The Golden Hour: A Novel

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I thought it was intriguing how the author made the Windsors, somewhat, central and key, along with the real murder mystery of Henry Oakes; little moments in history that aren't completely solved are fun to read different takes on. The provocative opening takes a dark turn when Lily receives a warning about Ryle’s intentions from his sister, who becomes Lily’s employee and close friend.

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With her trademark skill, the author adeptly draws the threads of the two story lines together, culminating in a surprising, emotionally satisfying conclusion. You will become a money magnet and begin to improve on your personal development and achieve success in all levels. To a portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, this historical novel adds two grand fictional passions: one beginning in Switzerland in 1900, the other in the Bahamas in 1941, both involving a ginger-haired Brit named Thorpe. Turns out the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were sent to the Bahamas for Edward to serve as Governor with grand hopes of something bigger in their future.I am definitely looking forward to reading more from this author and will recommend this to lovers of historical fiction!

The Golden Hour - Beatriz Williams

What more intriguing backdrop for their romance than a wartime Caribbean paradise, a colonial playground for kingpins of ill-gotten empires? The Bahamas, 1941: Newly-widowed Lulu Randolph arrives in Nassau to investigate the new Governor and his wife for a New York society magazine. He has authored more than 60 books and has produced more than 500 audio and video learning programs on sales, management, business success and personal development, including worldwide bestseller The Psychology of Achievement.With a less experienced author, a book of this scale could have been 600+ pages long, but the book was paced and plotted perfectly - leaving just enough left to think about long after.

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Williams has written very complexed concepts within the book, lots of shocks and lots of drama going in which you'll love it so much! Historical fiction is unique in the fact that it’s taking a real-life person or an event and making a fictional story around it.

Beatriz Williams is the New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author of The Golden Hour, The Summer Wives, The Secret Life of Violet Grant, A Hundred Summers, and several other works of historical fiction, including three novels in collaboration with fellow bestselling authors Karen White and Lauren Willig. The other storyline is set in 1941 tells of Lulu Randolph Thorpe, a journalist for an American magazine sent to the Bahamas to gather as much gossip as she can on Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor (avoiding all talks of politics in her column, that is). Lulu soon discovered information about the Bahamas and the Royal couple that was far from an island paradise. I get that this was to make you feel certain things were happening at that moment and others happened in the past, but it was really discombobulating. I’m looking forward to reading my next book by Williams and definitely recommend this one to historical fiction lovers.