Coronation Year

The USA Today bestselling author of The Gown returns with another enthralling and royal-adjacent historical novel–as the lives of three very different residents of London’s historic Blue Lion hotel converge in a potentially explosive climax on the day of Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation. It is Coronation Year,1953and a new queen is about to be crowned. The people of London are in a mood to celebratenone more so than the residents of the Blue Lion hotel. Edie Howardowner and operator of the floundering Blue Lionhas found the miracle she needs: on Coronation DayQueen Elizabeth in her gold coach will pass by the hotel’s front doorallowing Edie to charge a fortune for rooms andbarring disastersave her beloved home from financial ruin. Edie’s luck might just be turningall thanks to a young queen about her own age. Stella Donatia young Italian photographer and Holocaust survivorhas come to live at the Blue Lion while she takes up a coveted position at Picture Weekly magazine. London in celebration mode feels like a different world to her. As she learns the ins and outs of her new professionStella discovers a purpose and direction that honor her past and bring hope for her future. James Geddesa war hero and gifted artisthas struggled to make his mark in a world that disdains his Indian ancestry. At the Blue Lionthoughhe is made to feel welcome and worthy. Yet even as his friendship with Edie deepenshe begins to suspect that something is badly amiss at his new home. When anonymous threats focused on Coronation Daythe Blue Lionand even the queen herself disrupt their mood of happy optimismEdie and her friends must race to uncover the truthsave their homeand expose those who seek to erase the joy and promise of Coronation Year.