Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (n�e Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen�and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster. Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her �undercover stunt double,� Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too �indisposed��meaning wasted�to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott. Now the challenge for Cherry�s handlers (�ber�stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped, tucked, and Botoxed twin publicists; weed whacker�wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry�s public�and from Cherry herself.The situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink�the unhinged former governor of Florida living wild in a mangrove swamp�and now he�s heading for Miami to find her . . .Will Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo session with Cherry Pye? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry�s motley posse does?All will be revealed in this hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane.From the Hardcover edition.