The Rally

A Novel

De: Carla Vass

In this sparkling debut for fans of The Wedding People and The White Lotus, a young tech entrepreneur—ousted from her start-up and reeling—escapes to Europe for a glamorous car rally, where she must contend with the excesses of the über-rich, betrayal, and love.

Professional overachiever Charlie has spent the last four years consumed with building Flutter, the dating app she co-founded in college with two classmates. Despite Charlie's own lack of dating experience—she's never even had a boyfriend!—Flutter is instantly successful. Perhaps too successful. After rejecting the romantic advances of her co-founder, Charlie finds herself unceremoniously ousted (probably just a coincidence).

Devastated and directionless, she books a last-minute flight to Europe to join her best friend on the Rally—an extravagant road trip where an eccentric cast of characters drives classic cars and parties their way through breathtaking locations. Although feeling out of place, Charlie embraces her new freedom, indulging in the Rally’s hedonism. But just as she begins to regain her footing, Charlie realizes she can’t outdrive her past: Instead she must reckon with the fallout from her ouster, her company’s buried secrets, and an unexpected attraction that complicates everything.