A Matter of Happiness

💃𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚💃

Thank you GetRed PR Books and Tori Whitaker for this gifted copy.

I was so excited to start reading book 𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 since I absolutely loved Whittaker’s previous book, Millicent Glenn’s Last Wish.

I’m currently loving the dual timelines (I’m a total geek for any book set during the Jazz Age) and this story itself is turning into one heck of a thrill ride! I should finish today and I’m really interested to see how the rest of the story unfolds.

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Melanie Barnett thinks she has it all together. With an ex-fiancé and a pending promotion at a Kentucky bourbon distillery, Melanie has figured out that love and career don’t mix. Until she makes a discovery while cleaning her Jordan MX car, a scarlet-red symbol of the Jazz Age’s independent women that she inherited from her great-great-great-aunt Violet. Its secret compartment holds Violet’s weathered journal―within it an intriguing message: Take from this story what you will, Melanie, and you can bury the rest. Melanie wonders what more there is to learn from Violet’s past.

In 1921 Violet Bond defers to no one. Hers is a life of adventure in Detroit, the hub of the motorcar boom and the fastest growing city in America. But in an era of speakeasies, financial windfalls, free-spirited friends, and unexpected romance, it’s easy to spin out of control.

Now, as Melanie’s own world takes unexpected turns, her life and Violet’s life intersect. Generations apart, they’re coming into their own and questioning what modern womanhood―and happiness―really means.

💬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲?

AOTD: The whole state of North Dakota is pretty much getting hit with a blizzard today so I’ll be hibernating at home making comfort food.