Monday Give Away
For those of you who enjoy books like Lucinda Riley’s The Orchid House
Here’s the official blurb:
An unforgettable novel that transports the reader from modern day Australia to the windswept Isle of Wight and the courtrooms of London in the 1780s.
With her marriage on the rocks, workaholic lawyer Liz Jones agrees to visit Seagrove, a stately home on the Isle of Wight, while she quietly investigates its provenance on behalf of a client. When she discovers Seagrove is linked to a notorious eighteenth-century court case, Liz becomes fascinated – not only by the house and its history, but also by its current owners.
In the winter of 1789, the infamous Delany Nash scandalised London when details of her alleged affair with her husband’s brother were aired in a public courtroom. Yet her journals reveal an extraordinary woman’s tale of passion, betrayal and heartbreak.
Captivated by Delany’s story, Liz delves into her research but the more she uncovers, the more she jeopardises the future of everyone at Seagrove. For there are dark secrets that surround the house, and when the truth emerges the repercussions will echo down through the centuries.
The Wife’s Tale is a spellbinding story of murder, family secrets and a scandalous affair.
Basically, it’s a little bit Monarch of the Glen
For a chance to win a copy of The Wife’s Tale, here’s your question:
— If you could uncover a secret in an old house/castle/chateau/apartment, etc, where would you like the place to be located?
The randomly chosen winner will be announced on Wednesday.
I would love this book Lauren, thank you for sharing!
A secret in an old house… Scotland 🙂
I have an aunt and uncle who live in the “old family home” built in antebellum Mississippi, the home/land have belonged to that uncle’s family for nobody knows how long. I’ve always thought that house was haunted, and probably holds some secrets of its own.
Oooh, I want to read this book!! I am sooo buying it, if I don’t win!!! 😀
If I had to discover something, I would love to find a secret compartment somewhere like in a bedroom, or behind a stone in a chimney, in which I would find a secret diary… in Scotland, or Ireland, or in a place where legends very much alive! 😀
(in case you need inspiration for a future book… ^^)
This book sounds great. I would like it to be in Kenilworth , England, where my BFF lives. It would be in the ruins of fabulous Kenilworth Castle, Where Elizabeth I’s favorite, Robert Dudley, almost bankrupted himself to impress her.
It sounds wonderful!
If I could find a secret, I’d love it to be in a house in Pompeii or anywhere in the Valley of the Kings. Given how explored they’ve both been, how exciting would it be to find something still hidden? (Although Pompeii would be safer….)
I would love for the place to be in an antebellum mansion in the southern US.
Sounds like a good fall read!
I would love to uncover a secret in an old English manor house in the library!!!
I’d love to discovery a secret place in France!
In Boston – either in the South End or on Beacon Hill, in a brownstone, tucked under a floor board in the attic. This book sounds wonderful – thanks for the giveaway!
Ooooh this is a tough question because I think I’ve daydreamed about this far too many times!
I would have to say a lovely old house in the French countryside sounds good at the moment! 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!!
Saratoga Springs, NY, has some amazing old houses that probably contain tons of secrets.
Oh, this sounds wonderful. I would like to find something in a secret passage in a massive Scottish castle.
I am going to say Switzerland. I’m half Swiss, so it would be a great excuse to visit the land of my ancestors.
I would love to read this book. Would love to find a secret in an old castle. I love mysteries and exploring.
Probably in Great Britain, since most of the similar books I read take place there.
An English country estate, most definitely!
I’d want to discover a (family) secret in a manor home in Derbyshire. My greatx3 grandfather was the illegitimate son of an attractive barmaid, born in 1827 in Derbyshire. I’ve never been able to trace that particular branch of my family beyond him (no record of who his father may have been has been left), but he was christened with his absentee father’s surname… which just so happens to be the same surname of a noble family prevalent in Derbyshire. Yes, I’ve definitely fantasized about discovering some long-lost claim to nobility in an ancient house once or twice! 🙂
I was going to say England, but I think anywhere in Great Britain would be wonderful!
The Channel Islands maybe or New Zealand.
I think that if I were to uncover a secret in an old house somewhere I would want it to be a moldering plantation in Louisiana or in the Caribbean.
I’d love to uncover a secret in Edinburgh. With already so much history and so many lives that have come before, it could be an idyllic place.
A secret old house…Ireland or France!
Just came back from Barcelona…would love to find a secret in one of those old houses!
In my own house–because I think I know it so well. That would REALLY be a surprise.
I’d like to find an overlooked map to something fantastic, hidden in a crumbling manuscript, in one of the impressive libraries of the world.
Switzerland…
When I was a high school freshman, we had to write a short story based in a European country… I chose Switzerland and oh what I wrote.. Upon learning of my dear godmother’s death and how my professional soccer player fiance couldn’t join me in Switzerland, I flung my engagement ring at him in my grief and took off on my own. I lost myself in the uncovering of my late aunt’s love affair and discovered my own self-centeredness amoung the Swiss alps while consuming plenty of cheese and chocolate. Needless to say there was a happy ending and Sister Judith game me an A+++ on originality, but I’d love to see someone craft a well-written piece in that beautiful country!
