Welcome to the blog blitz & giveaway for Lady of a Thousand Treasures by Sandra Byrd, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! This tour is offering a sneak peek into Sandra’s novel, so make sure you check out all the stops. You might find different excerpts at different stops!!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Lady of a Thousand Treasures
Author: Sandra Byrd
Publisher: Tyndale House
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Genre: Historical/Gothic Romance
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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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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EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
My dearest friend, Marguerite. Although we were nearly of an age, as a widow, she made a suitable chaperone for me whenever one was required, which was not often for a person of my social status. She knew my habit since childhood had been to sort into collectives, especially as a means of regaining control in any situation which forced my anxieties to the surface. It was a custom particularly suited to the daughter of and assistant to a conservator for collectors. I was now a conservator and valuer in my own right. Almost, anyway.
“A singular of boars.” I feigned a yawn.
She looked in Harry’s direction. “A rake of mules?” she teased.
I smiled at the jest but knew she could not truly believe that; she had always been fond of Harry, at least until he’d disappeared.
GIVEAWAY
(1) winner will receive:
a copy of Lady of a Thousand Treasures (print to US addresses OR ebook to intl), and
$25 Starbucks London Gift Card – works anywhere in the world at standalone Starbucks stores
Enter via the Rafflecopter giveaway below. Giveaway will begin at midnight October 1, 2018 and lasts through 11:59pm October 8, 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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I am about 100 pages in to this intriguing novel! She writes beautifully!
I really like the cover for this book. Looking forward to reading it!
Eleanor was my mother’s name. It made me wonder what goes into deciding on a character’s name. I once found three people on a California census in 1860 whose names I thought were made for a western romance, Destiny West, Travis Million, and Granville Snell. I sure you can guess who the bad guy is. It’s been 40 years and I still remember those names.
Yay! I am so excited for this new book by Sandra Byrd! I can’t wait to read Lady of a Thousand Treasures. It sounds sooo good and the cover is stunning! Thanks for being a part of the tour, Jessica!
Thank you for the spotlight on “Lady of a Thousand Treasures” by Sandra Byrd and for being part of the blog blitz by JustRead Publicity Tours.
Sounds very interesting and I’d love the opportunity to read it.
thank you for hosting. This cover is lovely. I really like how she is working in an antique shop. This sounds so interesting. On my to read list now.
Sandra Byrd’s books are AMAZING! I can’t wait to read this one.
I’m really looking forward to reading this book!!!
This is my kind of book. I love reading about historical romances.