title: A Falling Star
author: Rettstatt, Linda
description: Actor Spence Parker's career teeters on the brink of ruin thanks to a fling with the slightly crazed and drug-addicted daughter of a powerful and well-loved Hollywood film producer. Taking the advice of his agent, Spence takes a little vacation away from Hollywood while the dust settles. Not sure of where he can go to fly under the radar, Spence returns to his small hometown south of Pittsburgh. Valerie Marks, Spence's high-school girlfriend, is now running her grandfather's newspaper and raising a ten-year-old daughter. She's still single, but not because she's been waiting for Spence to return. After all, he left without saying goodbye. When he appears in front of her on a street corner, however, old feelings are brought to the forefront.