TLC Book Tours: Another Woman's Husband by Gill Paul

Title: Another Woman's Husband
Author: Gill Paul 
Format: ARC
Publisher: William Morrow
Publish Date: August 21, 2018 (Yesterday!)
Source: TLC Book Tours and HarperCollins

What's the Story?:

From Goodreads.com: "Divided by time. Bound by a secret...

1911: When fifteen-year-old Mary Kirk meets Wallis Warfield at summer camp, she’s immediately captivated by her fearless, brazen, and self-assured personality. And Wallis has a way with the boys who are drawn to her like moths to a flame. Though Mary’s family isn’t crazy about her new best friend, she steadfastly stands by her side—even years later when they’re adults and rumors swirl about Wallis and her reckless behavior with none other than the Prince of Wales. But when Mary’s loyalty to Wallis comes into question, their friendship will be put to the ultimate test.

1997: After a romantic proposal in Paris, Rachel and her fiancé Alex are in a cab when suddenly the car ahead crashes. They’re stunned to learn Princess Diana is in the car. By the wreckage, Alex finds a heart pendant with an engraved letter “J” and Roman numerals XVII and gives it to Rachel to hold. Haunted by the crash and Diana’s subsequent death, Rachel is intrigued when she discovers that Di had visited the last home of Wallis, the Duchess of Windsor, only hours before the accident. Eventually, the revelation of a long-forgotten link to Wallis Simpson leads Rachel to the truth behind a scandal that shook the world..."

My Two Cents:

I have to admit that I was a little torn on reading this book. I am fascinated by Wallis Simpson. Here's a woman who shook up the entire British monarchy and changed the course of its history. She is fascinating and I love reading about her, both in fiction and non-fiction. I also am fascinated by Princess Diana. I was just barely a teenager when she passed away but that day still stands out very much in my mind. It was the part of the book about Princess Diana that tore me on reading this book. Luckily, I gave it a go and found a very interesting story with lots of great detail that kept me reading. 

This book is split into two parts. There is the story of Wallis as seen through her childhood friend Mary, a woman who lives a relatively quiet life in comparison to all of Wallis's glitz, glamour, and jet-setting. In 1997, Rachel is a newly engaged woman who happens to be just behind Princess Diana's car when it crashes in that Parisian tunnel. Both parts of the book are so different but so exciting. I loved the historical detail of the parts with Wallis. I also loved all of the mysteries that surrounds the part of the book that takes place in 1997. As someone who followed Diana's life and her untimely death closely, the questions of what could've happened were especially intriguing to me. 

This is the first book that I have read by Gill Paul but the great execution of this book makes me want to read more by her. I really enjoyed both parts of the book and thought that the author did a good job of keeping both story lines moving and exciting. This was a good read!