Friday's Daughter — Mary Ruth Myers

TWO WOMEN AND A MAN--STRUGGLING WITH EACH OTHER FOR SUCCESS AND LOVE

Laura Fitzgerald, a young screenwriter, returns from New York to Hollywood with a burning ambition to make it on her own in the cutthroat TV industry.

She can't help being the daughter of actress Jessamyn Friday, the beautiful and ruthless box-office smash who rejected Laura the first time Jessamyn saw her steal the spotlight as a child.

Neither can Laura control the growing love she feels for Jake Turner, a fiery, independent TV producer, a man Jessamyn wants to add to her long list of bed partners...