First published 2017
Aging Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo summons unknown journalist Monique Grant to write her tell-all biography. As Evelyn recounts her rise to fame and her seven tumultuous marriages, Monique realizes their lives are intertwined in tragic ways. This spellbinding tale of ambition, friendship, and forbidden love lays bare the cost of living an authentic life in the spotlight.
Genres: fiction, drama, historical-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: forbidden-love, unreliable-narrator
400 pages · Paperback · Atria
Content warnings: sexual-content