“The Duchess” by Wendy Holden

Title: The Duchess
Author: Wendy Holden
Publisher:  Berkley
Year: 2021
Genre(s):  historical fiction; romance
Part of a Series: No

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Why I read it: Once Upon an Advent Calendar gift

Summary: As the Duchess of Windsor prepares to bury her husband alongside the royal family and the Commonwealth, she recalls the story of when she was just Wallis Simpson and dreamed of living the life of the rich and famous. She manages to break into a world she had only glimpsed from the distance and her life changes when she gets an invite to the royal home of Edward, the future king of England. As she forms a friendship with David, as he is known, she has no clue that she will be part of history – or that her name will be linked with scandal and infamy for the rest of her life.

“Clover Blue” by Eldonna Edwards

Title: Clover Blue
Author: Eldonna Edwards
Publisher:  Kensington Publishing
Year: 2019
Genre(s): coming of age, historical fiction
Part of a Series: No

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Summary: Clover Blue has only known the Saffron Love Community, a commune created by a man known as Goji. Blue has a rather unconventional upbringing and education. But when he learns he was not born to someone at SLC, he wants to learn more about where he came from. Will he get his answers? Who is his real family – the one he was born to or the one that found him?