This was a different sort of book for me. I am going to be honest and tell y’all that I have just recently heard the term Lavender and what it is when it comes to romance. I am not always up on all the lingo and such. This book was so well written and there was a lot I really enjoyed about it.
The Lavender Bride by Alexandra Weston
Genres: Historical Fiction

An English rose with American dreams

Audrey Wade longs to escape her domineering father and the bleak streets of post-war Yorkshire. Hollywood glitters with glamour, freedom, and the promise of a life with her best friend Freddie. But when Freddie abandons her, Audrey is left to chase her dreams alone.

A Heartthrob with secrets
Rex Trent is more than Hollywood’s leading man. Charismatic and dangerously handsome, he’s adored by millions and watched by powerful enemies in a paranoid 1950s America. One wrong move could destroy him.

A romance born of ambition and betrayal

When Rex proposes, Audrey is swept into Hollywood’s glamour and high-stakes secrets. But she soon discovers Rex’s dark side and faces a choice: cling to a man who may never love her, or risk everything to forge her own path?

A gripping new historical novel from a wonderful new voice. Perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Wendy Holden and Allison Pataki.

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This book is set against the backdrop of Hollywood in its glory days. Back when McCarthyism was prevalent and so was rising star Marilyn Monroe. Add in atomic testing, international unrest after the war and you get the idea of what Audrey is facing as she moves from Sheffield, UK  to Hollywood. 

Audrey dreams of living in Hollywood and marrying a movie star which seems impossible with her minister father but she sets out to follow her dream and takes a chance. Taking a job as a secretary for an agent she is flabbergasted that movie star Rex Trent is interested in her. She soon learns that he has secrets and his interest in her is about more.

I loved this book! I always enjoy reading about old Hollywood and this had it in spades. You felt as though you were right there reading the headlines of the day and living it. That is difficult to accomplish in a book but Alexandra did it beautifully. This felt like it could be one of those Lifetime movies that you watch about glamorous movie stars of days gone by. 

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