First published 2009
Teresa "Toots" Loudenberry has buried eight husbands and lived enough lives for several women. Now widowed again, she faces a new crisis when her daughter's job hangs in the balance. The owner of the Hollywood gossip magazine where her daughter works is drowning in gambling debts and about to lose everything. Toots refuses to watch her daughter's career crumble. She calls her three closest friends, Sophie, Mavis, and Ida, and proposes a bold rescue mission. Together, the four women will scheme their way into the entertainment industry and pull the right strings to save the publication. Toots trades her black mourning clothes for something more colorful and prepares to show Hollywood what a determined Southern woman can accomplish. The plan promises excitement and laughs, but it also carries real risks. For Toots, the gamble is worth it if she can secure her daughter's future and prove that life still holds surprises.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Hollywood
Period: contemporary
279 pages · Unknown Binding · Kensington Publishing Corporation