First published 2010
Brooke has spent five years working double shifts while her husband Julian plays Manhattan dive bars and works as an A&R intern. She used to love reading Last Night, the celebrity gossip magazine, until her own marriage started making headlines. Julian finally gets his break when Sony signs him, though success remains uncertain as he puts in endless studio hours. Everything changes when he lands a spot on a national late-night talk show. Fame hits Julian like lightning. Suddenly they're staying at the Chateau Marmont and getting the full rock star treatment. The perks feel exciting at first. But Julian becomes a stranger, absent and distant. Tabloid stories multiply around them. Brooke finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about their relationship. The woman who once devoured celebrity gossip now lives inside it. She must decide what she actually wants versus what she convinced herself she needed. The music industry dream she helped build threatens to destroy the life they shared.
Genres: fiction, drama, contemporary, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Chateau Marmont, Manhattan
Period: 21st-century
384 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books