A page-turning tale of marriage, scandal, and fame,
perfect for readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid: "The glitz and underlying
darkness of Hollywood make for a setting as complex and compelling as
Ramisetti's characters . . . rings with insight--and with heart" (Meena
Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author).
At age 26, Advika Srinivasan considers herself a failed screenwriter. To
pay the bills and keep her mind off of the recent death of her twin
sister, she's taken to bartending A-list events, including the 2015
Governors Ball, the official afterparty of the Oscars. There, in a
cinematic dream come true, she meets the legendary Julian Zelding--a
film producer as handsome as Paul Newman and ten times as
powerful--fresh off his fifth best picture win. Despite their 41-year
age difference, Advika falls helplessly under his spell, and their
evening flirtation ignites into a whirlwind courtship and elopement.
Advika is enthralled by Julian's charm and luxurious lifestyle, but
while Julian loves to talk about his famous friends and achievements, he
smoothly changes the subject whenever his previous relationships come
up. Then, a month into their marriage, Julian's first wife--the famous
actress Evie Lockhart--dies, and a tabloid reports a shocking
stipulation in her will. A single film reel and $1,000,000 will be
bequeathed to "Julian's latest child bride" on one condition: Advika
must divorce him first.
Shaken out of her love fog and still-simmering grief over the loss of
her sister--and uneasy about Julian's sudden, inexplicable urge to start
a family--Advika decides to investigate him through the eyes and
experiences of his exes. From reading his first wife's biography, to
listening to his second wife's confessional albums, to watching his
third wife's Real Housewives-esque reality show, Advika starts to
realize how little she knows about her husband. Realizing she rushed
into the marriage for all the wrong reasons, Advika uses the info
gleaned from the lives of her husband's exes to concoct a plan to
extricate herself from Julian once and for all.
