The Lucky Ones

Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen, author of the bestselling Luxe series, introduced the girls of 1929, girls with big dreams and big secrets in the big city of Manhattan during the Jazz Age. Each girl had a different fate. One would marry. One would find fame. And one would die.

Lucky Ones, the thrilling conclusion to the glamorous Bright Young Things series, reveals the destinies of Broadway baby Letty Larkspur, bootlegger’s daughter Cordelia Grey, and flapper Astrid Donal.

Letty’s dream of fame is within her reach. Cordelia is the midst of a whirlwind romance with celebrity pilot Max Darby. Socialite Astrid is a new bride. But secrets and scandals could destroy their happiness as the last summer of the 1920s reaches its peak.

As glamour and danger collide, which of them will survive the fall?

• Jazz Age Glamour: Step into the world of speakeasies, movie stars, and Manhattan high society, where every party holds a secret and every ambition has a price.
• A Bootlegger’s Bride: Astrid Donal thought marrying Charlie Grey meant a life of endless luxury. She didn’t realize it also meant witnessing his violent world firsthand.
• An Impossible Love: Cordelia Grey has fallen for celebrity pilot Max Darby, but their love could create a scandal that costs them both everything.
• The Price of Fame: Broadway hopeful Letty Larkspur is caught between two powerful movie stars. Her dream is closer than ever, but it might destroy her.

In the thrilling conclusion to the Bright Young Things series, Cordelia, Letty, and Astrid will discover if their luck can last . . . or if dark surprises are on the horizon.

The summer of 1929 is coming to an end, and New York's It Girls have escaped the city heat for the lush lawns and sparkling bays of White Cove. But will they find what they're looking for?

Cordelia Grey is flying high with celebrity pilot Max Darby. But Max has a reputation to uphold—and a secret to hide. A public romance with a bootlegger's daughter could cost him more than just his good name. . . . Aspiring triple-threat Letty Larkspur has finally gotten her big break, but will her talent make her a target in the cutthroat world of Hollywood? Newly married to her longtime sweetheart, socialite Astrid Donal finds herself spending more time with one of his henchmen. With so many secrets between man and wife, is the honeymoon over already?

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Luxe comes the riveting conclusion to the summer these Bright Young Things will never forget.

Godbersen excels at dialogue—especially Cordelia, Letty, and Astrid’s coyly flirtatious responses to suitors—and in capturing the mixture of exhilaration, innocence, and guts that propels them into their new lives. - Publishers Weekly on BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS

Characters are vividly sketched, and the suspenseful story is propelled by interwoven scandals and well–supported plot twists. A compulsively readable romance about young women who strain against societal conventions. - ALA Booklist on the Luxe series

Readers will clamor for this sharp, smart drama of friends, lovers, lies and betrayal. - Kirkus Reviews on the Luxe series