Today’s Steals and Deals at AAR…..
This one’s a winner. My book club read it and loved it as did my mom! In our DIK review, we wrote:
Fiona Davis excels at crafting addictively readable dual-timeline stories. It’s pretty common for me to find one timeline more interesting than the other when reading these kinds of books, but when it comes to Ms. Davis’ work, I’m equally invested in both stories. Laura and Sadie both lead interesting lives, and I couldn’t wait to see how things would turn out for them both.
If you love libraries as much as I do, The Lions of Fifth Avenue will be the perfect book for you. It’s well-researched and filled with all manner of historical tidbits that add extra layers of realism to the overall novel. I loved learning about the struggles faced by early female journalists, something I haven’t read much about before picking up this book. Now though, I’m determined to seek out more information on the subject.
It’s on sale for 2.99 here.
Readers love this 2024 release and the blurb sounds fascinating!
The sister forgotten by history who had the fate of her family in her hands…
1671 – London
The Civil War is over and Charles II, the ‘Merry Monarch’, is revelling in the throne of his murdered father and all the privileges and power that comes with it. Sharing the spoils is his favourite companion, the celebrated beauty, actress Nell Gwyn. Beloved of the English people, Nell has come a long way from selling oranges and a childhood in a brothel, but as her fortunes have turned, her sister Rose has taken a different path. Marriage to a feckless highwayman has left Rose in the grim Marshalsea prison and now she needs her sister’s mercy to help get her out. But Nell needs Rose too. A plot to steal the Crown Jewels has gone tragically wrong, and Nell’s future with her protector King is at risk. If Rose can’t solve the riddle of the jewels both Gwyn sisters will head straight to the Tower.
Present Day
Librarian and history enthusiast Jess Yates has hit rock bottom. With her ex behind bars for fraud, Jess needs to lay low – easier said than done with a celebrity sister. But Tavy has her uses. Her latest TV project involves renovating Fortune Hall, and she needs a house sitter while she’s jetting around the world. The opportunity is too good to miss, especially when Jess discovers that Fortune Hall has links to the infamous Nell Gwyn.
Slowly the house begins to reveal its mysteries, and secrets that have laid buried for centuries can no longer be ignored. Jess hears echoes from a tragic past and as she struggles to understand her sister, Jess feels ever closer to Rose Gwyn, the sister forgotten by history but who had the fate of her family in her hands.
It’s on sale for 2.99 here.
We gave this one a DIK. Evelyn wrote:
When I opened up A Most English Princess to begin I was a little miffed at myself. Over 500 pages on Princess Vicky (eldest daughter of Queen Victoria) – what was I thinking to pick this book to review!?! Well it turns out to have been a good decision after all. A Most English Princess is a most fascinating read and those 512 pages just flew by! The novel is listed as Biographical Historical Fiction, so many readers will be aware of most of Vicky’s story but there will be some parts that have been imagined as well. I am not a student of Victorian history but I found that this narrative matches well with what I have previously read about Victoria and Albert’s family.
It’s on sale for 2.99 here.
AAR’s love for librarians goes deep! Readers (and my mom!) love this book. Here’s the blurb:
A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations…
Windsor, 1940: Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England…
Philadelphia, Present day: Looking through her grandmother’s papers, Lacey Jones comes across a mysterious letter stamped with the Windsor Castle crest. But how did it come to be in her family’s possession?
And so begins a journey that will take Lacey deep into the heart of the oldest inhabited castle in the world, and change her life forever…
It’s on sale for 0.99 here.