Fortune's Smile (To Have and to Hold, No. 35)

Carrie and Dylan Frazier are a successful show-business couple: Carrie an actress, Dylan a director. Carrie has long wanted to star in a Broadway musical written and directed by her husband, and this is about to come true. However, there are obstacles. Carrie and Dylan have different ideas about how they want to have the play performed. Carrie wants some humor, while Dylan is more serious about it. They clash at rehearsal. And another --bigger- problem is that Dylan also wants to produce the play. This is a great financial risk, but Carrie is willing to help Dylan take it. They overcome these clashes, but then, the play flops in Boston. How will they triumph over this final hurdle?I found this book entertaining. Carrie is a lively character, whose personality is well-balanced by Dylan's more serious nature. The show business background of the story is fun, with its disappointments and triumphs; and it builds to a believable (and romantic) conclusion. Recommended.