Daytime Mystery

Getting killed off is a soap star's worst nightmare, especially when it happens off camera. Morgan Tyler is a beautiful, sassy young widow who lost the love of her life before she turned thirty and now puts all her romantic energies into her job as the head writer of the award-winning soap opera, Love of My Life. When one of the show's starlets is injured in a hit-and-run accident, Morgan crosses paths with the homicide detective Matt Phoenix, who is immediately attracted to her. But their budding relationship becomes complicated when Morgan's boss is murdered and Morgan is revealed as the sole heir to his estate-despite their prickly relationship. Morgan's life is starting to look like one of her scripts. Does Matt suspect her? Now a real-life killer is after her. And her time-like sand through an hourglass-is running out.

Following the success of Linda Palmer's first book in the series, Love Is Murder, listeners are treated to the return of Morgan Tyler, feisty head writer for the TV soap opera Love of My Life. Her imagination is always at work, churning out the scenes that fill many a fan's daytime with drama. But when fiction becomes stranger-and more deadly-than art, Morgan is forced to rely on her ingenuity to save herself from "early cancellation." Now Morgan Tyler has a new title, co-executive producer, and a new responsibility: take care of everything. When an actress on the show is murdered, Morgan had better find out who is behind the bloodshed before someone else is written out of the picture.

As head writer of the soap opera Love of My Life, Morgan specializes in imperiling her characters. As co-executive producer on the show, she must protect the actors playing them. But when leading man Link Ramsey finds himself stalked by a woman who can't separate fact from fiction, Morgan's job is about to get more complicated. Soon Link's apartment is ransacked-and Morgan discovers someone is following her, too. Threats multiply as the cast and crew prepare for a promotional trip to Las Vegas. Now-while she's coping with some new plot twists in her personal life as well-Morgan has to keep the danger strictly onscreen, where it belongs.

Soap writer and producer Morgan Tyler knows she's in trouble when her life threatens to become even more dramatic than her storylines. Morgan has hired a private investigator to help unravel the mystery of her childhood, rooted in a terrible secret she's kept for years. But a more immediate crisis arises when Morgan's best friend, Nancy, is arrested for the murder of her boyfriend's evil ex. It isn't long before Morgan's efforts to exonerate Nancy get her into hot water-and more-with homicide detective Matt Phoenix. Meanwhile, the drama du jour on Love of My Life centers on a character whose bizarre disappearance years ago has become a chat-room joke. But in bringing back the arrogant actor who originated the role, Morgan may be opening a killer can of worms.