From the TBR Pile: Blog Tour: Review of Lady of a Thousand Treasures by Sandra Byrd

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Blog Tour: Review of Lady of a Thousand Treasures by Sandra Byrd

Author: Sandra Byrd

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers

Date of publication: October 2018

Miss Eleanor Sheffield is a talented evaluator of antiquities, trained to know the difference between a genuine artifact and a fraud. But with her father’s passing and her uncle’s decline into dementia, the family business is at risk. In the Victorian era, unmarried Eleanor cannot run Sheffield Brothers alone.

The death of a longtime client, Baron Lydney, offers an unexpected complication when Eleanor is appointed the temporary trustee of the baron’s legendary collection. She must choose whether to donate the priceless treasures to a museum or allow them to pass to the baron’s only living son, Harry–the man who broke Eleanor’s heart.

Eleanor distrusts the baron’s motives and her own ability to be unbiased regarding Harry’s future. Harry claims to still love her and Eleanor yearns to believe him, but his mysterious comments and actions fuel her doubts. When she learns an Italian beauty accompanied him on his return to England, her lingering hope for a future with Harry dims.

With the threat of debtor’s prison closing in, Eleanor knows that donating the baron’s collection would win her favor among potential clients, saving Sheffield Brothers. But the more time she spends with Harry, the more her faith in him grows. Might Harry be worthy of his inheritance, and her heart, after all? As pressures mount and time runs out, Eleanor must decide whom she can trust–who in her life is false or true, brass or gold–and what is meant to be treasured.

In Lady of a Thousand Treasures, Ellie Sheffield is an antiques appraiser who is trying to keep her family business afloat. She has been tasked with assessing the collection of the late Baron Lydney. She has to also decide if the collection should be donated to a museum or be allowed to stay with the new Baron Lydney. Harry just happens to be the one that got away.

For me, this was an OK read. I did enjoy it, however it dragged in places and I found myself skimming a few times.. I called one of the mysteries very early on. For me, it was the characters that made the book. I loved Ellie. She was independent and and stayed true to her task. I also loved Harry. He was so sweet and I loved his commitment to prove he was all in with Ellie. His "surprise" in the end was too cute and did save the story for me. I think lovers of historical fiction with a splash of romance will want to check this one out.

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About Sandra Byrd

Sandra Byrd’s first series of historically sound Gothic romances launched with the best-selling Mist of Midnight, which earned a coveted Editor’s Choice Award from the Historical Novel Society. The second book, Bride of a Distant Isle, has been selected by Romantic Times as a Top Pick. The third in the series, A Lady in Disguise, was named by the American Library Association’s Booklist as one of the Top Ten Inspirational Fiction Books of the year.

Her contemporary adult fiction debut, Let Them Eat Cake, was a Christy Award finalist, as was her first historical novel, To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn. To Die For was also named a Library Journal Best Books of the Year Pick, as was The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr.

Victorian Ladies, a new series, offers its first title, Lady of a Thousand Treasures, in 2018.

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Instagram tour stops

Monday, October 8th: @createexploreread

Tuesday, October 9th: @dropandgivemenerdy

Tuesday, October 9th: @theshybooks

Wednesday, October 10th: @theliterearybirds

Thursday, October 11th: @acozyreader

Friday, October 12th: @kim_reads

Friday, October 12th: @thecaffeinated_bibliophile