In late 19th century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing women customers with his famous
motto:“Give the
lady what she wants.”
His legendary charm
also won the heart of socialite Delia Spencer, and led to an infamous love
affair.
The night of the Great Fire, as seventeen-year-old
Delia watched the flames rise and consume what had been the pioneer town of
Chicago, she couldn’t imagine how much her life, her city, and her whole world
was about to change. Nor would she have guessed that the agent of that
change would not simply be the fire, but more so the man she met that night…
Leading the way in rebuilding after the fire, Marshall Field reopens his well-known dry goods store and transforms it into something the world has never seen before: a glamorous palace of a department store. He and his powerhouse coterie— including Potter Palmer and George Pullman—usher in the age of robber barons, the American royalty of their generation.
But behind the opulence, their private lives are
riddled with scandal and heartbreak. Delia and Marshall first turn to each
other out of loneliness, but as their love deepens, they will stand together
despite disgrace and ostracism, through an age of devastation and opportunity,
when an adolescent Chicago was transformed into the Gleaming White City of the
Chicago’s World’s Fair of 1893.
Praise for Dollface
“Intoxicating....Fans
of Boardwalk Empire will love Dollface.”—New York
Times Bestselling Author Sara Gruen
“A lively, gutsy romp
of a novel that will keep you turning pages.”—Karen Abbott, New York
Times Bestselling Author of Sin in the Second City
1 comment:
Can't wait to read this. I love that cover, and the story is riveting!
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