Bryce excels at placing readers in a glamorous time and place, riveting and vibrant. Booklist Go On Girl Book Club 2021 New Author of the Year She Reads Best Literary Historical Fiction Coming in 2022 Book Riot 2022 Historical Fiction to Add to Your Tbr Right Now We are Bookish Historical Fiction Novels You'll Want in Your Future Biblio Lifestyle Most Anticipated Books of 2022 Bookbub Best Books of Spring 2022 Best Historical Fiction Books of 2022 BookTrib Top Ten Historical Fiction Books for the Spring 2022 In this haunting novel, the author of Wild Women and the Blues weaves together two stories as they unfold decades apart, as a woman on the run from an abusive husband joins her intrepid aunt as they head across the country from Chicago to Los Angeles, and confront a painful and shadowy past that has reverberated across generations. 1928, Los Angeles- The newly-built Hotel Somerville is the hotspot for the city's glittering African-American elite. It embodies prosperity and dreams of equality for all, especially Daisy Washington. An up-and-coming journalist, Daisy anonymously chronicles fierce activism and behind-the-scenes Hollywood scandals in order to save her family from poverty. But power in the City of Angels is also fueled by racism, greed, and betrayal.