A Gorgeous Excitement A Novel Paula Chase Forty miles north of Rome

Forty miles north of Rome

So much to love

but the person you fall in love with might be a total surprise

disappearing without a trace

A Gorgeous Excitement A Novel Paula Chase Forty miles north of RomeBy: Cynthia Weiner Published by Crown Penguin Random House, 2025 "The summer of 1986 in New York City starts off with a model's face getting slashed after rejecting her landlord's advances. It ends with a young woman's half naked body discovered in Central Park, murdered after a night of "rough sex." Nina Jacobs is 18, working a series of boring temp jobs, trying to lose her virginity before she leaves for college at the end of the summer, while also