One and Only Vivian Stone

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in this sweeping dual-timeline novel about old Hollywood secrets and a second chance romance that refuses to stay buried.When Margot DuBois returns to her late grandmothers house, she plans to sell it quickly and retreat to the safe, predictable life shes built, far removed from the writing career that once defined herand the failure that followed. But in the attic, she finds eight unlabeled cassette tapes. With no way to play them, she turns to the one person she swore shed never need againLeo, her first love and first epic heartbreak. He agrees to help on one condition: he gets to listen, too. The voice on the tapes belongs to comedy legend Vivian Stone. Why did she record these and how did Margots grandmother get them? As Vivians story unfolds, it traces a dazzling rise through old Hollywood, a forbidden love with the industrys leading man, and a career fueled by ambition in a misogynistic studio system. But behind the glamour lies a truth she never escaped: a single choice that changed everything. As Margot and Leo are pulled deeper into Vivians past, theyre forced to confront their own. Because some stories arent meant to stay hidden. And some loves deserve a second chance. For fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid and Fiona Davis, The One and Only Vivian Stone is a story about the ways our pasts make us who we are and how its never too late to start over. "e;Intriguing, sparkling with wit, and suspenseful in all the right places."e; Abby Jimenez