On the fourth day of give aways…
… my author gave to me, two hardcover copies of The English Wife!
Pipers piping? It’s the Gilded Age, so I wouldn’t put it past them. There are certainly ladies dancing, at a rather ill-fated ball.
Here’s the official description:
From New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Willig, comes this scandalous novel set in the Gilded Age, full of family secrets, affairs, and even murder.
Annabelle and Bayard Van Duyvil live a charmed life in New York: he’s the scion of an old Knickerbocker family, she grew up in a Tudor manor in England, they had a whirlwind romance in London, they have three year old twins on whom they dote, and he’s recreated her family home on the banks of the Hudson and renamed it Illyria. Yes, there are rumors that she’s having an affair with the architect, but rumors are rumors and people will gossip. But then Bayard is found dead with a knife in his chest on the night of their Twelfth Night Ball, Annabelle goes missing, presumed drowned, and the papers go mad. Bay’s sister, Janie, forms an unlikely alliance with a reporter to uncover the truth, convinced that Bay would never have killed his wife, that it must be a third party, but the more she learns about her brother and his wife, the more everything she thought she knew about them starts to unravel. Who were her brother and his wife, really? And why did her brother die with the name George on his lips?
For your chance to win a copy of The English Wife, here’s your question: grand townhouse in New York City or mansion on the Hudson?
The winners will be announced tomorrow.
Grand townhouse in the city for sure!
Townhouse in NYC
Grand townhouse in the city! I’ve learned I do better with less space!
Townhouse on the Hudson!
Mansion on the Hudson.
Mansion in the Hudson most definitely. I am not an NYC girl.
Mansion on the Hudson! I’m always intrigued by castles and mansions!
Townhouse, for sure.
Um, grand townhouse all the way!
Mansion on the Hudson, for sure!!
Mansion on the Hudson
Mansion on the Hudson. If I chose the NYC townhouse, my husband wouldn’t go with me.
Grand townhouse in NYC.
Townhouse!!!
Grand Townhouse in NYC. I’ve been a little obsessed with them ever since I discovered the Driehaus Museum here in Chicago.
Mansion on the Hudson!
Townhouse in NYC for sure!
Mansion on the Hudson hands down!
Definitely mansion on the river
Grand townhouse in NYC!
That’s a tough one! But I think after awhile I’d get tired of the city, so I will say Mansion on the Hudson!
I think I’ll take the mansion on the Hudson – I love mansions!!!! ♥
townhouse – so much to do in NYC
Townhouse in NYC
Mansion, please. Don’t want a place in NYC.
Mansion on the Hudson. I love to visit the city, but then I like to retreat.
Mansion on the Hudson–I like the country life LOL!! Thanks for the contest.
Mansion!
Mansion on the Hudson!
Mansion on the Hudson please 💜. I love visiting New York City, but I don’t think I’d care to live there lol.
Mansion on the Hudson!
Mansion on the river is my choice. Not a city girl!
Mansion on the Hudson. Picnics, sailing, Summer breeze, balls at midnight…
Mansion on the Hudson!
Mansion on the Hudson
Townhouse!
Oh a mansion on the Hudson hands down!!!
Grand Townhouse in NYC because it would be awesome to own such a place. Think of the adventures I could have right in the city.
Mansion on the Hudson
Mansion on the Hudson. It would be lovely to be near nature that is if the river isn’t so darn polluted.
Mansion on the Hudson!
Grand townhouse in NYC. Access to everything the city has to offer!
Mansion on the Hudson.
Mansion on the Hudson!
This is so hard! Maybe right now a mansion on the Hudson.
Townhouse in the city!! Merry Christmas!
Grand townhouse
Mansion on the Hudson please.
Mansion on the Hudson for me.
Mansion on the Hudson. I don’t like close neighbors or sharing walls. I’m a hobbit.
Townhouse in the city
Townhouse in the city – already have a “quiet house”. Need some excitement!
Mansion on the Hudson, absolutely!
Townhouse in the city! I love the NYC brownstones!
New York City for sure 🎅🎅🎅
Mansion on the Hudson
The Hudson!
Mansion on the Hudson.
Mansion on the Hudson please!
Townhouse in nyc!
Mansion on the Hudson!
Mansion on the Hudson
grand townhouse in New York City
Grand mansion on the Hudson. Away from the crowded city.
Grand mansion. Mmmmm
Grand Mansion on the Hudson please!
Grand Mansion on the Hudson for me.
Grand Townhouse is perfect for me.
Manson on Hudson 😁
Thank you for your generosity ☺️
Hudson with a gorgeous view
Mansion on the Hudson
Grand townhouse in New York!
Mansion on the Hudson
Mansion on the Hudson!
Hard choice! Even though I’m more of a small (ish) town girl who likes being near nature, a grand townhouse in NYC sounds too good to pass up. I’m sure the townhouse would come with a lovely library to retreat to, and there is always Central Park to visit!
Town house would do me now I am older
Probably mansion on the Hudson, since I’m not a fan of city-related noise.
Townhouse in NYC. What better way to stay immersed in the bustle of city life??
Mansion in Hudson sounds like fun to me
Grand townhouse in NYC.
The townhouse please!