Coming Up Next by Penny Smith, is free courtesy of publisher imprint Harper Perennial.
I'm not really sure how to file this. It looks like it might be a chick lit, but then again it might just be general comedic fiction with a female protagonist. Your call.
Currently free from
Amazon UK. Unlikely to show up at the other regions or stores.
Description
When Katie Fisher, morning TV presenter, returns from holiday it's to discover that she's literally yesterday's news. Publicly sacked from her job as anchor of Hello Britain! and replaced by a pert young thing, she does what any self-respecting thirty something would in these circumstances – she makes a dash for her parents and hits the bottle.
But Katie, sooner or later, has to face the world, the photographers, and the backstage intrigue of morning television: the cut-throat, lecherous producers, the ambitious but vacant Keera, and Mike, her co-host, a trustworthy friend or just another one of the many back-stabbers? Humour is Katie's only weapon and, as things hit rock-bottom, it could provide a perfect solution to life after the sofa.
Knowing, insightful and darkly comic, Penny Smith's novel is the insider's view of TV.