Scott's sly send-up of her days as a Bunny at the Playboy Club and actress on the popular daytime spook-opera, "Dark Shadows" is a quick and fun read. Young, attractive, just-in-from-Minnesota Meg Harrison wants an acting career in 1960s New York. She finds a job as a cocktail Bunny at the infamous Playboy Club, goes on auditions, hoping to get cast on a new soap called "Dark Passages." Unbeknownst to anyone, Meg is a vampire, but of a different sort--she was born to a vampire mother/human father, sunlight doesn't bother her, she can shape shift, and she doesn't have to drink blood, well, not much anyway. She also has a guardian spirit, Haddie, one of the Club's late clients, watching out for her. Trying to make it without using her vampire powers, she's thrilled when she's cast as Margie, the waitress, on "Dark Passages," gets a small apartment, hangs out with friends, loves exploring New York (both in her human and vampiric forms), and enjoys her co-workers (especially Ian, who's playing the soap's new vampire character, Sebastian Stanhope). But all is not peaceful: her life is complicated by booze, drugs, her back home boyfriend, Eric (who ships out to Vietnam), an unexpected pregnancy, and a beautiful blond witch from Memphis named Camilla Nesbitt. For some reason, Camilla has had a grudge against Meg's family for a long time, and now she's gunning for Meg. When the show becomes a smash TV hit and the cast excitedly begins filming a movie based on it, the pressure intensifies in the continuing drama of Camilla's and Meg's battle. Will Meg's powers be strong enough to vanquish the lethal Camilla? Tune in and see! This is at once silly and nostalgic, filled with insider info and humor. Just plain fun!
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