20 Best Beatriz Williams Books (2023 Update)

From the new york times bestselling author of a certain age, a deliciously spicy new jazz age adventure and the first book of a breathtaking new trilogy by bestselling author beatriz williams. two generations of women are brought together inside a greenwich village apartment –a flapper hiding an extraordinary past, and a modern-day manattanite forced to start her life anew. when she discovers her banker husband has been harboring a secret life, ella gilbert escapes her soho loft for a studio in greenwich village. her charismatic musician neighbor, hector, warns her to stay out of the basement after midnight, when a symphony of mysterious noise strikes up–laughter, clinking glasses, jazz piano, the occasional bloodcurdling scream–even though the space has been empty for decades. back in the roaring twenties, the basement was home to one of the city's most notorious speakeasies. in 1924, geneva "gin" kelly, a quick-witted flapper from the hills of western maryland, is a regular at this village hideaway. caught up in a raid, gin lands in the office of prohibition enforcement agent oliver anson, who persuades her to help him catch her stepfather, duke kelly, one of the biggest bootleggers in appalachia. but gin is nobody's fool. she strikes a risky bargain with the taciturn, straight-arrow revenue agent, and their alliance rattles manhattan society to its foundations, exposing secrets that shock even this free-spirited redhead. as ella unravels the strange history of her new building–and the family thread that connects her to geneva kelly–she senses the jazz age spirit of her exuberant predecessor invading her own shy nature, in ways that will transform her existence in the wicked city.

New york times bestselling authors karen white, beatriz williams, and lauren willig present a masterful collaboration—a rich, multigenerational novel of love and loss that spans half a century…. 1945: when critically wounded captain cooper ravenel is brought to a private hospital on manhattan’s upper east side, young dr. kate schuyler is drawn into a complex mystery that connects three generations of women in her family to a single extraordinary room in a gilded age mansion. who is the woman in captain ravenel’s miniature portrait who looks so much like kate? and why is she wearing the ruby pendant handed down to kate by her mother? in their pursuit of answers, they find themselves drawn into the turbulent stories of olive van alan, driven in the gilded age from riches to rags, who hired out as a servant in the very house her father designed, and lucy young, who in the jazz age came from brooklyn to manhattan seeking the father she had never known. but are kate and cooper ready for the secrets that will be revealed in the forgotten room? readers guide included

The new york times bestselling author of the summer wives and a certain age creates a dazzling epic of world war ii-era nassau—a hotbed of spies, traitors, and the most infamous couple of the age, the duke and duchess of windsor.the bahamas, 1941. newly-widowed leonora “lulu” randolph arrives in nassau to investigate the governor and his wife for a new york society magazine. after all, american 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. what more intriguing backdrop for their romance than a wartime caribbean paradise, a colonial playground for kingpins of ill-gotten empires? or so lulu imagines. but as she infiltrates the duke and duchess’s social circle, and the powerful cabal that controls the islands’ political and financial affairs, she uncovers evidence that beneath the glister of wallis and edward’s marriage lies an ugly—and even treasonous—reality. in fact, windsor-era nassau seethes with spies, financial swindles, and racial tension, and in the middle of it all stands benedict thorpe: a scientist of tremendous charm and murky national loyalties. inevitably, the willful and wounded lulu falls in love. then nassau’s wealthiest man is murdered in one of the most notorious cases of the century, and the resulting coverup reeks of royal privilege. benedict thorpe disappears without a trace, and lulu embarks on a journey to london and beyond to unpick thorpe’s complicated family history: a fateful love affair, a wartime tragedy, and a mother from whom all joy is stolen.the stories of two unforgettable women thread together in this extraordinary epic of espionage, sacrifice, human love, and human courage, set against a shocking true crime…and the rise and fall of a legendary royal couple. this audiobook includes an episode of the book club girl podcast, featuring an interview with beatriz williams about the golden hour.

Best-selling picture book creator mo willems leaps into the early reader arena with the "elephant & piggie" series. not surprisingly, the books are hilarious, charming, and speak directly to kids. the books feature two lovable and funny characters: an optimistic (and often reckless) pig and a cautious, pessimistic elephant. children who sat on their parents' laps to have pigeon read to them will eagerly take the plunge with these books to start reading on their own. each book has been vetted by an early learning specialist. these sweet and surprising stories are a much-needed breath of fresh air in the early reader arena. in "my friend is sad", elephant gerald is down in the dumps and piggie is determined to cheer him up by dressing as a cowboy, a clown, and even a robot but what does it take to make a sad elephant happy? the answer will make even pessimistic elephants smile.

