- Title:
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Under a Gilded Moon
- Written by:
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Joy Jordan-Lake
- Read by:
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Kathleen Gati
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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11
- Duration:
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12 hours 58 minutes
- Published:
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December 01 2020
- Available Date:
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December 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781713555230
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical; Romance
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Brilliance audio
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From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy comes an enthralling novel of secrets, a tumultuous war of ideas, and murder as classes collide in the shadow of Biltmore House.
Biltmore House, a palatial mansion being built by the Vanderbilts, American ‘royalty’, is in its final stages of construction in North Carolina. The country’s grandest example of privilege, it symbolises the aspirations of its owner and the dreams of a girl, just as driven, who lives in its shadow.
Kerry MacGregor’s future is derailed when, after two years in college in New York City, family obligations call her home to the beautiful Appalachians. She is determined to distance herself from the opulence she sees rising in the Blue Ridge Mountains, however close its reach. Her family’s land is among the last pieces required to complete the Biltmore Estate. But something more powerful than an ambitious Vanderbilt heir could change Kerry’s fate as, one by one, more outsiders descend on the changing landscape – a fugitive from Sicily, a reporter chasing a ground-breaking story, a debutante tainted by scandal and a conservationist prepared to put anyone at risk to stoke the resentment of the locals.
As Kerry finds herself caught in a war between wealth and poverty, innocence and corruption, she must navigate not only her own pride and desperation to survive but also the temptations of fortune and the men who control it.
'Crawdads meets the Crawleys ... Threaded through with a meticulously researched, well-crafted mystery, this is historical fiction at its best.'
Fiona Davis, bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue
'Elegantly written and expertly crafted, Under a Gilded Moon soars as high as any piece of literature can reach. You’re transported to a time and place in history that begs [to be] read late into the night.'
Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author