Hollywood legend Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Summoned to Evelyn's apartment, Monique listens as Evelyn unfurls her story: from making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way. As Evelyn's story unfolds through the decades--revealing a ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love--Monique begins to feel a very real connection to her. But as the story catches up to the present, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique's in tragic and irreversible ways.
