First published 2023
Amelia Alexander wants to attend law school, not a fancy ball. Her widowed mother Jane pushes her to accept the invitation to Versailles anyway. Jane has sacrificed everything for her career and wants Amelia to have better opportunities. In Dallas, Felicity Smith lives in her older sister's shadow. The sister torments her constantly. Felicity sees the Paris ball as her chance to finally turn the tables. Caroline Taylor comes from a Hollywood family, but heartbreak strikes just before she leaves for France. Samantha Walker studies art history under her overprotective father's watch. A past tragedy still affects her physically and emotionally, dampening her excitement about the invitation. In the summer of 1959, the Palace of Versailles hosts a dusk-to-dawn cotillion. American and French debutantes will be presented to international society and royalty. Each young woman has something to prove. One transcendent night in Paris will transform all four lives.
Genres: fiction, romance, historical-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Dallas, France, Paris, Versailles
Period: 1959, 20th-century
320 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press