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Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club by Maggie Marr is a great book for anyone ages 18 and older. The sequel to Hollywood Girls Club, this book is a must read for anyone who is interested in the crazy and drama filled Hollywood life!

Celeste, Jessica, Lydia, and Mary Anne have managed to find and hold on to true friendships amidst all of Hollywood’s superficial stars. The girls have stuck together and are intent on making even more great films. But when the girls begin to experience major issues they need a lot more than one another.

Celeste isn’t getting any younger and although she looks great now, she won’t in a few years. As she contemplates plastic surgery she has to deal with the emergence of a sex tape that could ruin her career. Mary Ann is dating Holden Humphrey, the hottest young stud in Hollywood but his crazy ex is determined to drive them apart. Not only does Mary Ann have to deal with his crazy ex but she also has to dal with the fact that people all over are watching her every move. Lydia is busy trying to run the film studio, help her friends, and try to figure out who is sending her creepy notes and blackmailing her. Jessica is busy juggling a family, her job, and her clients.

Can these girls juggle everything and still remain on top? Or will they drop the ball and have their careers ruined? This is a great book but make sure to read Hollywood Girls Club first or you might be a little lost!

By The Book Reviews had the opportunity to interview Maggie Marr! Check out the interview below.

Q: What inspired you to write the “Hollywood Girls Club” series?

A: Probably this wonderful world of entertainment I stumbled upon when I became an agent. Plus I started to hear a voice in my head, telling me the story that became Hollywood Girls Club.

Q: Which of the main characters in the books do you relate to the most and why?

A: A producer friend of mine says he sees a little of me in all the characters. But when I was an agent I think I related most to Jessica, trying to break into the business with hard work and determination plus she was an attorney turned agent. Now, as a full time writer, perhaps I relate to Mary Anne the most, we’re also both from the Midwest.

Q: What is a typical day like for you?

A: Let’s see, I get up at 6 am and go for a walk and eat breakfast with the family. I like to be at my computer by 8 am. I work from 8 am to 12 noon. My girls get home at noon and we eat lunch together. Once I get them down for nap, (anywhere between 1 and 2) I work for another 2 hours. I always think, I’ll get more work completed in the evening after the girls go to bed, but usually I don’t. Sometimes I read, or catch up on reader emails.

Q: How do you deal with writers block?

A: I try to write through it. I usually get a little stuck right before I hear the final act. Sometimes, I lay down for a while and try to visualize the characters going through the end of the story…then I’ll hear a line and I rush back to the computer and start typing.

Q: Have recent Hollywood happenings inspired any of your writing?

A: Of course. All the time.

Q: What made you want to start writing?

A: I’ve written stories since I was 8 years old. I won a number of awards as a child and in junior high for my writing, but I never thought becoming a writer as a profession was an option. I grew up in middle America, my grandparents were farmers…on both sides. My father was the first person in his family to graduate college and he became a doctor. No one I knew wrote or worked in or made a living in ‘the arts’. I did what a lot of kids who are exceptional writers do, I went to school and became an attorney. It wasn’t until I was much older, that I had the courage and the knowledge to actually take a shot at my dream, my passion, my love…writing.

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