C.W. Gortner is one of my favorite historical fiction writers! He always picks really unique women in history to write about and he always captures the essence of their story in a unique way. Being a male author writing about women in history isn’t an easy deal especially……I know when I pick up the first book I read by him, I was skeptical because how can a man understand what a women is going through? But I was completely blown away with how well Gortner connected to the historic figures and created a beautiful fictional story mixed with historic facts about that person. In this latest book, I was again…

The 1920’s were often considered the ‘golden age’ of the film industry. With the new moving picture technology and the almost instant fame that came with it, young women flooded to Hollywood to become the next ‘it girl’ and seventeen year old Harlean Carpenter McGrew was no different. Harlean is chasing a dream—to escape her small, Midwestern life and see her name in lights….and that name would become the legendary Jean Harlow. She has everything a girl could want—a rich husband, glamorous parties, socialite friends—except an outlet for her talent. But everything changes when a dare pushes her to embrace her true ambition—to be an actress on the silver screen. With her…