Entertainingcozy fun.—Publishers WeeklyFreelance writer Jaine Austen thought she knew what she was getting herself into when she landed a gig working behind the scenes at a teen beauty pageant. But between the vicious stage moms, exacting judges, and trash-talking teens, shes not sure shes the woman for the job—especially when the catfights turn deadlyJaine has been hired by über-pushy stage mom Heather Van Sant to write lyrics for her daughter Taylors song in the talent competition for the Miss Teen Queen America pageant. Its different from anything Jaine has done before, but if nothing else, shes looking forward to a free weekend in a swanky hotel and a chance to see what really goes on backstage at a beauty pageant. But the hotel is a dump, the cattiness is out of control, and Candace—the perfectly-coiffed, whip-cracking pageant director—is making even Jaines life miserable.
