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Diana Biller's Hotel of Secrets is chock full of banter-filled shenanigans, must-have-you kisses, and romance certain to light a fire in the hearts of readers everywhere. During ball season, anything can happen— even love. It’s ball season in Vienna, and Maria Wallner only wants one thing: to restore her family’s hotel, the Hotel Wallner, to its former glory. She’s not going to let anything get in her way - not her parents’ three-decade-long affair; not seemingly-random attacks by masked assassins; and especially not the broad-shouldered American foreign agent who’s saved her life two times already. No matter how luscious his mouth is. Eli Whittaker also only wants one thing: to find out who is selling American secret codes across Europe, arrest them, and go home to his sensible life in Washington, DC. He has one lead - a letter the culprit sent from a Viennese hotel. But when he arrives in Vienna, he is immediately swept up into a chaotic whirlwind of balls, spies, waltzes, and beautiful hotelkeepers who seem to constantly find themselves in danger. He disapproves of all of it! But his disapproval is tested as he slowly falls deeper into the chaos - and as his attraction to said hotelkeeper grows. "A beautifully researched and emotionally complex experience, Hotel of Secrets is an opulent slice of Viennese tradition as rich as a torte and as layered as a complicated line of Strauss. With intrigue and danger that nips on the heels of its luscious waltz, Biller’s lush and atmospheric escape is dolloped with romance and the deep, complicated and sigh-worthy characters that always shoot her to the top of my auto-buy list." - Rachel McMillan, author of The Mozart Code
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I just finished Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller and here is what I thought..
Maria Wallner is on a path to do one thing... to restore the Hotel Wallner to its glory days. Nothing will stand in her way, nothing.
Definitely not the broad-shouldered American foreign agent who has saved her life... twice.. not matter how beautiful he is.
Eli Whittaker isn't looking for anything but to arrest the person selling American secrets. His only lead... the hotel.. yet he can't seem to help himself around the damsel in distress hotel owner and it is getting in his way...
This book is super cute! It was well written and I loved the two main characters. I am always looking for a solid historical fiction with quirky relatable characters so this one fits me like a glove. Love the mystery and intrigue throughout the book and the ending was fabulous!!!
The book checked all the boxes for me and was wonderfully entertaining
4.5 stars thank you @stmartinspress for my review copy!
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