The Three Dolls opens to a liquor shortage, but can Belle do business with the man who broke her heart? As soon as Hannah revels in her independence, Clive reappears, begging her to be his muse just one more time. Drake’s disapproval of Edie’s work at the hotel pushes their relationship to the breaking point. And when Belle comes to her rescue, nothing will ever be the same.

When three African-American women meet at a resort on the Jersey Shore in the 1920s, they say goodbye to their old lives. Finding men as intoxicating as bootleg liquor, they pin their futures on happily ever after. But love can be worse than a hangover when the men’s flaws threaten to destroy them.

You may think it’s sloe fizz gin

But honey we’re sober, just drunk on men