The Rome Affair Audiobook (Free)

The glamorous capital city of Italy is taken to startling life in The Rome Affair, a compelling summer novel by Karen Swan.

1974 and Elena Damiani lives a gilded life. Born to prosperity and a mentioned beauty, no door can be closed to her, no man can withstand her. At twenty-six, she actually is already onto her third hubby when she matches her like match. But he’s the one guy she can’t ever have, and all the beauty and profit the globe can’t change it out.

2017 and Francesca Hackett is living la dolce vita in Rome, about The Rome Affair leading tourist groups round the Eternal City and forgetting the spirits she left out in London. When she discovers a stolen developer bag in her dustbin and returns it, she is brought in to the orbit of her grand neighbour who lives over the piazza – famed socialite Viscontessa Elena dei Damiani Pignatelli della Mirandola. Though the purse is taken, Elena greets the come back of the bag with exultation for it contains an unopened notice written by her hubby on his deathbed, twelve years earlier.

Mutually intrigued simply by each other, the two women consent to collaborate on a project, with Cesca interviewing Elena on her behalf memoirs. As summer time unfurls, Elena tells her sensational tales, leaving Cesca in her thrall. But when a priceless diamond ring present in a historical tunnel below the city streets is ascribed to Elena, Cesca starts to suspect a shocking secret at the heart of Elena’s life.