<p>CONFLICTING DESIRES AND A DANGEROUS CITY</p><p><br></p><p>Chicago, 1876: Martin was doubtless joking when he told Nell that if she got herself mixed up with a murderer for the third time, he'd disown her. But</p><p>when Martin himself is arrested for murder, Nell's dreams of a new life appear to be swallowed up in the web of secrets she constructs to help him.</p><p><br></p><p>Secrets that threaten to alienate everyone Nell holds dear.</p><p><br></p><p>As Nell steps out into a new world of possibilities, she is assailed by the conflicting desires of loved ones who have had their own lives upended. Can she find her role in Chicago's commercial kingdom-and stay out of danger?</p>