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I wrote my first “book” when I was seven. Lorena Lorenson, Student Nurse was possibly a bit derivative (I was deeply into Cherry Ames at the time), but I was hooked. I’ve been writing ever since, although I took a few detours along the way, working for the CIA, on Wall Street, and in academia before finally allowing myself to write full-time. I’m a native New Yorker, mother of four, and grandmother to three baby girls (boy #1 is on the way!). I’m an obsessive reader with two fully-loaded Kindles and have published widely on international finance, but much prefer to write books that my friends and I would devour on the beach. My husband and I are ruled by two hideously spoiled Siamese cats, and divide our time between Brookline, MA and my tr ...more

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	The Spy’s Wife 3.92 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Long-Lost Jules 3.96 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Carnival on Wall Street: Global Financial Markets in the 1990s by Jane Elizabeth Hughes (Goodreads Author), Scott B. MacDonald 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Monday 18 April, Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court is the palace most closely associated with Henry VIII, where he lived with all his wives at various times, and where the future Elizabeth I lay close to death for three long days, suffering from smallpox. It is where he married Katherine Parr, his sixth wife (the one who survived), the Queen who figures prominently in Hey, Jules.

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The Taming of the Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12)

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