On Tour 07/07/26-08/29/26 “American Royalty” by Susan Price

Release Date: June 5, 2026

About The Book:

Augie van Meer believes he can dream a new life into reality.

It’s 1974, and the struggling actor empties his bank account to rent a carriage house in Newport, RI for the summer. His goal: to marry an heiress by Labor Day.

Armed with movie-star looks and a big dose of positive thinking, Augie stumbles through the manicured world of Gilded Age cottages, private clubs, and codes he can’t quite crack. But once Daphne Moorecourt, the temperamental daughter of one of Newport’s most prominent families, falls for him, Augie is on his way.

Augie fends off rivals, dodges questions about his past, and resists the overtures of a troubled beauty. He takes sailing lessons from Erin Reilly, the sharp-minded, feminist daughter of Irish immigrants who is preoccupied with unravelling a mystery in her own family.

A single sailing trip changes everything.

Against the backdrop of Newport’s transformation from a rundown port with a storied past to a bustling tourist town, Augie and his peers are forced to confront the cost of survival in a bubble of privilege, and to decide who really creates the American dream and who merely inherits a story.

About The Author:

Susan Price is a journalist, entrepreneur, and novelist who loves stories of reinvention. She covered personal finance, entrepreneurs, and change-making women for Forbes, BusinessWeek, Fortune and many others, and has run a content marketing business for 15 years. She is a graduate of Duke University and has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University. A long time New Yorker, she now lives in coastal Connecticut.

Social Media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susanpricewriter

Book Blurbs:

“Cue the Newport lockjaw…American Royalty is absolutely divine! Rarely have I read such an assured, well-plotted, laugh-out-loud first novel, filled with compelling characters who reveal their true selves in tune with the twisty events, and that offers deep insights and shrewd observations from the first page to the last. This is a great book club pick, or a novel to escape to over a weekend. Where has Susan Price been when I have needed her wit and wisdom? She is an author to watch.” Alice Elliott Dark, author of In the Gloaming and Fellowship Point

“American Royalty is an engaging novel peppered with memorable, laugh-out-loud moments. History buffs and children of the ’70s will recognize the astutely presented social landscape of the era. Price is a remarkable stylist who knows her craft.” Suzy Vitello, author of Griftopia

Bloggers On Tour:

July 7th- Sarahs Bookish Reviews https://instagram.com/sarahs.bookish.reviews

July 11th- Books and Coffee MX https://instagram.com/booksandcoffeemx

July 11th- Books Love And Understanding https://instagram.com/booksloveandunderstanding

July 13th- Reading Is My Remedy https://instagram.com/reading_is_my_remedy

July 19th -Plains Reading https://instagram.com/plains_reading

July 20th- Tammy Reads https://instagram.com/tammyreads62

July 24th- CMT Loves Wine and Books https://instagram.com/cmtloveswineandbooks

July 24th- Subakka Bookstuff https://instagram.com/subakka.bookstuff

July 29th- Marilyn Goncalves https://instagram.com/marilynjgon

Aug. 3rd- Love My Books 2020 https://instagram.com/lovemybooks2020

Aug. 4th- Rozier Reads and Wine https://instagram.com/rozierreadsandwine