The Hollywood Runaway 

 The Hollywood Runaway 

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       September 1, 2025

 

Author  Alexandra Weston

Distributor:      Amazon
ISBN:                 978-1806251438
Publisher:         Boldwood Books
Release Date:   30 August 2025  

   Website:   https://www.amazon.de/Hollywood-Runaway-English-Alexandra-Weston-ebook

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Alexandra Weston has captured the essence of change and challenge in The Hollywood Runaway with nightclub singer Olivia Swift, a woman who found herself having to flee her former life, terrified that if she is caught, she is in very serious trouble.

The SS Ocean Princess is boarding the last passengers ready to cross the vast ocean to America to begin a new and hopefully prosperous life. Olivia, dressed in a beautiful white lace dress, wide brimmed hat with white lace trim with a suitcase in each hand, is standing in the line.

This was to have been her wedding day, instead she is told Jimmy, the love of her life, is married with young children. Jimmy is a man who wants what he wants and makes sure he gets it; he wants her, but she does not want the lies and deception any longer.

Making the decision to disappear Olivia is terrified he will come looking for her as she has a roll of his money found under her bed, having rolled under there last time he was in her flat, and she has kept it.

Eventually she begins to relax as the ship moves further away from her old life and when she is given the opportunity to sing with a hastily convened jazz band on the ship she agrees to do so, enjoying being back on stage once again, her ability and reputation as a singer already well known to the passengers.

Reaching New York, she parts company with Frank McManaman who she met onboard, a man on his way to becoming a great architect but joins forces with Nora Corrigan, an incorrigible optimist and one who has family in New York.

Time passes, each of them becoming successful with Olivia discovered as star potential while singing with the Pip Brooks band in New York. She is offered a plum role in a movie which she accepts which helps her begin the journey back to Frank; the man who cared deeply for her but had his own pathway to travel.

The Hollywood Runaway is a heartwarming and a delightful novella perfect for a quick read when time is pressing but you simply must have a little escapism in your life.

Fiction, General, Historical