixon takes several sideswipes at the exploitation of fame by the Press for their own ends and the lengths to which rivals will go to triumph in the insincere world of public celebrity. There are some nice twists to the tale, which also reflect Dixon’s mainstream writing too.
Overall, I did enjoy the read and would recommend it. The characters reflect the depth and attention to detail that Dixon shows in all his novels and the story that is told is as believable as the headlines in today’s popular press. An interesting discovery.
April 23, 2022
Following her success in a long-running TV show, young actress Mai Rose is in rehearsal on a new stage play, but when the opportunity to star in a major fantasy movie comes up it seems the role is made for her. Trouble is, Mai will be in competition with four other actors – a real competition that puts her very much in the spotlight, meaning everything she does and says will be judged by the media and the public. Struggling to work out her future career path, Mai must also contend with the antics of her soldier brother, her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend and an especially bitchy actress who is also desperate to star in the movie. Will Mai get what she wants, and if so, is it what she really, really wants?
This is the first book I’ve read by Keith Dixon that doesn’t involve murder and mystery, so I was keen to see how he’d handle a very different type of story. What is fascinating is that not only does he give us a thought-provoking and entertaining read but shows his ability to really get under the skin of the characters in a way that had me rooting for them at every turn of the page and worrying how they’d all cope when the poop hit the fan. The writing is well-observed with dialogue that is not only sharp and clever but realistic and original. And of course, Mr D’s usual dry humour is still very much in evidence, though doesn’t distract us from the plot.
A deftly written book by an author who continues to surprise me.
This is the first book I’ve read by Keith Dixon that doesn’t involve murder and mystery, so I was keen to see how he’d handle a very different type of story. What is fascinating is that not only does he give us a thought-provoking and entertaining read but shows his ability to really get under the skin of the characters in a way that had me rooting for them at every turn of the page and worrying how they’d all cope when the poop hit the fan. The writing is well-observed with dialogue that is not only sharp and clever but realistic and original. And of course, Mr D’s usual dry humour is still very much in evidence, though doesn’t distract us from the plot.
A deftly written book by an author who continues to surprise me.
September 12, 2013
INCLUDES SPOILERS!!! Mai Rose is an up and coming young actress searching for her true self and not satisfied with her acting life. She has tried various media and is presently working on a play; however there is a part she absolutely craves to have that she knows she’d be the best person to play the part. We watch and feel what she feels as she goes through the ordeal of trying for the part. She came to acting early in life, her mother being an actress herself. She is an introvert, sensitive and doesn’t befriend people easily. So when her ex-boyfriend hangs himself she feels guilty that he may have been distraught from their break-up. When she talks with a chef on a private yacht and he gets fired by fraternizing with the guests she feels it extremely wrong and actually tells the owner of the yacht (a hugely successful and wealthy businessman) that he should not have done it--and in the process also insulted his mother. When her brother Jake almost kills himself with overdosing on drugs, she feels that she is somehow responsible. When she feels that her director for the play that she is in treats the actors and actresses cruelly, she reacts. In other words, she is an actress with a conscious and a heart.
This is a serious work and as the reader you feel the gut wrenching emotions that wrought the actress. She is young and being challenged by a wicked and conniving world, yet trying to do the right thing and finding it difficult to know what the right thing is. Her life as an actress is a minefield and we are taken down the path which is at times distressful.
I found the work well written--very believable and because of its seemingly authentic world, it made me sad. You feel that you have seen the insides of an ugly world. However, at the end of the story you are left with a feeling of hope for Mai Rose; that she will find her career in the entertainment world and do it with honor.
This is a serious work and as the reader you feel the gut wrenching emotions that wrought the actress. She is young and being challenged by a wicked and conniving world, yet trying to do the right thing and finding it difficult to know what the right thing is. Her life as an actress is a minefield and we are taken down the path which is at times distressful.
I found the work well written--very believable and because of its seemingly authentic world, it made me sad. You feel that you have seen the insides of an ugly world. However, at the end of the story you are left with a feeling of hope for Mai Rose; that she will find her career in the entertainment world and do it with honor.
July 20, 2015
This book was recently entered and was a FINALIST in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. This is what our readers thought:
Title: Actress
Author: Keith Dixon
Star Rating: 5 stars
Number of Readers: 31
Readers’ Comments
‘What a superb book. I read this for The Wishing Shelf Awards on a very wet London weekend. I cheered me up immensely. The characters were interesting and the problems Mai must overcome were original and interesting. There were a number of twists and the ending was satisfying.’ Female reader, aged 45
‘This book, despite the light cover, is not just a soppy romance. It actually looks at the world of Hollywood and how a woman must battle to get to the top. Very entertaining and well written.’ Male reader, aged 28
‘Pacey and, for the most part, interesting. Basically, the story follows a talented young woman who is deterimined to get to the top. As a result, her character alters. Lots happening here to keep the author turning the page.’ Female reader, aged 44
Stats
Editing 9/10
Cover 7/10
Style 8/10
Plot 8/10
Of the 31 readers:
19 thought the cover was good or excellent.
