Name: The Keys to Gramercy Park
Author: Candice Sue Patterson

Categories: Book Reviews, Contemporary, Historical Fiction

Tags: 5 stars, Barbour, book review, Christian historical fiction, christian romance, Split time fiction

Author: Candice Sue Patterson

Genres: Christian Historical Fiction, Split Time

Series: Doors to the Past

Publisher: Barbour

Investigative historical journalist Andrea Andrews is tired of waiting tables to make ends meet. If she could find and write the next breakout story, she could secure a promotion with Smithsonian Magazine as their writer-at-large. But not much happens in lower Manhattan out of the ordinary until she discovers post-Civil War counterfeit bills hidden in the wall of her historic district apartment. Politics have always been Beau Davidson-Quincy’s passion, despite his family’s real estate empire.…

Past meets present in this gorgeous split time story set in New York City and written by Candice Sue Patterson.

Andrea is just an ordinary waitress, but Beau is on the fast track to a prestigious political career. They meet in the most unlikely of ways, and it doesn’t take long for Andrea to discover that Beau has a coveted key to Gramercy Park. Andrea knows that she is out of Beau’s league, but they need each other to solve a mystery involving his ancestors once Andrea stumbles upon some old counterfeit money in her apartment.

Once the history starts bleeding in with the present, we get to see Franklin and Edward’s story. They are two brothers as different as night and day. Franklin has just been discharged from the Army after the Civil War, with Edward being his twin brother and a very unlikeable villain. Edward’s hatred toward Franklin causes him to make so many bad decisions, believing that he will never be worthy in their father’s eyes so he might as well sabotage as much as he can.

This is the kind of story that you want all your friends to read because it just begs to be discussed! Just when I think that Edward will be “found out,” he slips by. Just when I think that Andrea and Beau will find a missing link to solve this mystery, another question comes up in its place. Agh!!!! THE STORY IS JUST SO GOOD!

While I have not yet read all of the books in the Doors to the Past series, The Keys to Gramercy Park is a beautiful conclusion and the cherry atop a delicious sundae! It is simply brimming with history, so much so that I had to spend some time with Google to see what Gramercy Park is all about in real life.

Candice is such a talented storyteller, and the mix of past and present here kept me up well past midnight! (Who needs sleep when there are so many great books to read, right?) I already know that The Keys to Gramercy Park will be part of my Top Ten Reads for 2023!

**Many thanks to the publisher for providing a copy for review.

**The Keys to Gramercy Park will be released May 1st, 2023.

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