Reclusive Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant to write her story, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Determined to use this opportunity to jump-start her career, Monique listens in fascination. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to leaving show business in the '80s - and, of course, the seven husbands...

"Christmas is more than just a celebration for Lauren Montgomery. For generations, it's been her family's livelihood. Their Christmas shop, Razzle Dazzle Decor, has seen seasonal fads come and go, but there's one trend they can't escape. Online superstores are swallowing their sales, and this Christmas season will need to be their best ever if the store is to stay in business. To help keep the shop afloat, Lauren also has a sideline, writing biographies...

In "The Last Honest Woman," the widow of a notorious race car champion hides her past from an arrogant biographer, and in "Dance to the Piper," professional dancer Maddy O'Hurley shows a ruthless businessman the importance of love.

The noted biographer examines his own origins with a chronicle of his family, using his parents' accounts of their early lives as a starting point and elaborating with the results of his own explorations into the past.