Eternal

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events,the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome…in the creeping shadow of fascism. What war destroysonly love can heal. ElisabettaMarcoand Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigykind-hearted and thoughtfulthe son of a lawyer and a doctor. Their friendship blossoms to lovewith both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta’s heart. But in the autumn of 1937all of that begins to change as Mussolini asserts his poweraligning Italy’s Fascists with Hitler’s Nazis and altering the very laws that govern Rome. In timeeverything that the three hold dear–their familiestheir homesand their connection to one another–is tested in ways they never could have imagined. As anti-Semitism takes legal root and World War II eruptsthe threesome realizes that Mussolini was only the beginning. The Nazis invade Romeand with their occupation come new atrocities against the city’s Jewsculminating in a finalhorrific betrayal. Against this backdropthe intertwined fates of ElisabettaMarcoSandroand their families will be decidedin a heartbreaking story of both the best and the worst that the world has to offer. Unfolding over decadesEternal is a tale of loyalty and lossfamily and foodlove and war–all set in one of the world’s most beautiful cities at its darkest moment. This moving novel will be forever etched in the hearts and minds of readers.