Jane Cable

Jane Cable is waiting outside her father's Chicago office when she meets Graydon Bansemer, and the sparks fly immediately. She's the daughter of David Cable, a railroad man who climbed from humble beginnings to considerable wealth. He's charming, quick-witted, and utterly captivated by her. Their encounter is all light banter and charged glances, each testing the other while the city hums beyond them. But Jane Cable isn't just a pretty face waiting for love to arrive. She's inherited her father's ambition and knows exactly what she wants from life. Set against the marble facades and steam-heated offices of turn-of-the-century Chicago, this is a story about the collision between old money and new, between what society expects and what the heart demands. McCutcheon, who secretly hated being called a romantic, wrote this as the fifth bestselling novel in America in 1906. The book pulses with the energy of a city remaking itself and the people determined to shape their own futures.