Beautiful Hope

Hope Evans loves New York! From Central Park’s manicured greens to the bright lights of Broadway, she’s passionate about her adopted home. A wallflower since birth, she particularly relishes the anonymity of being just another face in the crowd beneath the city’s towering skyscrapers. She likes to imagine her superpower is invisibility as she strolls along its crowded sidewalks. A recent promotion to staff writer at the travel magazine where she works led her to Aruba. She returned from her first assignment with an article that read like an encyclopedia entry. Faced with the prospect of losing her dream job, she volunteers to return to the island and pay for it on her own dime, using the money set aside for her gender reassignment surgery.In Aruba, she’s outed by a transphobic bigot while on a dinner date. The fallout leads to an impromptu meeting with Kyle Gold, one of Hollywood’s hottest new leading men. He’s there to film a romantic comedy on the island. Hope is smitten by his kindness, and he’s certainly easy on the eyes. The two are drawn to one another, but Hollywood’s expectations for its leading men don’t include them dating transgender women. Hope’s paralyzing introverted tendencies further complicate their budding romance.Will Hope find the courage to save her job and find true love? Or will her insecurities cost her everything?“Beautiful Hope” is one woman’s coming-of-age journey through the minefield of love and career. Along the way, she grapples with the question sages have asked since the dawn of time; “Who am I?”