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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Hes American royalty She comes from a troubled past Is their love story meant to be This lively pageturner The New York Times offers a nostalgic hopelessly romantic escapefrom theauthor of Something Borrowed and The Lies That Bind

Im a sucker for an iconic againstallodds love story and Meant to Be truly deliversTia Williamsauthor of Seven Days in June

Achic historyinspired summer read that strikes a careful balance between simply retelling the true story of JFK Jr and his wife Carolyn Bessette and crafting an entirely new oneBookreporter

The Kingsley family is American royalty beloved for their military heroics political service and unmatched elegance In 1967 after Joseph S Kingsley Jr is killed in a tragic accident his charismatic son inherits the weight of that legacy But Joe III is a free spiritand a little bit reckless Despite his best intentions he has trouble meeting the expectations of a nation as well as those of his exacting mother Dottie

Meanwhile no one ever expected anything of Cate Cooper She too grew up fatherlessand after her mother marries an abusive man she is forced to fend for herself After being discovered by a model scout at age sixteen Cate decides that her looks may be her only ticket out of the cycle of disappointment that her mother has always inhabited Before too long Cates face is in magazines and on billboards Yet she feelslike a fraud faking it in a world to which shes never truly belonged

When Joe and Cate unexpectedly cross paths one afternoon their connection is instant and intense But can their relationship survive the glare of the spotlight and the socalled Kingsley curse In a beautifully written novel that captures a gilded moment in American history Emily Giffin tells the story of two people searching for belonging and identity as well as the answer to the question Are certain love stories meant to be