The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo finally decides to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. When she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself.

As Evelyn unfolds her story about her seven marriages—some to mask her sexuality, others for convenience—the novel explores the golden age of Hollywood and the sacrifices people made to maintain their careers and reputations.

The book examines lavender marriages as survival strategies in an era when being openly LGBTQ+ would have destroyed careers and lives. Evelyn's marriages to protect her relationship with her true love, Celia St. James, form the emotional core of the novel.