There's No Coming Back from This

The USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work gives a single parent a whole new meaning to "the show must go on" in this poignant and humorous tale.

These days, it seems like Poppy Lively is only visible to the IRS.

Poppy, who had gone bankrupt due to her accountant stealing her life savings, is about to lose her house until, unexpectedly, an old romantic partner who is now a successful producer offers her a job dressing costumes for a Hollywood movie set. It’s a bold move to pack her bags, keep secrets from her daughter, and head to Los Angeles, but Poppy's a capable person—how hard can a job in wardrobe be? Her life is not going to get much worse, so it's not like she has an option. Still, there's a lot this Midwesterner has to learn about the fast-paced world of movie stars, legendary outfits, and mystery behind the scenes.

She doesn't sew, she's a single mother who has no time for movies, and she has no idea how to outfit the greatest celebrities in the industry. Poppy, who is failing and unappreciated, has one ill-tempered movie star named Allen Carol who is enamored with Poppy's raw honesty and overall lack of concern for fame.

Poppy loses faith in mankind when she learns about corruption and depends on everyone underestimating her to find out who is at the core of it. What she first believed to be a means of securing her daughter's future turns into a spotlight revealing that Poppy is unfit for the Tinseltown divas.

Poppy has to choose between remaining silent, as she usually does, and convincing the filmmakers that they need her down-to-earth methods—whether the big-name actors like it or not—with the aid of a scruffy dog.