First published 2024
Darcy Gray runs The Gray Zone, a trusted blog with over a million followers. At forty-two, she seems to have it all: a marriage to department store magnate Charles Gray, twin daughters studying abroad, and a powerful position in Manhattan society. When Darcy flies to Rome to surprise Charlie for their twentieth anniversary, she discovers a devastating betrayal that destroys her world. She flees to Paris to find comfort with her daughter Zoe, but a global health crisis traps her there indefinitely. Cut off from her normal life, Darcy finds shelter with Sybille Carton, an elderly French movie star. In this unexpected refuge, she meets Bill Thompson, a widowed American engineer and former Marine who carries secrets of his own. As confinement stretches on and worry about her daughters weighs heavy, Darcy begins to glimpse something she never expected: the chance to rebuild herself from the ground up.
Genres: romance, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Rome, Paris, Manhattan, The Gray Zone
Period: 20th Anniversary
256 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press