“the good daughter is like law and order meets the good wife.” —theskimminstant new york times bestsellertheskimm book club pick! the stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author — a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense.two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. one runs for her life. one is left behind…twenty-eight years ago, charlotte and samantha quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. it left their mother dead. it left their father — pikeville's notorious defense attorney — devastated. and it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night.twenty-eight years later, and charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself — the ideal good daughter. but when violence comes to pikeville again — and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized — charlie is plunged into a nightmare. not only is she the first witness on the scene, but it's a case that unleashes the terrible memories she's spent so long trying to suppress. because the shocking truth about the crime that destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won't stay buried forever…packed with twists and turns, brimming with emotion and heart, the good daughter is fiction at its most thrilling.

A daring quest on an alien world. college students beatriz and iris are just starting a summer internship at an archaeology museum when they stumble miraculously into the mythical world of tlön, where they encounter a mysterious people who can change gender at will (and sometimes without even meaning to). the two young women join a quest to free tlön from foreign overlords whose power is centered in the far-off capital city. a cast of exotic, sometimes magical characters help them reach the capital's infinite library, where their quest deepens into a test of the natural world's strength in the face of crass evil.

From the #1 new york times bestselling author of the nightingale and the great alone comes an incandescent story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope, and the meaning of home. in the rugged pacific northwest lies the olympic national forest–nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. from deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past. having retreated to her western washington hometown after a scandal left her career in ruins, child psychiatrist dr. julia cates is determined to free the extraordinary little girl she calls alice from a prison of unimaginable fear and isolation. to reach her, julia must discover the truth about alice's past–although doing so requires help from julia's estranged sister, a local police officer. the shocking facts of alice's life test the limits of julia's faith and strength, even as she struggles to make a home for alice–and for herself. "one of [kristin hannah's] most compelling and riveting novels."–booklist

From the #1 new york times bestselling author of the nightingale and the great alone comes an incandescent story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope, and the meaning of home. in the rugged pacific northwest lies the olympic national forest—nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. from deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past. having retreated to her western washington hometown after a scandal left her career in ruins, child psychiatrist dr. julia cates is determined to free the extraordinary little girl she calls alice from a prison of unimaginable fear and isolation. to reach her, julia must discover the truth about alice’s past—although doing so requires help from julia’s estranged sister, a local police officer. the shocking facts of alice’s life test the limits of julia’s faith and strength, even as she struggles to make a home for alice—and for herself. “one of [kristin hannah’s] most compelling and riveting novels.”—booklist

When miss beatrix waterbury's chicago-bound train ride is interrupted by a heist, mr. norman nesbit, a man of science who believes his research was the target of the heist, comes to her aid. despite the fact that they immediately butt heads, they join forces to make a quick escape. upon her arrival in chicago, beatrix is surprised to discover her supposedly querulous aunt gladys shares her own suffragette passions. encouraged by gladys to leave her sheltered world, beatrix begins working as a salesclerk at the marshall field and company department store. when she again encounters norman on a shopping expedition, he is quickly swept up in the havoc she always seems to attract. but when another attempt is made to part norman from his research papers, and it becomes clear beatrix's safety is also at risk, they soon discover the curious way feelings can grow between two very different people in the midst of chaos.

"a captivating cold war page-turner." — real simple the new york times bestselling author of the summer wives returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of cold war espionage and family devotion. in the autumn of 1948, iris digby vanishes from her london home with her american diplomat husband and their two children. the world is shocked by the family's sensational disappearance. were they eliminated by the soviet intelligence service? or have the digbys defected to moscow with a trove of the west's most vital secrets? four years later, ruth macallister receives a postcard from the twin sister she hasn't seen since their catastrophic parting in rome in the summer of 1940, as war engulfed the continent and iris fell desperately in love with an enigmatic united states embassy official named sasha digby. within days, ruth is on her way to moscow, posing as the wife of counterintelligence agent sumner fox in a precarious plot to extract the digbys from behind the iron curtain. but the complex truth behind iris's marriage defies ruth's understanding, and as the sisters race toward safety, a dogged soviet kgb officer forces them to make a heartbreaking choice between two irreconcilable loyalties.

"this book is truly epic. . . . the reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages." —the huffington postpicking up where fall of giants, the first novel in the extraordinary century trilogy, left off, winter of the world follows its five interrelated families—american, german, russian, english, and welsh—through a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the third reich, through the great dramas of world war ii, and into the beginning of the long cold war. carla von ulrich, born of german and english parents, finds her life engulfed by the nazi tide until daring to commit a deed of great courage and heartbreak . . . . american brothers woody and chuck dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the pacific . . . . english student lloyd williams discovers in the crucible of the spanish civil war that he must fight communism just as hard as fascism . . . . daisy peshkov, a driven social climber, cares only for popularity and the fast set until war transforms her life, while her cousin volodya carves out a position in soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war but also the war to come.

