Cartier's Hope by M.J. Rose
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published January 28th 2020 by Atria Books
New York, 1910: A city of magnificent skyscrapers and winding subways, where poor immigrants are crammed into tenements while millionaires thrive in Fifth Avenue mansions. Vera Garland is a thirty-two-year-old journalist, fighting alongside hundreds of women for a place in society, only to meet hurdles around every turn. Most female journalists are delegated to the fashion and lifestyle pages but like her hero, Nellie Bly, Vera is a fighter.
When news of the Hope Diamond—a jewel whose infamous legends and curses have captured the world’s attention—arrives in the city, Vera is fast on its trail. She’s certain the fabulous jewel will help jumpstart her career but she’s determined to seek revenge against her current employer, a magazine owner whose greed and blackmailing schemes led to the death of her beloved father.
Set against the backdrop of New York’s glitter and grit, this enchanting historical novel explores the very human desire for truth, equality, and retribution.
My Thoughts…
I am loving all
the wonderful historical fiction that is available in 2020. Cartier’s Hope is
definitely one of my top reads of 2020.
MJ Rose is a favorite author of mine and picked up this book knowing
that I would love it.
The Hope Diamond is a subject I had heard of but I did not know much about but I was excited to see what I could learn. The story of The Hope Diamond took a back seat to the story of Vera Bradley and her fight to become a respected newspaper reporter until part way through the story. Then the history of the diamond was told, the amazing people in history that had owned it, touched it, or just wanted it had me in awe of what this beautiful diamond was capable of. Do I believe in bad luck? Maybe. Would I have touched the diamond? Absolutely.
The romance in
the story was perfect. It was classy,
it was sexy, and it was written perfectly for the era the book was set in. I liked seeing Vera thrown for a loop when
she started to have feelings. I liked
that Vera found clues from her father that turned her world upside down but in
the long run had her examining her own life.
The strength, determination, and heart of Vera had me cheering her on
and praying that the story she was following would bring her the results she
wanted, both in her writing and her personal life.
**Thank you Meriah
Murphy at Atria Books for a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
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About M.J. Rose
M.J. Rose grew up in New York City mostly in the labyrinthine galleries of the Metropolitan Museum, the dark tunnels and lush gardens of Central Park and reading her mother's favorite books before she was allowed. She believes mystery and magic are all around us but we are too often too busy to notice... Books that exaggerate mystery and magic draw attention to it and remind us to look for it and revel in it.
Rose is a New
York Times, Wall St. Journal and USAToday bestseller
as well as an international best seller. She has published more than nineteen
novels and 3 books on marketing. She has been published in more than 30
countries and sold over 1.5 million books. The Fox TV show, Past Lives,
was based on Rose’s novel, The Reincarnationist.
Rose is a
founding member of International Thriller Writers, founder of
the first marketing company for authors, AuthorBuzz, and the co-founder, with Liz Berry of 1001DarkNights.com.
In 1998, her
first novel Lip Service was the first e-book and the first
self-published novel chosen by the LiteraryGuild/Doubleday Book Club as well as
the first e-book to go on to be published by a mainstream New York publishing
house.
Rose has been
profiled in Time magazine, Forbes, The New
York Times, Business 2.0, Working Woman, Newsweek,
and New York Magazine. She has appeared on The Today Show, Fox
News, The Jim Lehrer NewsHour, and features on her have
appeared in dozens of magazines and newspapers in the U.S. and abroad, including USAToday, Stern, L'Official, Poets
and Writers, and Publishers Weekly.
Rose graduated
from Syracuse University and spent the '80s in advertising. She was the
Creative Director of Rosenfeld Sirowitz and Lawson and she has a commercial in
the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
Sara Desai has been a lawyer, radio DJ, marathon runner, historian, bouncer and librarian. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, kids and an assortment of forest creatures who think they are pets. Sara writes sexy romantic comedy and contemporary romance with a multicultural twist. When not laughing at her own jokes, Sara can be found eating nachos. Visit Sara at www.saradesai.com.
