“She remembered when Hemingway had planted a banyan at his house and told her its parasitic roots were like human desire. At the time she’d thought it romantic. She hadn’t understood his warning.”
In Depression-era Key West, Mariella Bennet, the daughter of an American fisherman and a Cuban woman, knows hunger. Her struggle to support her family following her father’s death leads her to a bar and bordello, where she bets on a risky boxing match...and attracts the interest of two men: world-famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, and Gavin Murray, one of the WWI veterans who are laboring to build the Overseas Highway.
When Mariella is hired as a maid by Hemingway’s second wife, Pauline, she enters a rarified world of lavish, celebrity-filled dinner parties and elaborate off-island excursions. As she becomes caught up in the tensions and excesses of the Hemingway household, the attentions of the larger-than-life writer become a dangerous temptation...even as the reliable Gavin Murray draws her back to what matters most. Will she cross an invisible line with the volatile Hemingway, or find a way to claim her own dreams? As a massive hurricane bears down on Key West, Mariella faces some harsh truths...and the possibility of losing everything she loves".
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~Lizzie~
I devoured this novel in two days...I love it! Thanks for posting this, Lizzie.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the post on a book which is new to me. Sounds good.
ReplyDeleteThis was awesome!!! I highly recommend it! I flew through this in two days! Looking for more fiction on Hemingway!
ReplyDeleteChristy, it must have been good then. I looooove Erika she is an amazing author. I wish I had the time to read this one. I am glad you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteMystica, I think this one is a bit different but different is good. Hope you get a chance to check it out Mystica.
Marci, looks like you and Christy both flew through it. I love Erika's style she is so descriptive it makes the reading go so fast. Glad you enjoyed it!