Fame. Fortune. Love. You can't have them all. Evra Scott is LA's style queen. By day, she’s at the helm of Sunset on Sunset, the city's hottest store. By night, surrounded by a group of glamorous friends - and on the arm of Kai de la Faire, the screenwriter of the moment. Together, they're Hollywood royalty. Bea Dupont is a photographer for Rolling Stone and Vogue. A Manhattan blue blood turned West Coast bohemian, she's Evra's best friend - but she's also harboring a not-so-secret flame for Kai, and she's grown tired of staying behind the camera. Enter Theodora Leigh, a Paramount assistant and aspiring producer. Though Theodora has talent, instincts, and sex appeal, she's new to LA and lacks the connections she craves. But when she meets Evra and Bea, she sees an opportunity to get ahead - and in the aftermath, all three women's lives will never be the same. From Rodeo Drive to the French Riviera, The Sunset Crowd is a tale of survival and reinvention, of faking it until you make it, the glittering appeal of success and stardom, and the promise of the American Dream.

Karin Tanabe is the author of over half a dozen novels, including A Woman of Intelligence and The Gilded Years. A former Politico reporter, her writing has also appeared in The Washington Post, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, and Newsday. She has appeared as a celebrity and politics expert on Entertainment Tonight, CNN, and CBS Early Show. Karin is a graduate of Vassar College and lives in Washington, D.C.