The Golden Hour

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From the New York Times bestselling author: a dazzling WWII epic spanning London, New York and the Bahamas and the most infamous couple of the age, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
The Bahamas, 1941. Newly-widowed Lulu Randolph arrives in Nassau to investigate the Governor and his wife for a New York society magazine whose readers have an insatiable appetite for news of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, that glamorous couple whose love affair nearly brought the British monarchy to its knees five years earlier.

But beneath the glitter of Wallis and Edwards marriage lies an ugly and even treasonous reality. In the middle of it all stands Benedict Thorpe: a handsome scientist of tremendous charm and murky national loyalties. When Nassaus wealthiest man is murdered in one of the most notorious cases of the century, Lulu embarks on a journey to discover the truth behind the crime.

The stories of two unforgettable women thread together in this extraordinary epic of sacrifice, human love and human courage, set against a shocking true crime and the rise and fall of a legendary royal couple.

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Praise for Beatriz Williams:

A world filled with elegance, charm, and bygone manners No-one does it better than Beatriz' Jane Green

Full of wit, romance, and surprising twists Popsugar

Definitely worth squeezing into your hand luggage RED

Summer of 1938: A scandalous love triangle and a famous hurricane converge a perfect storm. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

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 storythe scorching sun illuminates a friends 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

Author Bio

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.