Eastern Europe has always seemed mysterious. Maybe Prague, St. Petersburg or Istanbul!!
Given how long it’s been hot in the mid-atlantic, I vote someplace that’s a bit cooler- how about a cottage in Maine?
Sounds interesting! I would love to uncover a secret in an old manor in England!
It would be in Egypt when Britain ruled there. Would be too many to uncover!
In Yorkshire, an old, brooding manor house on the moor. And the secret document would be found in a secret drawer of a desk in a sitting room which belonged to the lady of the house, who disappeared mysteriously. No trace of her was ever found, but the the document would give a clue to what happened to her.
an old english manor home on a cliff
Portugal!
Bookstore, macedonia.
a secret room in a castle in Scotland
Florence, Italy
I keep thinking an old stone home in Tuscany or a Bavarian Castle in Germany. So many wonderful nooks and crannies in each of them to hide a secret!
Ooh maybe Strasbourg in France. I studied abroad there. It went back and forth between the Germans and French for years. There would be a delicious tale of wartime love and betrayal buried in the walls 🙂
I’d love to have ties to England! A family home there would do just the trick.
I would love it to be anywhere in Scotland, so I would have a great excuse to go!!! Thanks for the give-away!
This book looks great, Thanks for this very generous giveaway.
Ireland! Sheep and whatnot.
Probably because I’ currently reading Winston Graham’s Poldark series, I’d love for it to be in Cornwall!
Ooh, this looks so good! I would love for it to be in an old house in Provence!
I’d like to find a secret room inside a house where special treasures were hid to keep the husband unaware of his wife’s secret life.
I’d like it to be somewhere in the Cotswolds.
I would love to find a secret in an old house in New York’s Hudson Valley, particularly one related to an old Dutch mansion. I have been study my own family history in that region and it just oozes mystery. Perhaps mix a bit of Sleepy Hollow-esque horror in there (but not too much!) and you’ve got yourself a great adventure!
Definitely adding this to my to-read list.
A secret to uncover in an old villa in Italy somewhere in Assisi or Tuscany.
Would love to win the book. Thanks 🙂
Chateau Gudanes. I WANT TO GO TO THERE. http://www.chateaugudanes.com/
Me too! I’ve been following them since the beginning, so lovely.
I would like to be an old house in countryside either in France or in England.
Thanks for the chance to read a beautiful book like this!
In the Bahamas- something to do with a pirates treasure perhaps?
I’d like to find a something in a secret hiding place in the Biltmore in Asheville, NC!
I think I’d like to discover a house mystery in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, surrounded by small towns and trees 🙂
I would love to read such an intriguing book! I also fantasize about exploring an old house in Ireland. So many books about Scotland or England or France, Ireland would be a lovely change.
I would love to read this book. There are so many places I’d love to find a secret in an old house. I’d pick Williamsburg VA.
Wales
I’d pick Boston. MA.
I would want it to be in France.
England
Scotland works for me. So beautiful.
I would love to discover an old diary, in an old house in Great Britain!
If I could find a secret, I would like it to be in one of the old mansions in the historic district of Charleston SC.
This book sounds intriguing! I would love a book set in South Georgia or northern Florida in a big old plantation house.
I would love to discover a secret in an old house located in British Columbia. It would be a beautiful setting for a Victorian or Edwardian mystery!
An old brownstone in NYC…
Scotland, to find out why my ancestor – Armstrong – was left to die in another man’s castle and still haunts that castle.
This is a tough one. I’m such a sucker for an English country house, but I do love the antebellum mansions in the south, too. Perhaps a summer “cottage” on Mackinac Island, Michigan’s West Bluff where wealthy Detroiters and Chicagoans summered in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
And Christine’s book sounds super good. I need to put it on my TBR list!!
I don’t care where it is as long as it comes with a good ghost!
Scotland, Wales, or France.
Sounds like a great book!
It would have to be Cornwall…because who doesn’t want a Gothic mystery to occur in one’s own life?
I would want tth secret door to be behind wallpaper over the false wall and found during a remodel
Never heard of this author book…sounds great!
I would want to uncover a secret Australia. What mystery there would be! Was this person exiled from Britain? Were they part of the penal colony? Did they come voluntarily? If so, why?
Oooo, this sounds wonderful. I would love to discover a treasure in a castle in Ireland. I have always wanted to visit Ireland.
Greece, because I love Greek mythology. I think it would be awesome to uncover a hidden journal of forbidden love or something to that effect.
Ireland! I’ve always wanted to visit and I love Irish history.
I would love a Charleston, SC tale. I never tire of those. I’m picturing a drowning in the waters at the Battery. An eyewitness who resides on Rainbow Row might know who the killer is but cannot reveal who it is because it will be the ruination of her family. She writes down what she witnessed and inserts the message inside her writing desk, packs her bags and leaves town, headed to New Orleans, where she hopes to disappear and never be found.