The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Roxanne Granville is used to getting what she wantsβeven if she has to break the rules. But after a falling-out with her grandfather, a powerful movie mogul, she has to face life on her own for the first time.β¦
Roxanne forges a career unique for women in the 1950s, becoming an agent for hungry young screenwriters. She struggles to be taken seriously by the men who rule Hollywood and who often assume that sexual favors are just a part of doing business. When she sells a script by a blacklisted writer under the name of a willing front man, more exiled writers seek her help. Roxanne wades into a world murky with duplicity and deception, and she canβt afford any more risks.
Then she meets Terrence Dexter, a compelling African American journalist unlike anyone sheβs ever known. Roxanne again breaks the rules, and is quickly swept up in a passionate relationship with very real dangers that could destroy everything sheβs carefully built.
Roxanne Granville is a woman who bravely defies convention. She wonβt let men make all the rules, and wonβt let skin color determine whom she can love. The Great Pretenders is a riveting, emotional novel that resonates in todayβs world, and reminds us that some things are worth fighting for.
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