Selling hats at Marshall Field is a respectable way to pay the bills while Dot Rodgers struggles to get her less respectable singing career off the ground. Independent and feisty, she’s the life of the speakeasy. But the glitter and glamour can’t conceal her fears —she’s not worthy of the love of a good man. So why is Charlie hanging around?
Although Charlie Corrigan will always carry scars from the Great War, he’s finally ready to marry and start a family. But when he finds himself falling for a flamboyant flapper, he wonders if his scarred body and flat bank account can hold her interest. As his fortunes climb with the stock market, it seems he’s his luck in love has turned. But what happens when it all comes crashing down?

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Her first love was killed in the Great War. Or was he?

Marjorie Corrigan’s quiet, orderly life turns topsy-turvy when her high school sweetheart—presumed killed in the Great War—passes her in a Chicago train station. Where has he been all this time? Why hadn’t he come back to her? Suddenly her heart is full of doubts and her plans to marry another man in question.

Amid a whirlwind of trials and temptations, Marjorie must make a choice. Will the mystery man prove to be the cream in her coffee—the missing ingredient in her life? Will he provide the deep love her heart has been yearning for? Or will her “sweetheart” leave only bitterness behind?

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A speakeasy singer longs for a better life than the one she’s always known.
A department-store clerk finds that the robe of her dreams may cost more than she bargained for.
A young girl wrestles with the pangs of growing up as she reunites with an old friend.
In this book, you’ll find a delightful array of charming stories set in simpler times. From the grand department stores and smoky speakeasies of Prohibition-era Chicago to the pristine shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene, these winsome characters will capture your heart and sweep you back to the Jazz Age.