
The Invitation
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Narrated by:
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Emma Gregory
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By:
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Lucy Foley
From the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Paris Apartment and The Guest List, an evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately—and dangerously—to hide.
Rome, 1953: Hal, an itinerant journalist flailing in the post-war darkness, has come to the Eternal City to lose himself and to seek absolution for the thing that haunts him. One evening he finds himself on the steps of a palazzo, walking into a world of privilege and light. Here, on a rooftop above the city, he meets the mysterious Stella. Hal and Stella are from different worlds, but their connection is magnetic. Together, they escape the crowded party and imagine a different life, even if it's just for a night. Yet Stella vanishes all too quickly, and Hal is certain their paths won't cross again.
But a year later they are unexpectedly thrown together, after Hal receives an invitation he cannot resist. An Italian Contessa asks him to assist on a trip of a lifetime—acting as a reporter on a tremendous yacht, skimming its way along the Italian coast toward Cannes film festival, the most famous artists and movie stars of the day gathered to promote a new film.
Of all the luminaries aboard—an Italian ingénue, an American star, a reclusive director—only one holds Hal in thrall: Stella. And while each has a past that belies the gilded surface, Stella has the most to hide. As Hal's obsession with Stella grows, he becomes determined to bring back the girl she once was, the girl who's been confined to history. An irresistibly entertaining and atmospheric novel set in some of the world's most glamorous locales, The Invitation is a sultry love story about the ways in which the secrets of the past stay with us—no matter how much we try to escape them.
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Critic reviews
"Can I find words eloquent enough to describe this novel? Lucy Foley's THE INVITATION is so exquisite in its writing that it may take a place among the classics—but it was the combination of the glittering, glamorous setting and the magnetic characters that mesmerized me. This book is luminous."—Elin Hilderbrand, bestselling author of Here's To Us
"Pop this tale of love, secrets and obsession right into your beach bag."—People
"Certain that they'll never meet again, journalist Hal and socialite Stella indulge in an illicit rendezvous. But when they're reunited on a yacht in Cannes a year later, temptation is everywhere."—Cosmopolitan
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My least favorite of her books
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Really great character development
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Disappointed
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A perfect gem of a novel!
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The narration was pretty good but since the book has some Italian in it I’d loved to hear the correct pronunciation to those words.
Great story
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So Intriguing
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A beautiful, well-written story. This authors ability to captivate and describe the environment and the actions is remarkable.
Truly a treat!
An Absolutely Beautiful Story!
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The narration was VERY annoying. The narrator tried way too hard to be melodious and her tone was often so forced and stilted that I had to turn the book off and return to it later. Her use of phony Italian and Spanish accents was a horror.
Fair story, annoying narration
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