The Royal Windsor Secret
Christine Wells
Reviewed by Helen
I absolutely adored this book, I savoured every word as Christine Wells took me back in time through many years with secrets, wars, beautiful jewellery and some very famous people. MS Wells has taken some facts and turned them into a must read story, it has twists and turns and wonderful characters.
Cleo Davenport is an orphan and has been living at the Shepheard’s Hotel in Cairo with her honorary Aunt Serafina and has heard many whispers over the years that she is the daughter of The Prince of Wales and Cleo is determined to uncover the truth one day, for the moment at sixteen she is living a fabulous life with her best friend Brodie and dreaming of becoming a jewellery designer one day.
At seventeen her life is turned upside down when she is whisked away to London by her aunt and uncle, Lord and Lady Grayson to make her come out, first stop Paris to shop for clothes but Cleo also makes a visit to Cariter, thinking about her future, she still has plans to find out the truth about her parents, and nothing is going to stop her, even after meeting up with demimonde Marguerite, things are changing in the Royal Family with The Prince of Wales abdicating to marry Wallis Simpson, will this make Cleo’s hunt harder?
This is a compelling, vivid and brilliant story that took me to Cairo, Paris Lisbon and London as Cleo searches for the truth, and along the way we meet so many interesting characters as Cleo learns so much about jewellery design and discovers more about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Cleo has many friends in this story including Brodie her best friend can they ever be more than friends?
I loved this one so much and highly recommend it, it is so well written and will pull any reader in who loves historical fiction, with romance and spectacular locations not to mention plots and schemes to get to the bottom of, don’t miss this one, thank you Christine Wells for another keeper, it is awesome. The ending is perfect.
My thanks to the author for my copy to read and review.
Cleo Davenport is an orphan and has been living at the Shepheard’s Hotel in Cairo with her honorary Aunt Serafina and has heard many whispers over the years that she is the daughter of The Prince of Wales and Cleo is determined to uncover the truth one day, for the moment at sixteen she is living a fabulous life with her best friend Brodie and dreaming of becoming a jewellery designer one day.
At seventeen her life is turned upside down when she is whisked away to London by her aunt and uncle, Lord and Lady Grayson to make her come out, first stop Paris to shop for clothes but Cleo also makes a visit to Cariter, thinking about her future, she still has plans to find out the truth about her parents, and nothing is going to stop her, even after meeting up with demimonde Marguerite, things are changing in the Royal Family with The Prince of Wales abdicating to marry Wallis Simpson, will this make Cleo’s hunt harder?
This is a compelling, vivid and brilliant story that took me to Cairo, Paris Lisbon and London as Cleo searches for the truth, and along the way we meet so many interesting characters as Cleo learns so much about jewellery design and discovers more about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Cleo has many friends in this story including Brodie her best friend can they ever be more than friends?
I loved this one so much and highly recommend it, it is so well written and will pull any reader in who loves historical fiction, with romance and spectacular locations not to mention plots and schemes to get to the bottom of, don’t miss this one, thank you Christine Wells for another keeper, it is awesome. The ending is perfect.
My thanks to the author for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
September 12, 2023 by William Morrow Paperbacks
