by Karen White
First published 2016
Dr. Kate Schuyler treats wounded Captain Cooper Ravenal at a Manhattan hospital in 1945. Cooper carries a portrait miniature of a woman who looks exactly like Kate. The woman in the painting wears Kate's ruby pendant, the one her mother passed down to her. Kate and Cooper search for answers about the mysterious connection. Their investigation reveals the stories of two other women tied to the same room in a Gilded Age mansion. Olive Van Alen once lived in wealth but lost everything and worked as a servant in the house her own father had designed. Lucy Young traveled from Brooklyn to Manhattan during the Jazz Age, seeking the father she never knew. All three women's lives intersect in one extraordinary room. As Kate and Cooper dig deeper, they uncover family secrets that span three generations. The revelations will change how Kate understands her heritage and her place in a story much larger than she imagined.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Gilded Age Mansion
Period: 1945, Jazz Age
371 pages · Hardcover · Berkley