The Shadow Palace

For unwed mother Nell Lillington, 1876 Chicago and her new wealth offer the promise of longed-for independence. She dreams of a place in society for her daughter Sarah and contentment for her friend Tess. Yet how can she settle in a town where she s far too likely to run into Martin Rutherford and his glittering, faithless wife, Lucetta? Can she resist her love for Martin for Sarah s sake?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 when Martin himself is arrested for murder, Nell s dreams appear to be swallowed up in the new web of secrets she constructs to help him. Secrets that threaten to alienate Tess, Sarah, and even Martin . . . The third book in the House of Closed Doors series will take you to a Chicago teeming with opportunistic new Americans, luxury-loving merchant princes and hard-hearted denizens of the underworld.