Devil May Care : A Novel

New York: Atria, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp clean first edition (as stated) no markings throughout, not an ex-l ib: Struggling New York actress Sally Carpenter is sure she's blown her audition when the casting director cuts her off in the middle of her first line. So she's stunned when she gets the part. Soon, she's tapped to replace rival and look-alike Dara Dempsey as a would-be nun on the soap Dawn until Dusk (called DUD). This change in luck coincides with her chance meeting of Jack Weaver, president of television network UBN, to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn--despite having a boyfriend and wondering why a high-powered executive is interested in a nobody actress like herself. As Sally's career takes off, she finds herself falling deeply in love with Jack but is disturbed by all the fluke accidents that befall anyone who stands in the way of her career or her relationship with Jack. Could he be the devil? For all the supernatural silliness and musings on good and evil, first-novelist McInnis manages to create a well-plotted and mostly lighthearted satire on the brutal business of getting ahead in show business.