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In the quiet charm of a modest street, Joe Drummond waits beneath the moonlight for Sidney Page, a young woman whose heart he longs to win. But Sidney is not content to simply be won. She dreams of purpose beyond the narrow expectations laid before women in 1915: she wants to be a nurse, to have a life that belongs to her. When a new roomer named K. Le Moyne arrives on the street, everything shifts. K. is different from anyone Sidney has known, and as their connection deepens, Sidney begins to forge an identity that is entirely her own while still grappling with the weight of Joe's unwavering affection and her own doubts about what love and independence truly mean. Rinehart, the master of mystery who could also write devastating romance, gives us a story about the most dangerous thing of all: a young woman deciding who she wants to become. This is a novel about the ache of growing up, the tenderness of first love, and the courage it takes to choose yourself.