{"title":"Diana Biller","description":"DIANA BILLER is the author of The Widow of Rose House, The Brightest Star in Paris, and Hotel of Secrets. When she isn't writing, she enjoys snuggling her animals, taking \"research\" trips abroad, and attending ballet class. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles.","products":[{"product_id":"hotel-of-secrets-paperback","title":"Hotel of Secrets - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] perfect jewel-box world set in 19th-century Vienna.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eUniquely charming! With her delightful characters, Biller builds an irresistible world inside a Viennese Victorian-era hotel that is equal parts screwball comedy, epic love story, and thrilling mystery. An utterly captivating novel about the power of fate.\" - Joanna Shupe, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of The Fifth Avenue Rebels series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiana Biller's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHotel of Secrets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is chock full of banter-filled shenanigans, must-have-you kisses, and romance certain to light a fire in the hearts of readers everywhere.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuring ball season, anything can happen--even love.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEli 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! 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Readers will get swept away by the combination of nail-biting intrigue and whole-hearted passion.\" - Rosie Danan, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Roommate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104032461023,"sku":"9781250809452","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Wm1aqz0VQb9781250809452.webp?v=1781099898"},{"product_id":"the-widow-of-rose-house-paperback","title":"The Widow of Rose House - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Widow of Rose House \u003c\/i\u003eis close to perfection and any lover of historical romance will adore this debut.\" - \u003ci\u003eSmart Bitches Trashy Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1875, and Alva Webster is ready for a fresh start. 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