Clara Wilson found the eviction notice. Finding the courage to save her family is another matter.
She’s seventeen, yet waiting for someone else to act isn’t an option — not with her father lost to grief and drink, her sister counting on her, and the ghost of her mother’s voice still whispering, believe in yourself.
So when a newspaper ad announces a grand new hotel opening in 1927 Vancouver, Clara does the only thing she knows how to do — she shows up.
What she doesn’t expect is her sister showing up right behind her.
Inside the Hotel Hamilton’s rigorous training program, Clara isn’t just up against her own self-doubt. She’s up against a socialite who’s never wanted for anything — and who could walk away tomorrow and lose nothing but a distraction. For Clara, it isn’t about ambition. It’s about survival. A position at the hotel is the only way left to save her family from ruin and keep a promise to a mother she can no longer ask for guidance.
This book is for you if:
You love a working-class heroine fighting for her family inside a glamorous 1920s setting.
You want sisters who complicate each other’s lives as much as they save them.
You’re drawn to quiet, character-driven stories where courage looks like showing up, not saving the day.
Welcome to the Hamilton is the first book in the Hotel Hamilton Series — a women’s historical fiction series set against the gilded backdrop of 1920s Vancouver, where ordinary women quietly carry the weight of everything.
About Author Tanya E Williams
Tanya E. Williams writes women’s historical fiction for readers who know that courage rarely looks dramatic — most of the time, it just looks like showing up. Welcome to the Hamilton grew out of her fascination with the quiet weight ordinary women carried in the 1920s, long before anyone called it resilience. If you’re drawn to a heroine who isn’t chasing ambition so much as she’s protecting the people she loves, you’ll find a kindred storyteller in Tanya.
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