{"product_id":"a-certain-age-a-novel-isbn-9780062404954","title":"A Certain Age: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eA Hundred Summers\u003c\/em\u003e brings the \u003cem\u003eRoaring Twenties\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly to life in this enchanting and compulsively readable tale of intrigue, romance, and scandal in New York Society, brimming with lush atmosphere, striking characters, and irresistible charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the freedom of the Jazz Age transforms New York City, the iridescent Mrs. Theresa Marshall of Fifth Avenue and Southampton, Long Island, has done the unthinkable: she’s fallen in love with her young paramour, Captain Octavian Rofrano, a handsome aviator and hero of the Great War. An intense and deeply honorable man, Octavian is devoted to the beautiful socialite of a certain age and wants to marry her. While times are changing and she does adore the Boy, divorce for a woman of Theresa’s wealth and social standing is out of the question, and there is no need; she has an understanding with Sylvo, her generous and well-respected philanderer husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut their relationship subtly shifts when her bachelor brother, Ox, decides to tie the knot with the sweet younger daughter of a newly wealthy inventor. Engaging a longstanding family tradition, Theresa enlists the Boy to act as her brother’s cavalier, presenting the family’s diamond rose ring to Ox’s intended, Miss Sophie Fortescue—and to check into the background of the little-known Fortescue family. When Octavian meets Sophie, he falls under the spell of the pretty ingénue, even as he uncovers a shocking family secret. As the love triangle of Theresa, Octavian, and Sophie progresses, it transforms into a saga of divided loyalties, dangerous revelations, and surprising twists that will lead to a shocking transgression . . . and eventually force Theresa to make a bittersweet choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of the glamour, wit and delicious twists that are the hallmarks of Beatriz Williams’ fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe bestselling author of a hundred summers brings the roaring twenties brilliantly to life in an enchanting and compulsively readable tale of intrigue, romance, and scandal in New York society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the hedonism of the Jazz Age transforms New York City, the iridescent Mrs. Theresa Marshall of Fifth Avenue and Southampton, Long Island, has done the unthinkable: she’s fallen in love with her young paramour, Captain Octavian Rofrano, an aviator and a hero of the Great War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the battle-scarred Octavian is devoted to his dazzling socialite of a certain age and wants to marry her, Theresa resists. The old world is crumbling, but divorce for a woman of Theresa’s wealth and social standing remains a high-stakes affair. And there is no need: she shares a gentle understanding with Sylvo, the well-bred philanderer to whom she’s already married.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is, until Theresa’s impecunious bachelor brother, Ox, decides to tie the knot with Miss Sophie Fortescue, the naïve young daughter of a wealthy inventor. Theresa enlists Octavian to check into the background of the reclusive Fortescue family. When Octavian meets Sophie, he falls under the spell of the charming ingénue, even as he uncovers a devastating family secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a fateful triangle forms, loyalties divide and old crimes are dragged into daylight, drawing Octavian into transgression . . . and Theresa into the jaws of a bittersweet choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of the glamour, wit, and delicious twists that are the hallmarks of Beatriz Williams’s fiction, \u003cem\u003eA Certain Age\u003c\/em\u003e is a beguiling reinterpretation of Richard Strauss’s comic opera \u003cem\u003eDer Rosenkavalier\u003c\/em\u003e set against the sweeping decadence of Gatsby’s New York.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An unforeseen love. A decades-old murder left unsolved. Once again Beatriz Williams spins a tantalizing tale of love and murder set against the gilt and glamour of the Roaring Twenties.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia Drews Cinnamon, Browseabout Books, Rehoboth Beach, DE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for A Hundred Summers: “Novels as masterfully done as \u003ci\u003eA Hundred Summers\u003c\/i\u003e come along only about that often.  Beatriz Williams delivers an intricately woven tale of friendship, betrayal, old families, and closely guarded secrets.  It is what every beach book should aspire to be - smart and engrossing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElin Hilderbrand, author of Beautiful Day on A HUNDRED SUMMERS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Hundred Summers\u003c\/i\u003e sparkles like the New England summer sun.  A brilliantly told tale of love lost and found, of friendship, and of family ties that strangle… Definitely a book for my keeper shelf.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren White, New York Times-bestselling author of Sea Change on A HUNDRED SUMMERS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Smart, delicious writing...Williams adds a signature touch of historic drama.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal on A HUNDRED SUMMERS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Summer of 1938: A scandalous love triangle and a famous hurricane converge in a New England beach community. 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Readers will love wallowing in the twists and turns of this irresistibly luxurious tale.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist on THE SECRET LIFE OF VIOLET GRANT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889198788837,"sku":"NP9780062404954","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062404954.jpg?v=1730230734","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-certain-age-a-novel-isbn-9780062404954","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}