Synopsis:
“She remembered when Hemingway had planted a banyan at his house and told her its parasitic roots were like human desire. At the time she’d thought it romantic. She hadn’t understood his warning.”
In Depression-era Key West, Mariella Bennet, the daughter of an American fisherman and a Cuban woman, knows hunger. Her struggle to support her family following her father’s death leads her to a bar and bordello, where she bets on a risky boxing match...and attracts the interest of two men: world-famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, and Gavin Murray, one of the WWI veterans who are laboring to build the Overseas Highway.
When Mariella is hired as a maid by Hemingway’s second wife, Pauline, she enters a rarified world of lavish, celebrity-filled dinner parties and elaborate off-island excursions. As she becomes caught up in the tensions and excesses of the Hemingway household, the attentions of the larger-than-life writer become a dangerous temptation...even as the reliable Gavin Murray draws her back to what matters most. Will she cross an invisible line with the volatile Hemingway, or find a way to claim her own dreams? As a massive hurricane bears down on Key West, Mariella faces some harsh truths...and the possibility of losing everything she loves.
In Depression-era Key West, Mariella Bennet, the daughter of an American fisherman and a Cuban woman, knows hunger. Her struggle to support her family following her father’s death leads her to a bar and bordello, where she bets on a risky boxing match...and attracts the interest of two men: world-famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, and Gavin Murray, one of the WWI veterans who are laboring to build the Overseas Highway.
When Mariella is hired as a maid by Hemingway’s second wife, Pauline, she enters a rarified world of lavish, celebrity-filled dinner parties and elaborate off-island excursions. As she becomes caught up in the tensions and excesses of the Hemingway household, the attentions of the larger-than-life writer become a dangerous temptation...even as the reliable Gavin Murray draws her back to what matters most. Will she cross an invisible line with the volatile Hemingway, or find a way to claim her own dreams? As a massive hurricane bears down on Key West, Mariella faces some harsh truths...and the possibility of losing everything she loves.
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Thanks for the great giveaway! I've been eying this book for awhile.
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Thanks for the great giveaway. Have been watching this one for a bit.
(on a side note, noticed the BWRTours button - thanks for that...I am one of the owners).
Too bad no Canada :(
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ReplyDeleteThis books looks great. Have seen reviewed before. Great cover. This is a new author for me and always looking for new authors to check out. Thanks for the giveaway.
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What a beautiful give away. I would so love to have this book. And I love love just love the pink page. Need this book for my Halloween Book Bash in October. Shih-Tzus Happens. Shihtzushappens@gmail.com. Love the pink
ReplyDeleteI've always been fascinated with Ernest Hemingway!! Decades ago my parents took a trip to Key West, but I was too young to remember much *sigh* lol
ReplyDeleteMariella is a beautiful name, and Hemingway's Girl truly sounds wonderful!! Thank you very, very much for such a sweet giveaway <333
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I saw Hemingway's Girl today at Barnes & Noble in the new paperback section. I would LOVE to read this book. Love the time period plus how it mixes fiction with Earnest Hemingway. :) Have you read The Paris Wife by Paula McLain? It is good too and mixes fiction with "Hemingway." :) I am following your blog via GFC/Beverly S.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your giveaway. Crossing my fingers, toes and eyes (ouch) for this one. :) It's the perfect time of year to head outside with a good "new" book. :)
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Hi! I'm a follower now. Would love to sin this book. I'm obsessed with Hemingway.
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Thanks for the giveaway!!