In addition to the usual problems connected with production schedules, she has to help the serial's leading lady, Cybelle Carter. Cybelle confides that, unknown to Morgan, she is married, but has fled her husband. She is afraid of him, and is terrified that he will find her and kill her. Cybelle's stand-in, Jeannie Eaton, staying at Cybelle's apartment after a fight with her boy friend, is found dead. She has eaten chocolate pudding loaded with poison. It is surmised that the pudding, which was Cybelle's favorite food, was intended for Cybelle, planted by her estranged husband.

      Morgan received a poisonous snake in the mail, and a suspicious video, making her life a precarious one. When she meets Cybelle's husband, Philippe Abacasas, at a dinner given by the owner of the network, she hears an entirely different version of the marriage than that told by Cybelle. She doesn't know who to believe, so she hires Bobby Novello, a dwarf PI, to investigate the two. Further complicating her life are two new men in her love life: Matt Phoenix,, homicide detective, and Kevin Thompson, successful crime writer. And she is too attracted to the mysterious Philippe. All is not what it seems, and until Morgan can unravel the truth, her life and the lives of those connected to her are in danger.

    Besides being an intriguing story about murder and mayhem, this is full of details about what goes on behind the scenes in the soap opera world. Morgan is a feisty modern young woman with a great sense of responsibility and sense of humor. It is enjoyable to follow her dilemmas over her love life and her professional life. The action is swift. The dialogue is witty.

     To anyone who is a soap opera aficionado this is a treasure trove of atmosphere and information about script writing, plotting, casting, and producing.