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    Thank Your Lucky Stars: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #2
    You Must Remember This: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #3
    All the Gin Joints: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #1
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    Hollywood Home Front trilogy Series

    By Martin Turnbull

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    About this series

    When the curtain rises on an entirely new life, some will stumble and some will soar.

     

    With the end of World War II finally in sight, Ensign Luke Valenti heads home to Los Angeles, eager to be reunited with the girl he left behind. As Luke navigates his rocky transition to peacetime, he yearns for a quiet return to civilian life, but discovers the US Navy plans to make him its war-hero poster boy and keep him squarely in the spotlight.

     

    On the other side of fame sits Luke's home-front sweetheart, Nell Davenport, who, during Luke's absence, has blossomed in an unexpected career. Thrilled by the excitement following her musical debut, Nell is unaware that every step she takes on the precarious road to success brings her and Luke closer to a revelation that could shatter the fragile life they are struggling to rebuild amid the aftermath of war.

     

    From the author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels comes book three in the Hollywood Home Front trilogy. "You Must Remember This" is the story of two people striving to adapt to a world they no longer know.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMartin Turnbull
    Release dateJul 18, 2021
    Thank Your Lucky Stars: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #2
    You Must Remember This: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #3
    All the Gin Joints: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #1

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      All the Gin Joints: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #1
      All the Gin Joints: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #1

      All the Gin Joints: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #1

      Martin Turnbull
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      Luke Valenti has never fit into his swaggering family of overbearing loudmouths. Even worse, the world is at war again and Uncle Sam has stamped his draft notice "4-F" — the ultimate rejection — because of a rare eye condition that has left Luke unable to see colors. So instead, he dreams of escaping Brooklyn for the beaches of Montauk.   That is, until a stolen prop from "The Maltese Falcon" pitches him down a reluctant path to Hollywood. Luke is tasked with returning it to Warner Brothers, where Humphrey Bogart is about to embark on the movie that will launch his career into the stratosphere: "Casablanca." But the production is chaotic. Bogie is desperately unhappy in his marriage. Ingrid Bergman feels lost and alone. The script is constantly rewritten, and the overbearing director hates that damned song. Nobody thinks this movie will amount to anything—except the guy who sees in black and white. Finally, Luke has found his way in.   But studio stuntman Gus O'Farrell wants him out again: Luke has replaced him as the star's stand-in, and Gus is having none of it. Bogie warns Luke to keep his friends close and his enemies closer. It's great advice, but when a chance to reverse his 4-F status presents itself, Luke needs to learn that distinguishing friends from enemies can be a tricky business in a land where artifice blurs reality like murky shadows in a back alley.   From the author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels comes a story set against the making of one of the most beloved films of all time—and the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

      Luke Valenti has never fit into his swaggering family of overbearing loudmouths. Even worse, the world is at war again and Uncle Sam has stamped his draft notice "4-F" — the ultimate rejection — because of a rare eye condition that has left Luke unable to see colors. So instead, he dreams of escaping Brooklyn for the beaches of Montauk.   That is, until a stolen prop from "The Maltese Falcon" pitches him down a reluctant path to Hollywood. Luke is tasked with returning it to Warner Brothers, where Humphrey Bogart is about to embark on the movie that will launch his career into the stratosphere: "Casablanca." But the production is chaotic. Bogie is desperately unhappy in his marriage. Ingrid Bergman feels lost and alone. The script is constantly rewritten, and the overbearing director hates that damned song. Nobody thinks this movie will amount to anything—except the guy who sees in black and white. Finally, Luke has found his way in.   But studio stuntman Gus O'Farrell wants him out again: Luke has replaced him as the star's stand-in, and Gus is having none of it. Bogie warns Luke to keep his friends close and his enemies closer. It's great advice, but when a chance to reverse his 4-F status presents itself, Luke needs to learn that distinguishing friends from enemies can be a tricky business in a land where artifice blurs reality like murky shadows in a back alley.   From the author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels comes a story set against the making of one of the most beloved films of all time—and the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

