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auntykatkat · 06-09-2013, 08:15 AM

Ok, I have vowed to stop myself. This morning I went on a spending spree. I plan on shaming myself when I list my purchases. I blame the sales and my happiness at the job. But, I found a deal... A Race to Splendor by Ciji Ware for 2.99 I had to get it after reading the blurb on the page, it making me want to find out right now! I have read different books of Ciji's before and love her attention to detail and the rich historical elements in her tales. So, as one of the "enablers" of this thread, here is the blurb.

"Blindly, she inched along a floor pitching as violently as the deck of a boat in a midwinter storm. Her hands touched the threshold opening onto the ninth floor foyer at the instant the glass transom over her head exploded into a thousand pieces. Reflexively, Amelia cast her right arm in front of her face, but not before blood spurted from her scalp and ran down her checks. She crumpled beneath the doorframe, curling into a ball. Amelia screamed again as a twenty-five-foot expanse of wood paneling and masonry pitched outward and plunged nine stories to Montgomery Street below. She knew that no structure on landfill, no matter how well built, could withstand much more shaking without collapsing.

Then, just as suddenly, the convulsions subsided."

Early in 1906, the ground in San Francisco shook buildings and lives from their comfortable foundations.

Amidst rubble, corruption, and deceit, two women-young architects in a city and field ruled by men-find themselves racing the clock and each other during the rebuilding of competing hotels in the City by the Bay.

Based on meticulous research, A Race to Splendor tells the story of the audacious people of one of the world's great cities rebuilding and reinventing themselves after immense human tragedy. Filled with courage, passion, and conflict, Amelia Bradshaw's spirit will capture your imagination as she strives to redraft her life amidst the ruins with both help and hindrance from a wayward son of privilege who pulls her into worlds she'd never have known.

Oh, forgot the amazon link. Above link to B&N. Talk about a cliff-hanger huh?

06-09-2013, 08:15 AM	#321
auntykatkat Evangelist Posts: 439 Karma: 2218026 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oklahoma Device: Nook/Nook Color	Ok, I have vowed to stop myself. This morning I went on a spending spree. I plan on shaming myself when I list my purchases. I blame the sales and my happiness at the job. But, I found a deal... A Race to Splendor by Ciji Ware for 2.99 I had to get it after reading the blurb on the page, it making me want to find out right now! I have read different books of Ciji's before and love her attention to detail and the rich historical elements in her tales. So, as one of the "enablers" of this thread, here is the blurb. "Blindly, she inched along a floor pitching as violently as the deck of a boat in a midwinter storm. Her hands touched the threshold opening onto the ninth floor foyer at the instant the glass transom over her head exploded into a thousand pieces. Reflexively, Amelia cast her right arm in front of her face, but not before blood spurted from her scalp and ran down her checks. She crumpled beneath the doorframe, curling into a ball. Amelia screamed again as a twenty-five-foot expanse of wood paneling and masonry pitched outward and plunged nine stories to Montgomery Street below. She knew that no structure on landfill, no matter how well built, could withstand much more shaking without collapsing. Then, just as suddenly, the convulsions subsided." Early in 1906, the ground in San Francisco shook buildings and lives from their comfortable foundations. Amidst rubble, corruption, and deceit, two women-young architects in a city and field ruled by men-find themselves racing the clock and each other during the rebuilding of competing hotels in the City by the Bay. Based on meticulous research, A Race to Splendor tells the story of the audacious people of one of the world's great cities rebuilding and reinventing themselves after immense human tragedy. Filled with courage, passion, and conflict, Amelia Bradshaw's spirit will capture your imagination as she strives to redraft her life amidst the ruins with both help and hindrance from a wayward son of privilege who pulls her into worlds she'd never have known. Oh, forgot the amazon link. Above link to B&N. Talk about a cliff-hanger huh? Last edited by auntykatkat; 06-09-2013 at 08:19 AM.