Hollywood Husbands has the same stock characters of all Collins novels; only the names and circumstances have changed. This is not to denigrate the work; Collins knows what her readers like and expect, and she gives it to them. For instance, there is always the heroine whose physical description pretty closely approximates those in her other novels (and in many ways matches the sultry book jacket photographs of the author). Jade Johnson is "twenty-nine years old ... .

shoulder length shaggy copper hair, gold-flecked, widely spaced brown eyes, . . . full and luscious mouth, and a strong square jaw that saved her from being merely beautiful ... . five feet ten inches tall, one hundred and thirty pounds ... . very long legs, a lithe, supple body, broad shoulders, and an incredible swanlike neck . . . kindhearted and a good friend when the need arose, ... an acerbic wit and a wild sense of humor ... . smart, independent, ..." The distinction...