Back on T.V.

***Back on T.V.*** is the first book of the *My Life as a Hollywood Mom* series.

## Synopsis

Alex Morgan had grown up in the bright lights of Hollywood, as the daughter of famed Hollywood actor and director, Ben Morgan and his soap legend wife, Freddie. But at 15, after appearing in teen fashion magazines, catalogs, and TV commercials, she landed a role of a lifetime on the hit teen drama, Summer Cove. As the star of a popular TV drama for teens, Alex had become a Hollywood's teen sweetheart. But after the show ends, she spent years in Hollywood taking on role after role after role to prove that she isn't just a Teen Sweetheart. At the same time, she boozes herself in alcohol which made her tabloid fodder and nearly ruins her career and her life.

Now that she has beaten alcoholism and after her daughter, Alyssa has started school, Alex is determined to keep her career on track to keep her name on Hollywood's radar. When she is asked by her agent to audition for a role on an upcoming medical drama, she is eager to do it. But as she makes her triumphant return to television screens, this Hollywood actress would do double duty to juggle being a beloved TV star and a loving mother.

## Excerpt

This beloved Hollywood actress returns to T.V. while being a mother.....

After putting her drinking problem behind her and numerous TV guest appearances, TV movies, and a string of failed TV shows, Hollywood actress Alex Morgan is ready for a comeback. But can Hollywood give her second chance following her DUI arrests and a stint in prison?
Alex has more than her stalled career to worry about, she is a single mother to daughter, Alyssa from her relationship with actor Damian Lewis. Can Alex get her career back on track and stay being a good mom to her daughter in tinseltown?

Chapter 1

"How you doing, Alex?"
"Can we get a picture of you and your daughter?"
"Alex, are you still acting?"
Paparazzi followed Alex Morgan down the street of West Hollywood as she, along with her daughter, Alyssa, were about to enter Kiddie Couture, a high-end boutique for kids. Alex didn't mind the paparazzi following her, but things were different. She was now a mother and had to protect her child from the harassment of the paparazzi. The two entered inside the boutique. Alex was shopping for new school clothes for Alyssa. It was back to school week. For Alex, the best thing about being a mother is that she can get away from her hectic job as a actress and come home to her precious jewel. The only crazy thing about Alex's life as a mother, is that she was a Hollywood mother. Which meant Alex was raising her daughter while working as a Hollywood actress. She could've moved to a modest house in Los Feliz to give Alyssa a better upbringing, like her mother, Freddie did with her and her younger sisters.
"What about this, Mommy?" Alyssa asked.
"That's cute, baby."
Alex looked at the price at the dress and her eyes grew large.
"Sorry, Hon."
"But mommy. You said it was cute!" Alyssa whined.
"Of course it is. But I can't afford it. Find something else on a lower price. Okay, pumpkin?"
Alex wasn't a cheapskate, she still had money, but not as much as her mother. She had to be care on how much money she spent. Half of her money was spent on bail from her DUI busts.
Before she was Hollywood mother, Alex was a working actress from a family of talented entertainers. Her mother, Freddie, was a legendary soap opera star, thanks to her long-time role as Esther Diamond in the daytime soap, Our Secret Lives. Before the role, Freddie was a stage and screen actress from a broken family. Alex's father, Ben, was a Hollywood actor, producer, and director. He had been in Western TV shows and movies and he had directed episodes of popular TV shows.
His passing from cancer devastated the entire Morgan family, especially Alex. When she began her career as an actress, Ben didn't approve of her choice to pursue a career in entertainment. He wanted her to pursue anything other than a career in Hollywood. But Alex didn't listen and pursued acting.
When her younger sisters also pursued careers in entertainment, the Morgan family had become Hollywood's famous families. But the Morgans' did everything they could to stay grounded since the live in the biggest famous city in the world.
After landing herself in modeling jobs and commericals, Alex found herself in appearances on popular TV shows, before she landed the role of a lifetime as Meadow McAllister in a beach-y teen drama, Summer Cove. The series was such a success, it thrusted Alex into the limelight and she became a teen idol, known as a Teen Sweetheart. She was where, on covers of numerous teen magazines and appearing in TV movies. While Alex's stardom skyrocketed, her sister, Jo wasn't far behind. She too, also defied their father and pursued acting. After a five-episode stint on another teen drama, Gross Pointe, Jo found herself playing Heather Martin in the family sitcom, The Reluctant Stepmother, it was also popular and Jo had joined her sister as a Teen Sweetheart as well. The sisters were on the cover of Seventeen magazine. But after their own shows came to an end, Alex and Jo had to fight hard to stay on Hollywood's radar. Alex's other sisters, Lizzie and Christy joined the family tradition. But as Lizzie did acting and singing, Christy only wanted to do just singing.
The Morgan family found themselves on the popular TV series, Famous Families. Even the E! True Hollywood Story took a glimpse of the Morgan family's orgins and their lives. The uber-popular Biography featured the family as part of the "Famous Families" week marathon.
Before she became a Teen Sweetheart-turned-Hollywood actress, Alex used to have posters of her favorite actress Drew Barrymore, a famous A-list Hollywood actress who also came from a family of actors. When Summer Cove hit its stride, fans had posters of Alex Morgan taped to their bedroom walls and bedroom doors.
Alex continued her back-to-school shopping spree for Alyssa. She thought with Alyssa in school, she can try to return to the audtion trail and get back on T.V. She did more than just needed to get back on screen for the money, she missed acting on-screen and off-screen. With her sister, Jo on TV's hit cop drama, L.A. Beat, making four-hundred-thousand dollars per episode, Alex was making modest cash with guest-appearances on other TV shows. Alex's other sisters, Lizzie and Christy were busy with their own careers; Lizzie was in several musical theatre productions acting, singing, and dancing and Christy had just finished her touring with the Slumber Party Girls, the popular girl-group in the music industry.
With her sisters being successful in their careers, Alex was desperate to get back on top. She saw her daughter starting school as a sign to restart her floundering career. She took time out of Hollywood to be a mom. However, when Alex had Alyssa, it made entertainment headlines. She gave birth at her own Hollywood apartment, Damian Lewis, her ex and Alyssa's father delivered after making a 911 call. The headline were displayed on TV and online.
"HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS GIVES BIRTH IN HER APARTMENT!"
"SUMMER COVE'S ALEX MORGAN DRAMATIC BIRTH ORDEAL!"
"GALAXY WARRIORS ACTOR DELIVERS GIRLFRIEND'S BABY!"
The article on Hollywood 411's website said it all: Galaxy Warrior's star Damian Lewis delivered his daughter, Alyssa with only help from 911 and without medical supervision. Following the birth, Alex and baby Alyssa were rushed to Cedars-Sinai, a hospital in L.A. where Alex called it "The hospital for Celebrities."
What a way to get publicity than to have the birth of a child top headlines. It was embarrasing for Alex, she wanted to be known as an actress, not as a former teen sweetheart who gave birth to her daughter in her Hollywood apartment in the middle of the night with paramedics, an ambulance, and paparazzi standying by.
Alex used her "Maternity Leave" to hide from the media following her daughter's birth that garnered front-page news. She returned to work, hoping the media frenzy surrounding Alyssa's birth had die down, with a role in the courtroom drama, Lawyers