An engaging, complex story about Eve, a writer tasked with writing the biography of Julia Summers, a legendary actress with a colorful past full of secrets.

Eve moves in to Julia's mansion with her young son and slowly discovers the story behind the glamorous actress's life, her regrets, the love of her life and the people and events that shaped her. The more time they spend together, the more they come to respect and love each other, and the book becomes more than a job for both of them.

A lot of people are unhappy about the secrets that are about to be revealed, however, from an abusive ex, to an actress who is afraid that her image will be ruined, and Eve soon starts getting threats to abandon the book, but both women are determined to see it through no matter what.

Paul, the son of one of her ex husbands and son of her heart, is skeptical about the book and Eve at first, but soon becomes intrigued by her professionalism and her seeming indifference to him. It's not long before he starts pursuing her, and slowly gets past Eve's defenses, but their romance is not the focus of the story.

There are a number of people who could be behind the threats, and all of them become suspects when Julia turns up murdered, but the main suspect is Eve, who

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has just learned that she is the child that Julia gave up in secret. She doesn't take it well, and their loud fight lands her at the top of the detectives' list.

In the end we find out that the murderer was none other than Julia's assistant, who was the daughter of someone from Julia's past who felt that Julia owed her for her father's fate, and ended up working with a gangster with a grudge against Julia for rejecting him

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Engaging story, if a little long and dated, with colorful, flawed characters and an intriguing mystery.