Starlet Series by Randi Reisfeld

Starlet is the story of 17-year-old Jacey Chandliss, a talented actress from the midwest, who wins a big-time TV reality competition. Her prize? A starring role in a major new movie--set to film in Hollywood, California. If she wants her dream to come true, the girl's gotta go. Too bad her parents are not able to come along as chaparones...how great that her best friends are! Jacey's journey into the showbiz spotlight begins... moreStarlet is the story of 17-year-old Jacey Chandliss, a talented actress from the midwest, who wins a big-time TV reality competition. Her prize? A starring role in a major new movie--set to film in Hollywood, California. If she wants her dream to come true, the girl's gotta go. Too bad her parents are not able to come along as chaparones...how great that her best friends are! Jacey's journey into the showbiz spotlight begins. As everyone expects, there's lots of "glam, glitter, and gorgeousness" waiting for Jacey and her pals: a tricked-out mansion, hot cars, styists, and experts to cater to her every whim. As...uh...no one expects, her "prize" also comes with a heaping side-dish of papparazzi, social media smack-downs, and one very nasty person intent on digging up all Jacey's personal secrets. Jacey and her friends better figure out who to trust--and who should be outed as they snakes they are, and avoided at all costs. That group includes some very hot boys they meet, who may not be what they seem. Mistakes will be made along the way as they navigate and traps and pitfalls of Hollywood--in other words, how do you go to Hollywood, without "going Hollywood?" less

Jacey is trying to prove to herself, and to Hollywood, that she really does have what it takes to succeed in the business. But thanks to intrusive paparazzi, life gets even more complicated for Jacey. Everything’s more intense—and more public—in the Hollywood spotlight.

Now that Jacey Chandliss is a bona fide Hollywood actress with two movies under her belt, it’s time for her to return full circle to the very show that launched her career—Generation Next. This time around she’s a judge, not a contestant—and she’s about to find out that being in the judge’s hot seat can be even more nerve-racking than being in the spotlight... moreNow that Jacey Chandliss is a bona fide Hollywood actress with two movies under her belt, it’s time for her to return full circle to the very show that launched her career—Generation Next. This time around she’s a judge, not a contestant—and she’s about to find out that being in the judge’s hot seat can be even more nerve-racking than being in the spotlight. Contestant Toby Adams manages to win the hearts of millions of viewers, but has he also managed to win his way into Jacey’s heart? What does that mean for her budding relationship with Hollywood bad boy Matt Canseco? The tabloids are already starting to raise questions—that is, when they’re not having a field day with the huge failure of Galaxy, Jacey’s first big studio flick. When everything starts to spin out of control for Hollywood’s newest It Girl, she'll need her hometown friends—Dash, Desi, and Ivy—more than ever. less