26 would read another book by this author.
9 felt the plot was the best part of the story.
10 thought the interaction between the characters was the best.
‘A fun, often fascinating, look at the world of Hollywood.’ The Wishing Shelf Awards
Title: Actress
Author: Keith Dixon
Star Rating: 5 stars
Number of Readers: 31
Readers’ Comments
‘What a superb book. I read this for The Wishing Shelf Awards on a very wet London weekend. I cheered me up immensely. The characters were interesting and the problems Mai must overcome were original and interesting. There were a number of twists and the ending was satisfying.’ Female reader, aged 45
‘This book, despite the light cover, is not just a soppy romance. It actually looks at the world of Hollywood and how a woman must battle to get to the top. Very entertaining and well written.’ Male reader, aged 28
‘Pacey and, for the most part, interesting. Basically, the story follows a talented young woman who is deterimined to get to the top. As a result, her character alters. Lots happening here to keep the author turning the page.’ Female reader, aged 44
Stats
Editing 9/10
Cover 7/10
Style 8/10
Plot 8/10
Of the 31 readers:
19 thought the cover was good or excellent.
26 would read another book by this author.
9 felt the plot was the best part of the story.
10 thought the interaction between the characters was the best.
‘A fun, often fascinating, look at the world of Hollywood.’ The Wishing Shelf Awards
August 6, 2015
Interesting novel about performing and life
At first I found the main character Mai to be unsympathetic, but as I read I realized such a realistic, uncensored character was more well rounded than most fictitious characters. I downloaded this book when it was on sale, and the title led me to believe that it might be a frothy "chick lit" novel where the main character is rich and famous and can do no wrong. She is the first two, but Mai is believable because she does make mistakes and does stand up for what she believes in, even if it would be damaging to her career or reputation. At first I found her irritating, (she seemed to willfully seek her own destruction) but about halfway through the book I realized she was merely REAL--not an untouchable heroine who always makes the right moves and lives happily ever after. The other characters that could have ended up one dimensional seemed to be well developed as well. All in all, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in well developed characters, a well crafted plot, and a unique setting....whether you care about the lifestyles of the rich and famous or not, this book is captivating enough to keep you reading.
At first I found the main character Mai to be unsympathetic, but as I read I realized such a realistic, uncensored character was more well rounded than most fictitious characters. I downloaded this book when it was on sale, and the title led me to believe that it might be a frothy "chick lit" novel where the main character is rich and famous and can do no wrong. She is the first two, but Mai is believable because she does make mistakes and does stand up for what she believes in, even if it would be damaging to her career or reputation. At first I found her irritating, (she seemed to willfully seek her own destruction) but about halfway through the book I realized she was merely REAL--not an untouchable heroine who always makes the right moves and lives happily ever after. The other characters that could have ended up one dimensional seemed to be well developed as well. All in all, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in well developed characters, a well crafted plot, and a unique setting....whether you care about the lifestyles of the rich and famous or not, this book is captivating enough to keep you reading.
July 30, 2015
Not really into this book. I never connected to the characters or the storyline, so it felt almost like a chore to finish. It's quite superficial in terms of the basic storyline that didn't have much meaning or importance, and the characters who are vacant and self-involved. If there was an overall moral or point, it was quite lost on this reader.
Basically, it was a soap opera with personal chaos and emotion that revolves around a twenty-year old immature actress who changes her mind about her career ambitions every chapter. The subplots are just as chaotic and soap opera-ish, as are the secondary characters.
I'd skip this one...
Basically, it was a soap opera with personal chaos and emotion that revolves around a twenty-year old immature actress who changes her mind about her career ambitions every chapter. The subplots are just as chaotic and soap opera-ish, as are the secondary characters.
I'd skip this one...
November 27, 2013
I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.
This was an exciting book about the roller coaster life of an actress. From the first page to the last you are immersed into the life of Mao Rose. I found it hard to put the book down. Look forward to reading more from this author.
This was an exciting book about the roller coaster life of an actress. From the first page to the last you are immersed into the life of Mao Rose. I found it hard to put the book down. Look forward to reading more from this author.
March 21, 2015
A tale of devious plotting, revenge, subterfuge and seediness, all revolving around the world of acting. A young actress, Mai Rose, struggles with her career decisions, a brother who seems to want to self-destruct, and a rival who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Recommended.
November 17, 2013
I'm working on my review - it's a good one.
February 2, 2015
We are proud to announce that ACTRESS by Keith Dixon is a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. This tells a reader that this book is well worth their time and money!
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