Publisher's Synopsis
The Worlds Fair isnearing its end, but the danger in Chicago lingers.Its mid-September of 1893, and Eloisa Carstairs is thereigning beauty of Gilded Age Chicago society. To outsiders she appears to haveit all. But Eloisa is living with a dark secret. Several months ago, sheendured a horrible assault at the hands of Douglass Sloane, heir to one ofChicagos wealthiest families. Fearing the loss of her reputation, Eloisa has confidedin only one friend. That is, until she meets Detective Sean Ryan at ahigh-society ball.Sean is on the outskirts of the wealthy Chicago lifestyle.Born into a poor Irish family, becoming a policeman was his best opportunity toensure his future security. Despite societys restrictions, he is enamored withEloisa Carstairs. Sean seethes inside at what he knows happened to her, and hewill do anything to keep her safeeven if he can never earn her affections.Eloisa longs to feel normal again in the midst of the dangersurrounding the Chicago Worlds Fair, but a killer is on the loose. In the lastmonth, three debutants have been accosted in the city by an assailant wieldinga stiletto. As the danger in the city increases, and as Eloisa and Seansromance blossoms, they both realize they want to be seen as more than how theworld views them. But will they catch the killer before all their hopes cometumbling down?
