1955 London. Vivien Lowry's latest play, the only female-authored one in London's West End that winter, has opened to a rapturous reception from audiences. However, the critics' savage reviews soon force its closure and call into question her entire career. So, when the opportunity arises for her to work as a script doctor on a film shooting in Rome's Cinecittà Studios, a world populated with the likes of Ava Gardner and Sophia Loren, Vivien takes it. What she doesn't count on is the greatest male bastion of them all: the Vatican. Caught between powerful church censors and the exciting world of filmmaking, as well as two very different men, Vivien must also face the long-buried truth of the recent World War and what really happened to her soldier fiancé if she's to deal with her past and step into the future.

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Natalie Jenner's debut novel The Jane Austen Society was an instant international bestseller. Born in England and raised in Canada, Natalie has been a corporate lawyer, career coach and, most recently, an independent bookstore owner. She lives in Ontario, Canada.