“On Nov. 30, the glamorous, impetuous Kendall Hart — wife, mother, founder of a highly successful perfume company, woman in despair and one of the lead characters on the ABC soap ‘All My Children’ — decided to try a little creative writing as a distraction from the pain of her husband Zach’s sudden (and of course mysterious) disappearance.” The character’s novel, “an actual hardback with a list price of $21.95 … made its debut in February at No. 13 on the New York Times best-seller list.”