Tales of an English Actor

We read the tabloids, watch the films, follow the actors on social media, and hold our breath at the headlines: but who are these magnetic creatures outside of the spotlight? In this ambitious debut novel, Maxine Cache explores the answer through the eyes of myriad characters that weave and collide with Andrew Teeling, a celebrated English actor who must navigate the pressures of his career and the chaos of his personal life while he learns to follow his heart. Don't expect a trashy bit of fan fiction. Cache respects her reader's intelligence and delivers a dramatic love story replete with passion and suspense. We follow the intimate lives of the actor and his remarkable friends and relatives, along with their children and seniors, as they strive to stay connected and caring in a world that is hungry to devour the celebrities it creates. After a meteoric rise to fame and a decade of success, the actor can scarcely sense that his life is coming apart at the seams. His talent and money have not shielded him from the stress of divorce, parenthood, celebrity, and loneliness that threatens to undo his career and his reputation. Fans hound him and media prey upon him, while people in his industry coddle him. His massive success has only increased the difficulty of finding a loving partner. The one woman that excites his passion spurns his hectic life. Only after fortune deals him the most serious blows, does he tap his deepest strengths to regain a hold on his career, his family, and the woman he loves. Join the adventure and get a glimpse of this extraordinary man in the ordinary moments of his daily life and in the heroic journey back to his family and to his adoring public. The suite of illustrations by Cache is an added pleasure. These are embedded in color in the kindle version and printed in black and white in the paperback.