Welcome to Lady of a Thousand Treasures by Sandra Byrd Scavenger Blog Hunt with an awesome giveaway, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! On each stop, there will be:
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Before we begin, here’s a bit about Lady of a Thousand Treasures.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Lady of a Thousand Treasures
Series: Victorian Ladies, Book 1
Author: Sandra Byrd
Publisher: Tyndale House
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Genre: Historical/Gothic Romance
Book Blurb:
Miss Eleanor Sheffield is a talented evaluator of antiquities, trained to know the difference between a genuine artifact and a fraud. But with her father’s passing and her uncle’s decline into dementia, the family business is at risk. In the Victorian era, unmarried Eleanor cannot run Sheffield Brothers alone.
The death of a longtime client, Baron Lydney, offers an unexpected complication when Eleanor is appointed the temporary trustee of the baron’s legendary collection. She must choose whether to donate the priceless treasures to a museum or allow them to pass to the baron’s only living son, Harry—the man who broke Eleanor’s heart.
Eleanor distrusts the baron’s motives and her own ability to be unbiased regarding Harry’s future. Harry claims to still love her and Eleanor yearns to believe him, but his mysterious comments and actions fuel her doubts. When she learns an Italian beauty accompanied him on his return to England, her lingering hope for a future with Harry dims.
With the threat of debtor’s prison closing in, Eleanor knows that donating the baron’s collection would win her favor among potential clients, saving Sheffield Brothers. But the more time she spends with Harry, the more her faith in him grows. Might Harry be worthy of his inheritance, and her heart, after all? As pressures mount and time runs out, Eleanor must decide whom she can trust—who in her life is false or true, brass or gold—and what is meant to be treasured.
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My Thoughts
As I opened the book and began reading, I found myself at once captivated and drawn into this story. I was fascinated by Eleanor and her profession. In a day when respectable ladies didn’t have professions, she persevered in doing what was in her family, what she needed to do to make a living, and I think really, what she enjoyed. I loved the idea of these magnificent collections. The description of the glass collection from Venice was absolutely breathtaking. Her job was to help those wealthy lords add to their already expansive collections.
And then. She is given the task of determining what to do with the late Lord Lyndley’s estate. An estate that includes a collection almost as well loved by her own father as that late Lord.
Of course, there’s also a bit of romance afoot…it seems that once upon a time, Eleanor and Harry, the young Lord Lyndley had an understanding. But what of now. I enjoyed the privilege of seeing what happens in their relationship.
There’s always a bit more to a story than what first meets the eye, and I enjoyed the suspense aspect of this novel.
A part of the story that really intrigued and fascinated me was all the details about antiques, collections, and so on. The author must have spent many hours researching to get all these things portrayed in such accuracy.
This story includes exquisite details, a lovely setting, realistic characters, romance, and a bit of suspense. All in all, a compelling and enjoyable read.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After earning her first rejection at the age of thirteen, bestselling author Sandra Byrd has now published fifty books.
Sandra’s delighted to kick off her new historical romance series with Tyndale House Publishers, Victorian Ladies, with Lady of a Thousand Treasures. The three-book Victorian Ladies series follows her historically sound Gothic romances, Daughters of Hampshire, launched with the bestselling Mist of Midnight, which earned a coveted Editor’s Choice award from the Historical Novel Society. The second book, Bride of a Distant Isle, has been selected by Romantic Times as a Top Pick. The third in the series, A Lady in Disguise, was published in 2017. Check out her contemporary adult fiction debut, Let Them Eat Cake, which was a Christy Award finalist, as was her first historical novel, To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn. To Die For was also named a Library Journal Best Books Pick for 2011, and The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr was named a Library Journal Best Books Pick for 2012.
Sandra has published dozens of books for kids, tweens, and teens, including the bestselling The One Year Be-Tween You and God Devotions for Girls. She continued her work as a devotionalist, with The One Year Home and Garden Devotions, and The One Year Experiencing God’s Love Devotional.
Please visit www.sandrabyrd.com to learn more or to invite Sandra to your book club via Skype.
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SCAVENGER HUNT CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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TOUR GIVEAWAY
(1) winner will receive:
- a copy of Lady of a Thousand Treasures (print to US addresses OR ebook tointernational)
- Cork coaster set of the British Isles (US Only)
- “To The Lighthouse” diffuser made by Seawitch Candles in Cornwall, England. (US Only)
- $10 Amazon gift card (open international)
Enter via the Rafflecopter giveaway below. Entry form will be live on the 19th once all clues are revealed. Clues for giveaway will begin at midnight October 15, 2018. Entries are opened at midnight on October 19, 2018 and lasts through 11:59pm October 22, 2018. Void where prohibited by law. Winners will be notified within a week of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
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