Baroness Adele von Mueller learns the sweetest love is forbidden....
Baroness Adele von Mueller
It's 1903 and free-spirited 18-year-old Baroness Adele von Mueller has just arrived to live with her spinster aunt in New York City. After a previous impropriety tarnishes her reputation with the German nobility, her father sends her overseas to give her one last chance to marry into money and save the family's name. Instead, Adele finds herself falling for charming and wickedly handsome Nick Mason, the foreman of a paper factory, who is as gorgeous as he is poor. As family secrets are revealed, Adele learns there's much more riding on her marrying wealthy than just keeping the family's name...
Nick Mason
Nick Mason has a habit of falling in love with every girl he sees. An orphan, former newspaper seller and now a foreman at a paper mill, he's nursing a bruised heart after being dumped by a laundry girl. But when he meets Baroness Adele disguised on a night out as a maid in her family's house, he knows right away there's something different about her. Once she reveals her true identity, he's even more intrigued. Nick has fallen for white women before, but never one so wealthy, and never one he knew he couldn't live without. With most people firmly against their love, he must visit her in secrecy to make their romance blossom.
Nick and Adele must stand up to a society and a family that won't accept their love for what it is: true and enduring. Can they withstand the storm, or will they be forced apart by a deck that's stacked against them in this steamy Victorian romance?
This historical interracial romance/Victorian romance novel marks Anya Silverthorne's debut.
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Review: The premise of The Baroness of New York really intrigued me. I'm always looking for something different when it comes to romance and definitely so with historical romance. The plots can be so similar. This book caught my eye instantly and I'm so glad I read it.
Victorian period! Interracial romance! (Ok, I will point out this is more Edwardian if it were set in England..but its still a prudish time frame in some areas m'kay).
Yeah, that peaked my interest, because its something you don't see a lot of in any romance really but to put in in the early 1900s in NY?
Count me in on this one. Even though the class issue bothered me much like it did (and why I could never get into) Titanic.
It is a steamy...ok at times sizzling read and definitely worth getting invested in, especially as its part of a series.
Oh and can you say, "love triangle." Yeah we get one of those, and though this isn't my favorite trope for a book, I loved the differences in the two men. And yes, I was cheering for one of over the other.
However there are some glaring errors in research here that made me go hmm. Though its not referenced as such Adele performs the Heimlich maneuver. The man that invented it wasn't born until 1920. Oh and Olds Theodore drove, probably wouldn't have seated 4 people, at least if it were the Curved Dash, which was popular at the time.
Oh and can I just say, cliffhanger? I normally don't go in for endings like that, because I have a tendency to miss books, but I don't think I will with this one!
I devoured this book like a good bag of Hershey's kisses and now I'm clamoring for more and I have to wait til Christmas to see what's going to happen. ARGH!
Rating: 4 flowers
About the Author
Anya Silverthorne makes her debut with The Baroness of New York. She enjoys writing fiction about the late Victorian and early Edwardian era. In "real life," she is a historian of a completely different time period.Follow her on social media to stay connected, and up-to-date with new releases, giveaways, and more.
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Blog Tour Schedule
Friday, May 1
Review at Passages to the Past
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Review at Carole Rae's Random Ramblings
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Review at A Chick Who Reads
Tuesday, May 5
Review at Bitch Bookshelf
Excerpt at I'm All About Books
Wednesday, May 6
Excerpt at What Is That Book About
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Review at Mommy In Color
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Review at Gwendalyn's Books
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Guest Post at A Darn Good Read
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Excerpt at Donna's Book Blog
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Review at Books and Zebras
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Feature at Chicks, Rogues and Scandals
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Interview at Passages to the Past
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Review at Books in their Natural Habitat
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Baroness of New York
1 comments:
I loved this book and can't wait for the next one in the series! Thank you for hosting the tour!
Amy
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