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"Delightful romantic mystery"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 25, 2003

After saying yes to Calder Hart's proposal of marriage, wealth society heiress Francesca Cahill disappears. When she returns, she meets up with Calder at a society function where he announces their engagement. Also at the party is New York City Police Commissioner Rick Bragg, the man Francesca loves Read more...

"Historical Cahill mystery series is compelling, intense and romantic."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted October 29, 2003

New York, 1902 - Francesca Cahill, heiress and dedicated reformer, baffles her family by refusing a conventional life and marriage. She prefers to wed the cynical Calder Hart and continue her career in criminal investigations. Calder respects her intelligence while others censure her actions, including her former love, Rick Bragg. Read more...

Summary

It is March of 1902, and Francesca Cahill-Fifth Avenue heiress, undaunted political activist and intrepid amateur sleuth-has just learned of a grave new danger haunting the streets of New York. A beautiful teenage girl named Emily O'Hare is missing and Francesca fears that the girl has been abducted. Only one person can help her learn the child's fate-but Police Commissioner Rick Bragg may not want to get involved because Francesca has just stunned Rick by accepting a proposal of marriage...from none other than his own rival.

Francesca still questions her decision to marry the powerful and notorious Calder Hart. But Rick Bragg is wed to another...and his dazzling wife has just returned after four years abroad to reclaim their marriage. Francesca remains torn between the two very different men-but she desperately tries to set aside the affairs of her heart when she discovers that Emily isn't the first girl to vanish in recent weeks. And when Francesca discovers a trail of deception and lies, when someone very close to her investigation is murdered, Francesca realizes that the evil force behind the girls' abductions may try to find a way to silence her too-if she dares to uncover the truth...