![]() Have you read any of the books above If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts. And with any luck, she’ll have plenty more gripping reads to explore in the coming years. Agent: Dorian Karchmar, WME Entertainment. Lucy Foley has made waves with her captivating historical fiction and nail-biting mystery thrillers. In her second novel, Foley ( The Book of Lost and Found) weaves a very satisfying love story, and readers will be especially taken by the luxurious Mediterranean setting. Before long their love affair is in full swing, fueled not only by their passion but also by their shared histories of losses and guilt. At first Hal and Stella try to ignore each other, but they are thrown together over and over: at dinner, on the dance floor, and on the moonlit deck. When Hal sees the wife of one of the wealthy men aboard, he realizes that it’s Stella Truss, with whom he had spent a night in Rome two years earlier and who has been impossible to forget. The yacht’s passengers are the glamorous stars of the film as well as the moneyed financiers that the contessa has assembled. ![]() His job will be to write about the journey, and the pay is such that he can’t refuse. In 1953, he is eking out a living as a journalist in Italy when he is invited to join an Italian contessa on a sea voyage from Italy to Cannes to publicize her film, The Sea Captain. Hal Jacobs has been drifting through life since returning home from World War II. ![]()
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