Natalie Daniels’ husband just dumped her. Her boss is scheming to replace her. And she’s falling in love with her sexy Australian TV news agent – who’s about to propose to somebody else.
What’s a woman to do? Dig deep and show what she’s made of – which just might land her both the job and the man of her dreams.
Falling Star had me hooked from the first chapter. Natalie is approaching forty, her husband Miles has just left her for a young bimbo, and Tony (the new head of the news channel she works for) wants to replace her with a younger (and cheaper) employee, Kelly. Natalie is determined not to give up her job as news anchor for a local television station, but Kelly is equally determined to get Natalie’s job, leading to disastrous events. Meanwhile, Natalie is slowly falling in love with her agent, Geoff, who is actually preparing for his wedding to Janet.
I felt sorry for Natalie right from the start of Falling Star. How can so many things go wrong for one person? Every time her life seemed to be getting back on track, something else happened to knock her back. I loved the way she kept bouncing back. As for Kelly – what a bitch! She only had her job because of Natalie’s previous kindness. How could she be so cruel as to try and steal her friend’s job and husband? Natalie’s husband, Miles, was evil anyway – couldn’t be trusted at all. Geoff was sweet, but unfortunately he was sweet on the wrong woman. Tony was only trying to do his job – raise the ratings and cut the costs – but he went about it totally the wrong way, and caused more mayhem.
Falling Star was a really enthralling read. The characters kept you interested, you really wanted to know what was going to happen to them next. The romance was a bit of a side-line, but I think that was alright – too much romance would have taken away from from the main story. I liked all the background information about television news broadcasting too, it really helped to give me an image of where things were taking place.
