The Forgotten Room

By: Karen White, Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig

Narrated by: Morgan Hallett, Susan Bennett

New York Times best-selling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a masterful collaboration - a rich, multigenerational novel of love and loss that spans half a century....

It's 1945: When the critically wounded Captain Cooper Ravenal is brought to a private hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side, young Dr. Kate Schuyler is drawn into a complex mystery that connects three generations of women in her family to a single extraordinary room in a Gilded Age mansion. Who is the woman in Captain Ravenel's portrait miniature who looks so much like Kate? And why is she wearing the ruby pendant handed down to Kate by her mother? In their pursuit of answers, they find themselves drawn into the turbulent stories of Gilded Age Olive Van Alen, driven from riches to rags, who hired out as a servant in the very house her father designed, and Jazz Age Lucy Young, who came from Brooklyn to Manhattan in pursuit of the father she had never known. But are Kate and Cooper ready for the secrets that will be revealed in the Forgotten Room?

The Forgotten Room, set in alternating time periods, is a sumptuous feast of a novel brought to vivid life by three brilliant storytellers.

©2016 Harley House Books, LLC; Beatriz Williams; and Lauren Willig (P)2016 Recorded Books

A sweet, romantic tale that is not a bodice ripper

I am not a romance novelist reader. Most do not appeal to me as the writing is too simplistic, the story too predictable and the characters too perfect. I like messy characters who are flawed and imperfect. I like stories that surprise or shock me. So, I did not know what to expect with this book but hoped that it would offer something different and it did. Although it is mostly a romance it is also a sweet glimpse into three historical settings and a bit of a mystery. It is a very easy read; flows well and leaves the reader content if not challenged or thinking. I liked it; I didn't love it.

Fantastic!

Wow! Fantastic narrators, & the story was so rich and captivating . Highly recommend listening.

Too much romance not enough story.

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This book had a great story idea but the author chose to make it a rather boring romance instead of a good historical mystery.

Did The Forgotten Room inspire you to do anything?

Nothing other than stop listening

Any additional comments?

This story could have been told in half the time but the authors went on and on with describing every romantic moment. I began fast forwarding through many parts of the book just to get on with it.

Loved it

This book combines art and history with current day and ancestral tales.
I always love paralleling stories in separated generations

Forgotten Room

Wonderful love story with all of the twists and turns of three generations of women and the challenge love can present