    • 2

      Thank Your Lucky Stars: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #2
      Thank Your Lucky Stars: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #2

      Thank Your Lucky Stars: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #2

      Martin Turnbull
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      After waving her sweetheart, Luke, off to war, Nell Davenport encounters an unexpected entanglement that will change Hollywood forever.   With combat raging across Europe and the Pacific, jobs of all kinds are now open to women on the home front. Nell sets her sights on the publicity department of the Warner Bros. movie studios as she develops a surprising bond with Humphrey Bogart. But when a captivating 19-year-old is cast opposite Bogie in To Have and Have Not, the newcomer's arrival will alter the course of Nell's blossoming friendship.   When momentous news arrives, Nell must track down Luke—a seemingly impossible feat in wartime. Hope appears on the horizon, but did it have to come from nasty gossip queen, Hedda Hopper, intent on ruining Bogie's reputation? Maybe her best way of finding Luke is to unveil a secret Nell has kept ever since she landed in California. It's caused only trouble in the past, but finding Luke is her top priority and the clock of war is ticking.   From the author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels comes book two in the Hollywood Home Front trilogy—a story set against one of Tinseltown's greatest true-life love stories.

      After waving her sweetheart, Luke, off to war, Nell Davenport encounters an unexpected entanglement that will change Hollywood forever.   With combat raging across Europe and the Pacific, jobs of all kinds are now open to women on the home front. Nell sets her sights on the publicity department of the Warner Bros. movie studios as she develops a surprising bond with Humphrey Bogart. But when a captivating 19-year-old is cast opposite Bogie in To Have and Have Not, the newcomer's arrival will alter the course of Nell's blossoming friendship.   When momentous news arrives, Nell must track down Luke—a seemingly impossible feat in wartime. Hope appears on the horizon, but did it have to come from nasty gossip queen, Hedda Hopper, intent on ruining Bogie's reputation? Maybe her best way of finding Luke is to unveil a secret Nell has kept ever since she landed in California. It's caused only trouble in the past, but finding Luke is her top priority and the clock of war is ticking.   From the author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels comes book two in the Hollywood Home Front trilogy—a story set against one of Tinseltown's greatest true-life love stories.

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      You Must Remember This: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #3
      You Must Remember This: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #3

      You Must Remember This: Hollywood Home Front trilogy, #3

      Martin Turnbull
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      When the curtain rises on an entirely new life, some will stumble and some will soar.   With the end of World War II finally in sight, Ensign Luke Valenti heads home to Los Angeles, eager to be reunited with the girl he left behind. As Luke navigates his rocky transition to peacetime, he yearns for a quiet return to civilian life, but discovers the US Navy plans to make him its war-hero poster boy and keep him squarely in the spotlight.   On the other side of fame sits Luke's home-front sweetheart, Nell Davenport, who, during Luke's absence, has blossomed in an unexpected career. Thrilled by the excitement following her musical debut, Nell is unaware that every step she takes on the precarious road to success brings her and Luke closer to a revelation that could shatter the fragile life they are struggling to rebuild amid the aftermath of war.   From the author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels comes book three in the Hollywood Home Front trilogy. "You Must Remember This" is the story of two people striving to adapt to a world they no longer know.

      When the curtain rises on an entirely new life, some will stumble and some will soar.   With the end of World War II finally in sight, Ensign Luke Valenti heads home to Los Angeles, eager to be reunited with the girl he left behind. As Luke navigates his rocky transition to peacetime, he yearns for a quiet return to civilian life, but discovers the US Navy plans to make him its war-hero poster boy and keep him squarely in the spotlight.   On the other side of fame sits Luke's home-front sweetheart, Nell Davenport, who, during Luke's absence, has blossomed in an unexpected career. Thrilled by the excitement following her musical debut, Nell is unaware that every step she takes on the precarious road to success brings her and Luke closer to a revelation that could shatter the fragile life they are struggling to rebuild amid the aftermath of war.   From the author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels comes book three in the Hollywood Home Front trilogy. "You Must Remember This" is the story of two people striving to adapt to a world they no longer know.

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