publication: December 10th 2019 by William
Morrow Paperbacks
In this
follow-up to The Wicked City, New York Times bestselling
author Beatriz Williams combines past and present in this delicious Jazz Age
adventure featuring a saucy redheaded flapper, the square-jawed Prohibition
agent who loves her, and a beautiful divorcee trying to remake her life in
contemporary New York.
New York City, 1998: When Ella Gilbert discovers her banker husband is cheating on her, she loses both her marriage and the life she knew. In her new apartment in an old Greenwich Village building, she's found unexpected second love with Hector, a musician who lives upstairs. And she's discovered something else, just as surprising—a connection to the mesmerizing woman scandalously posed in a vintage photograph titled Redhead Beside Herself.
Florida, 1924: Geneva "Gin" Kelly, a smart-mouthed flapper from Appalachia, barely survived a run-in with her notorious bootlegger stepfather. She and Oliver Anson, a Prohibition agent she has inconveniently fallen in love with, take shelter in Cocoa Beach, a rum-running haven. But the turmoil she tried to leave behind won't be so easily outrun. Anson's mother, the formidable Mrs. Marshall, descends on Florida with a proposition that propels Gin back to the family's opulent New York home, and into a reluctant alliance. Then Anson disappears during an investigation, and Gin must use all her guile and courage to find him.
Two very different women, separated by decades. Yet as Ella tries to free herself from her ex, she is also hunting down the truth about the captivating, wicked Redhead in her photograph—a woman who loved and lived fearlessly. And as their link grows, she feels Gin urging her on, daring her to forge her own path, wherever it leads.
New York City, 1998: When Ella Gilbert discovers her banker husband is cheating on her, she loses both her marriage and the life she knew. In her new apartment in an old Greenwich Village building, she's found unexpected second love with Hector, a musician who lives upstairs. And she's discovered something else, just as surprising—a connection to the mesmerizing woman scandalously posed in a vintage photograph titled Redhead Beside Herself.
Florida, 1924: Geneva "Gin" Kelly, a smart-mouthed flapper from Appalachia, barely survived a run-in with her notorious bootlegger stepfather. She and Oliver Anson, a Prohibition agent she has inconveniently fallen in love with, take shelter in Cocoa Beach, a rum-running haven. But the turmoil she tried to leave behind won't be so easily outrun. Anson's mother, the formidable Mrs. Marshall, descends on Florida with a proposition that propels Gin back to the family's opulent New York home, and into a reluctant alliance. Then Anson disappears during an investigation, and Gin must use all her guile and courage to find him.
Two very different women, separated by decades. Yet as Ella tries to free herself from her ex, she is also hunting down the truth about the captivating, wicked Redhead in her photograph—a woman who loved and lived fearlessly. And as their link grows, she feels Gin urging her on, daring her to forge her own path, wherever it leads.
My Thoughts…
The Wicked Redhead
picks up right where The Wicked City left off.
I believe you could read The Wicked Redhead without reading The Wicked
City but I can see how the book would be more enjoyable if you knew the history
of the characters and the reasons on why they were doing what they were. Although, Beatriz Williams does do a good
job of filling in the holes as she tells the story.
I enjoyed
catching up with characters that I already was familiar with. I got caught up quickly on what had happened in
their lives and was excited to see where they were heading. I LOVE Ginger. She has a quick wit and a strong will that
women of 1924 were not always able to let out. She stood her ground, thought through most
of her decisions, and helped Oliver when it was needed. Ella was also a great example of a strong
and willful woman. She didn’t let her
cheating husband walk all over her, she made decisions for the good of her, and
let her heart open for a healthier relationship.
Beatriz Williams
is very talented in her writing. She
takes two eras, has two stories, and then ties them together perfectly. The characters are enchanting and realistic,
the settings are true to the time and marvelous, and the stories are so captivating
that the reader can’t help but be pulled right in. She is a must-read author for anyone who
loves historical fiction.
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