Using real people of the past, For the Love of Many tells a tale of two Broadway chorus girls who found love through all they'd had to endure in show business. It's a vivid, poignant meditation into the effects of trauma on intimacy while digging up the forgotten history of queerness in New York City during the Roaring Twenties.

"...a sumptuous sojourn into the grit and glamour of the Roaring Twenties given new life through the lenses of queer identity and the story of the rise of a superstar...Rich with atmosphere and stunning detail, the novel offers an intricately imagined love story viewed from the dual perspectives of Billie and Nadine. Without shying away from the realities of the time period-and what women were forced to do if they wanted their chance at fame-Dunn fully immerses readers in the kaleidoscopic headiness of Broadway life during the Prohibition era..."

Before Joan Crawford exploded onscreen, she was Billie, the new girl in a Broadway chorus. Dreaming of stardom, she'll do anything-or anyone-to get there. What she lacks in grace and schooling, she makes up for in fierce, unrelenting grit. But meeting fellow dancer Nadine shakes the ground beneath her.

It's New York City, 1924. The modern American woman is here, and there's this feeling in the air like anything can happen. If Billie can keep her secrets in the dark where they belong, maybe Nadine could love her forever. Maybe they'll ascend the heights together like her aching heart screams.

But Nadine has secrets, too. Figuring out the days with a flask of gin and a schedule of pills, she doesn't need anything or anyone. The times are changing, but not fast enough, and there are too many damned men to please. Billie was supposed to be just another good time or two. Now she wants to stick around?

Woven with real people from America's roaring past, For the Love of Many shows a different side of history, in a raucous decade that burned from both ends, full of untold tales that bind us across time.