Gin kelly, the wicked redhead, is back! readers will delight in next installment of the wicked city series by new york times bestselling author beatriz williams. june 1925. audacious appalachian flapper geneva "gin" kelly prepares to trade her high-flying ways for respectable marriage to oliver anson marshall, a steadfast prohibition agent who happens to hail from one of new york's most distinguished families. but just as wedding bells chime, the head of the notorious east coast rum-running racket–and anson's mortal enemy–turns up murdered at a society funeral, and their short-lived honeymoon bliss goes up in a spectacular blaze that sends anson back undercover…and into the jaws of a trap from which not even gin can rescue him. as violence explodes around her, gin must summon all her considerable moxie to trace the tentacles of this sinister organization back to their shocking source, and face down a legendary american family at a rigged game it has no intention of losing. june 1998. when ella dommerich's ninetysomething society queen aunt julie ropes her into digging up dirt on senator (and presidential candidate) franklin hardcastle in order to settle old family scores, she couldn't be less enthusiastic. pregnant ella's recently ditched her unfaithful husband and settled into cozy–if complicated–domesticity with her almost-too-good-to-be-true musician boyfriend, hector. but then the hardcastle secrets lead to a web of shady dealings ella's uncovered in her job as a financial analyst, and the bodies start to tumble out of the venerable woodwork. with the help of her ex-husband and her mysterious connection to a certain redheaded flapper, ella digs up more than mere dirt…only to discover herself standing alone between a legendarily ruthless family and the prize it's sought for generations. what ugly secrets lurk in the opulent enclaves–and bank accounts–of america's richest families? and can two determined women from two different generations thwart the murderous legacy of the demon liquor?

Trixie can't wait to bring her one-of-a-kind knuffle bunny to school and show him off to everyone. but when she gets there, she sees something awful: sonja has the same bunny. suddenly, knuffle bunny doesn't seem so one-of-a-kind anymore. chaos ensues until the bunnies are taken away by ms. greengrove. after school, trixie finally gets her beloved bunny back. but in the middle of the night, trixie realizes something. she has the wrong bunny! daddy comes to the rescue again as a midnight swap is arranged with the other bunny, the other little girl, and the other daddy. needless to say, the daddies are not very happy. by the end of the story trixie has her beloved bunny back, but she has also gained something new: her very first best friend. in the tradition of the caldecott honor-winner knuffle bunny: a cautionary tale, this is another heartfelt, hilarious picture book that children (and their parents) will love.

Charlotte's web pictures by garth williams the newbery honor-winning story of a remarkable pig and the spiderwho changed his life. stuart little pictures by garth williams a most unusual mouse sets out on the adventure of a lifetime. the trumpet of the swan new pictures by caldecott honor artist fred marcellino the joyous tale of louis, a trumpeter swan in search of his voice.

The new york times bestseller "an engrossing and sumptuous tale, this novel is a fantastic spring read." — good morning america from the new york times bestselling team of beatriz williams, lauren willig, and karen white–a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of newport, rhode island, spanning over a century from the gilded age to the present day. "three stories elegantly intertwine in this clever and stylish tale of murder and family lies… this crackerjack novel offers three mysteries for the price of one." –publishers weekly (starred review) 2019: andie figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer of mansion makeover, a popular reality show about restoring america's most lavish historic houses. andie has high hopes for her latest project: the once glorious but gently crumbling sprague hall in newport, rhode island, summer resort of america's gilded class–famous for the lavish "summer cottages" of vanderbilts and belmonts. but andie runs into trouble: the reclusive heiress who still lives in the mansion, lucia "lucky" sprague, will only allow the show to go forward on two conditions: one, nobody speaks to her. two, nobody touches the mansion's ruined boathouse. 1899: ellen daniels has been hired to give singing lessons to miss maybelle sprague, a naive young colorado mining heiress whose stepbrother john has poured their new money into buying a place among newport's elite. john is determined to see maybelle married off to a fortune-hunting italian prince, and ellen is supposed to polish up the girl for her launch into society. but the deceptively demure ellen has her own checkered past, and she's hiding in plain sight at sprague hall. 1958: lucia "lucky" sprague has always felt like an outsider at sprague hall. when she and her grandmother–the american-born princess di conti–fled mussolini's italy, it seemed natural to go back to the imposing newport house nana owned but hadn't seen since her marriage in 1899. over the years, lucky's lost her italian accent and found a place for herself among the yachting set by marrying stuyvesant sprague, the alcoholic scion of her sprague stepfamily. but one fateful night in the mansion's old boathouse will uncover a devastating truth…and change everything she thought she knew about her past. as the cameras roll on mansion makeover, the house begins to yield up the dark secrets the spragues thought would stay hidden forever….

