Celluloid Peach

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Notable in fiction books about </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>old Hollywood</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>(Derek E Pearson is a Foreword Indies Book Awards Finalist with four other books)</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When the new century roared she threw a custard pie in its face. When the cameras rolled she became a star.' Melia Nord was a phenomenon of the silent movies.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As fast-paced as a police detective novel - and with whodunnit colourful characters and enough drama to make a film precursor to L.A. Confidential - Celluloid Peach tells the tale of an ill-fated actress and her star-crossed lover working in the early days of American movies. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A riveting fictional story of romance and tragedy the novel tracks the true history of the dawn of Hollywood how the film industry moved from small New York City studios to California. Steeped in vivid early 20th century details crackling dialogue and non-stop action Celluloid Peach is impossible to put down.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Protagonist Melia Nord is that ultimate shooting star. Her ascent will be as swift as her fall - she can light up the sky and dazzle a continent but she's fated to a hard landing. Beautiful wide-eyed young and innocent she's also a determined firecracker. Her smile raw energy and steely confidence soon project her beyond modelling and dancing to the glamorous world of moving pictures and she becomes a legend of the early silver screen.</span></p><p></p><p>------------</p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>fiction books about old Hollywood; stardom drama; historical novels</span></p>