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Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin Release Day: May 21, 2019 Thanks to NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine and Delacorte Press for an advance digital review copy.

I have my own private book island.

A mermaid and her pet dolphin deliver

 the latest in fascinating reads. 

I bask on the beach, sip sparkling water and savor the stories. 

Here’s my latest review. 

I write it on a postcard, and the mermaid mails it for me.

Coco Chanel lived there, Princess Diana spent her last night there and Ernest Hemingway led its liberation from the Nazis – the Ritz Hotel in…..