Jordanna Leavitt and Kennedy Chase are the leading female characters in Hollywood Kids. Jordanna is a Hollywood kid, growing up in the formidable shadow of her movie producer father and beautiful actress mother. She has all the privilege and money one might expect and at twenty-seven is at loose ends. She fills her days with lunches with friends and her evenings with one-night stands with her "stud of the night." But she is a strong young woman who finally puts aside her stultifying need for her father's love and recognition, gets a job that is personally satisfying, and discovers that she is worthy of her new-found self-esteem.

Kennedy Chase is an educated professional woman who grew up with loving supportive parents. Not a Hollywood kid, she is nonetheless at loose ends because her husband, who had been her professional partner, died and she still mourns his loss. She...