First published 2024
Ruby Tremaine should be planning her dream wedding, but a vicious rumor threatens to destroy her engagement and her reputation. Her world shifts when whispers spread through Chicago's elite Black society in the summer of 1910. Meanwhile, Olivia Davenport throws herself into social justice work while secretly longing for lawyer Washington DeWight, only to discover her parents have arranged a different marriage. Amy-Rose Shepherd finally opens her own salon, fulfilling a lifelong dream, until circumstances force her back to Freeport Manor and into the orbit of John Davenport, the man she never stopped loving. Helen Davenport channels her heartbreak into modernizing the family carriage business, even if it means partnering with a reckless racecar driver who challenges her at every turn. As Chicago blazes with summer heat, these four women must choose between the security of tradition and the uncertainty of following their hearts.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, african-american-historical-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Chicago, Freeport Manor
Period: 1910
384 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books Ltd