by Beatriz Williams (Author)
Decadent and evocative storytelling at its very best., by NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, Beatriz Williams
1966, Florida
Pepper Schuyler is the kind of woman society loves and loves to talk about - a dazzling being who men watch across crowded, smoky rooms, and women keep their husbands away from. Yet the legend of Pepper is far from the truth...
1935, Cote d'Azur
Nineteen-year-old ingenue Annabelle de Creouville leaves her father's crumbling chateau to help a handsome German Jew fleeing from the Nazi regime - and from the other man with whom Annabelle's future is inextricably entangled. Falling headlong in love as is only possible for the first time, Annabelle follows her heart from Antibes, to Paris, to pre-war Berlin, torn between two very different men, and two very different endings...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: HarperFiction
Published: 05 Nov 2015
ISBN 10: 0008134952
ISBN 13: 9780008134952
`Beguiling, fast-paced and romantic' HEAT
`Gripping' HELLO
Praise for Beatriz Williams:
`A world filled with elegance, charm, and bygone manners ... No-one does it better than Beatriz' Jane Green
`Summer of 1938: A scandalous love triangle and a famous hurricane converge... a perfect storm.' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
`Definitely worth squeezing into your hand luggage' RED
`A fantastic summer read' HELLO
`Delightful and rewarding from an author to watch' WE LOVE THIS BOOK
`Williams' historical masterpiece is an all-encompassing, period-perfect read.' RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!)
`[A] fast-paced love story...the scorching sun illuminates a friend's betrayal and reignites a romance' O, The Oprah Magazine
`A candidate for this year's best beach read - the period story of a derailed love affair seen through a sequence of summers' Kirkus Book Reviews
A graduate of Stanford University with an MBA from Columbia, Beatriz Williams spent several years in New York and London hiding her early attempts at fiction, first on company laptops as a communications strategy consultant, and then as an at-home producer of small persons, before her career as a writer took off. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore.