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A magnificent, moving epic with a haunting secret love story at its heart, which will sweep you from present-day Manhattan to London in 1958 - the year of the last debutantes. 1958. At eighteen, Georgia Hamilton is sent to London for the Debutante Season. Independent, and with secret dreams to be a writer, she has no wish to join the other debs competing for a husband. But when tragedy strikes, her fate appears to have been sealed. 2012. Hurrying to meet her lover, Amy Carrell hopes tonight will change her destiny. And it does - but not in the way she imagined. Desolate and desperate to get out of London, she accepts a position as companion to a mysterious stranger, bound for Manhattan - little knowing she is about to unlock a love story that has waited fifty years to be told. And a heart waiting to come back to life... I had never read any of Tasmina Perry's other books prior to starting The Proposal , so I had no idea what to expect! The book was very well written with great char...

     Today I'm excited to be part of the blog tour for Third Time Lucky by Pippa Croft! I've really enjoyed reading this series! Third Time Lucky – #3 in the Oxford Blue Series by Pippa Croft Published by Penguin (October 9, 2014) Each book in the series can also be read as a standalone Previous novels are available on NetGalley Blurb 'It's Sister Dixon from the Royal Infirmary here. I'm sorry to tell you that Captain Hunt has been involved a serious incident.' Lauren Cusack should be on her way home for an holiday in Washington before her final term at Wyckham College, Oxford. But this call changes everything. Her relationship with impossibly handsome aristocrat Alexander Hunt has been turbulent and Lauren knows she needs to walk away. Yet now as she rushes to his side she knows she will be inevitably sucked back into his world. And sure enough, Alexander - even a seriously injured Alexander - is an intoxicating cocktail Lauren cannot resist and despite everyth...

   Today I'm excited to be part of the blog tour for the Secrets of Casanova by Greg Michaels! Publication Date: October 21, 2013 | Booktrope Editions | Formats: eBook Paperback; 334p Genre: Historical Fiction READ AN EXCERPT . 2014 Nancy Pearl Award Winner for Fiction. Loosely based on the life of Jacques Casanova, The Secrets of Casanova is a rich, lush novel of love, sex, family, ambition, intrigue, and adventure. Set in Paris of 1755, Casanova's luck is fading and his past is shoving up against his present with potentially disastrous consequences. What price must he pay to uncover a treasure of inestimable value? What hearts must he break along the way? Casanova's will and destiny collide again and again in this riveting historical fiction that brings to light a man of great passion and not a few secrets. Praise for The Secrets of Casanova “A Shakespearean actor with a flair for the dramatic and a superb ear for dialogue, Michaels's debut novel puts a brilliantly or...