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Book Spotlight: The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin & Giveaway

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Good Saturday morning to you all! I’ve got a great book to spotlight for you today and even a giveaway to go along with it. The novel is called The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin and though I haven’t had a chance to read it, it sounds fantastic and it’s been getting some great reviews! I’m also a sucker for a good cover as anyone who reads my blog knows and I really like this one – very classy. I really look forward to sitting down and reading The American Heiress soon!

About The American Heiress

It is 1893, in Newport, Rhode Island, and no detail of Cora Cash’s lavish masquerade ball has been left to chance. Beautiful, spirited, and the richest heiress of her generation, Cora is the closest thing that American society has to a princess. Her debut is the carefully orchestrated prelude to a campaign in which her mother will whisk her to Europe, where Mrs. Cash wants to acquire the one thing that money can’t buy for her daughter in the States: a title.

Be careful what you wish for. Cora makes a dazzling impression on English society—followed by a brilliant match—but finds that the chill in the air of magnificent ancestral homes comes from more than the lack of central heating. As she gradually learns that old-world aristocrats are governed by obscure codes of conduct and loyalty that can betray even the most charming, accomplished outsider, Cora must grow from a spoiled young rich girl into a woman of substance.

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About the author Daisy Goodwin


DAISY GOODWIN, a Harkness scholar who attended Columbia University’s film school after earning a degree in history at Cambridge University, is a leading television producer in the U.K. Her poetry anthologies, including 101 Poems That Could Save Your Life, have introduced many new readers to the pleasures of poetry, and she was Chair of the judging panel of the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction. She and her husband, an ABC TV executive, have two daughters and live in London. The American Heiress is her first novel.

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GIVEAWAY DETAILS

I’ve got one copy of The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin to share with my readers. To enter…

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment with an email address to contact you in the event that you should win.
  • For 2 entries, follow my blog. If you already do, thank you, and please let me know in your comment so I can pass the extra entry on to you as well.
  • For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway and spread the word.

This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents only (no PO boxes) and I will draw for a winner on Saturday, August 6/11. Good luck everyone!

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  2. I've seen somewhat mixed reviews on this one. I would like to wait to see what you think of it before adding it to my TBR pile 🙂

  9. I'd love to read this. I haven't found many books set in this era.

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  14. I've read some really great reviews on this book, and it sounds like something that I would really like. I would love the chance to win it, Dar! Thanks for hosting this great giveaway!

  15. Thanks for the giveaway. I would love to win this.

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  18. I would love to read this book. Thanks for the giveaway.
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  21. I have entered several times at other blogs and never won, so glad for another chance.

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  29. I have read some wonderful things about this book and was thrilled to see it on your blog! I became a big fan of Downton Abbey on Netflix several months ago and have read that The American Heiress is similar which excites me to no end!

    Thank you so much for hosting a giveaway!

  34. I would love to read this book. Read a review on it and it piqued my interest.

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  42. I am a sucker for a great cover too and this one is beautiful.

    I am a GFC follower.

    Thanks for the giveaway.

  45. Thanks so much for the giveaway I can't wait to read this.
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  46. I own all her poetry anthologies and will definitely download this book. I'll be looking forward to your review!

  62. This book sounds wonderful and I love the delicate looking cover.

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  67. I am also a sucker for a good cover, plus the story sounds like a good one. thanks for the contest Darlene 🙂

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  69. Thank you for the chance to win! This book is on my To Buy List. deedeebamagirl at yahoo dot com

  74. This book has been on my wish list since I first heard about it a few months ago, so I'm thrilled to see it is part of a giveaway! Just started following your blog and I can't wait to read more!

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  79. This sounds like a book I'd love. Throw my name in the hat, please.

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  81. Well, I live in Rhode Island, so that Newport grandeur is something I'm familiar with — but only as a spectator, not a participant! Would love to read this one. Thanks so much for the giveaway.

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  87. Please enter me for the giveaway!

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  90. Sounds like a great summer read. She definitely goes through a change in her life. Please enter me. Thanks!

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  94. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Thank you! 🙂

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