Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Can't-Wait Wednesday: The Glass Ocean

Can't-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings and helps us spotlight upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating!

The Glass Ocean
Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White
Expected publication date: September 4, 2018
May 2013
Her finances are in dire straits and bestselling author Sarah Blake is struggling to find a big idea for her next book. Desperate, she breaks the one promise she made to her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother and opens an old chest that belonged to her great-grandfather, who died when the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915. What she discovers there could change history. Sarah embarks on an ambitious journey to England to enlist the help of John Langford, a recently disgraced Member of Parliament whose family archives might contain the only key to the long-ago catastrophe. . . .

April 1915
Southern belle Caroline Telfair Hochstetter’s marriage is in crisis. Her formerly attentive industrialist husband, Gilbert, has become remote, pre-occupied with business . . . and something else that she can’t quite put a finger on. She’s hoping a trip to London in Lusitania’s lavish first-class accommodations will help them reconnect—but she can’t ignore the spark she feels for her old friend, Robert Langford, who turns out to be on the same voyage. Feeling restless and longing for a different existence, Caroline is determined to stop being a bystander, and take charge of her own life. . . .
Tessa Fairweather is traveling second-class on the Lusitania, returning home to Devon. Or at least, that’s her story. Tessa has never left the United States and her English accent is a hasty fake. She’s really Tennessee Schaff, the daughter of a roving con man, and she can steal and forge just about anything. But she’s had enough. Her partner has promised that if they can pull off this one last heist aboard the Lusitania, they’ll finally leave the game behind. Tess desperately wants to believe that, but Tess has the uneasy feeling there’s something about this job that isn’t as it seems. . . .

As the Lusitania steams toward its fate, three women work against time to unravel a plot that will change the course of their own lives . . . and history itself. - from Goodreads
Dual timeline and historical fiction on the Lusitania?  Yes, please!

27 comments:

  1. Oh yes I want to read this! I also love dual timelines and historical fiction so it sounds perfect to me. ♥

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  3. I like dual timelines, especially if the author does a good job connecting them to each other.

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  4. YES! Completely agree; plus, I love all three of these authors!

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    1. I love Beatriz Williams, so I'm excited about that!

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  5. So looking forward to this one! Really enjoyed their last effort.

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  6. I actually haven't read any of these authors yet but this sounds good!! Pretty cover too.

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  7. These authors did another book together didn't they? And about the Lusitania? Yes, I'd definitely try it!

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    1. They did! Awesome, I hope you enjoy it if you do read it!

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  8. Wow, what a strong group of authors! This sounds really interesting and is new to me. I really want to read this one now!

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  9. A dual timeline and three wonderful authors. This sounds like the recipe for a great read!

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  10. There's something about stories on a boat like this... and the fact that it's the Lusitania is pretty awesome! Pretty nice line up of authors too- I haven't read any of them but I recognized their names!

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    1. Beatriz Williams is one of my favorites! And yeah, the setting is pretty awesome!

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  11. I loved the cover and angle of the picture they took it in! I'm usually not a fan of dual timelines, though one that is done right is something I wouldn't pass up for sure since it gives off the whole "History repeating itself" type of vibe.

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    1. I am obsessed with this cover! And I love dual timeline stories.

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  12. How very intriguing. Tessa sounds like a character that I would really like. Hope you enjoy this one when it comes out!

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  13. This sounds really interesting. I love the duel timeline aspect. Great choice! Sorry I am late hopping over. Great pick!

    Mary

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