From the new york times bestselling author of the seven husbands of evelyn hugo “a seductive twist on the timeless tale of a couple trying to rediscover love in a marriage brought low by the challenges of domestic togetherness…touching, perceptive, and achingly honest.” —beatriz williams, new york times bestselling authorwhen lauren and ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. they decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. one year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. aside from that, anything goes. lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. these influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from ryan, begin to change lauren’s ideas about monogamy and marriage. she starts to question: when you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? what are you willing to fight for? this is a love story about what happens when the love fades. it’s about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you’ve got. and above all, after i do is the story of a couple caught up in an old game—and searching for a new road to happily ever after.

New york times bestselling author beatriz williams brings us the blockbuster novel of the season—an electrifying postwar fable of love, class, power, and redemption set among the inhabitants of an island off the new england coast . . . in the summer of 1951, miranda schuyler arrives on elite, secretive winthrop island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society, still reeling from the loss of her father in the second world war. when her beautiful mother marries hugh fisher, whose summer house on winthrop overlooks the famous lighthouse, miranda’s catapulted into a heady new world of pedigrees and cocktails, status and swimming pools. isobel fisher, miranda’s new stepsister—all long legs and world-weary bravado, engaged to a wealthy island scion—is eager to draw miranda into the arcane customs of winthrop society.but beneath the island’s patrician surface, there are really two clans: the summer families with their steadfast ways and quiet obsessions, and the working class of portuguese fishermen and domestic workers who earn their living on the water and in the laundries of the summer houses. uneasy among isobel’s privileged friends, miranda finds herself drawn to joseph vargas, whose father keeps the lighthouse with his mysterious wife. in summer, joseph helps his father in the lobster boats, but in the autumn he returns to brown university, where he’s determined to make something of himself. since childhood, joseph’s enjoyed an intense, complex friendship with isobel fisher, and as the summer winds to its end, miranda’s caught in a catastrophe that will shatter winthrop’s hard-won tranquility and banish miranda from the island for nearly two decades.now, in the landmark summer of 1969, miranda returns at last, as a renowned shakespearean actress hiding a terrible heartbreak. on its surface, the island remains the same—determined to keep the outside world from its shores, fiercely loyal to those who belong. but the formerly powerful fisher family is a shadow of itself, and joseph vargas has recently escaped the prison where he was incarcerated for the murder of miranda’s stepfather eighteen years earlier. what’s more, miranda herself is no longer a naïve teenager, and she begins a fierce, inexorable quest for justice for the man she once loved . . . even if it means uncovering every last one of the secrets that bind together the families of winthrop island.

One holiday. two rivals. her whole life is books. charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. and he's nora's work nemesis. nora has been through enough break-ups to know she's the one men date before finding their happy-ever-after. to prevent another dating dud, nora's sister has persuaded her to swap her city desk for a month's holiday in sunshine falls. it's a small town straight out of a romance novel, but instead of meeting sexy lumberjacks, handsome doctors or cute bartenders, nora keeps bumping into… charlie. she's no heroine. he's no hero. so can they take a page out of an entirely different book? brimming with witty banter, characters you can't help but fall for and off-the-charts chemistry, book lovers is emily henry's best novel yet. ——– 'emily henry's books are a gift, the perfect balance between steamy and sweet' v. e schwab, gallant 'so smart, so funny, so sexy' beth o'leary, the no-show 'emily henry has another hit on her hands' sophie cousens, just haven't met you yet 'a thoroughly modern yet classic romance' sunday times 'heartfelt, funny, and full of joy. (also, three cheers for nora's super-relatable bangs journey!)' tia williams, seven days in june 'the master of witty repartee' daily mail 'super fun, sassy, smart, sexy… emily henry is now an auto-buy author for me' red magazine 'book lovers is schitt's creek for book nerds' casey mcquiston, one last stop 'the most phenomenal portrayal of enemies to lovers i have ever read. . .' laura jane williams, our stop

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The golden hour ~ beatriz williams~ soft cover ~ new new york times bestseller bestselling author first edition: 2020 here's the deal you must have 2 or more positive feedbacks to bid; otherwise, unfortunately, i will cancel your bid. you must pay within 48 hours of auction end. paypal (usa). paypal only outside usa *** if you email me with offers to sell off-site, i will report you to ebay and put you on my blocked list. shipping i ship via media mail which is $3.95 throughout the entire continental united states. i provide the weight (1 lb.) and you calculate the shipping. click on the usps postage rate calculator url link below. check the button for the regular size package and calculate your shipping from usa 60614 to your zip code. i ship usa media mail. first-class mail international. these are the least expensive rates. if you win it and prefer priority mail, look on the usps rate calculator link above and email that preference to me, and include the additional postage cost in your pay pal paym