Katharine Lauderdale Volume 1

In the glittering parlors of 1890s New York, Katharine Lauderdale is trapped by the very wealth that should set her free. Her father's legendary miserliness has already destroyed one daughter's happiness, and now Katharine watches her own future crumble as he refuses to sanction her marriage to Jack Ralston, her cousin and lifelong sweetheart. While society smiles and dances at opulent balls, Katharine maneuvers through a world where her father's gold matters more than her heart's desire. Enter Uncle Robert, the wealthy rogue who may hold the key to the young lovers' fate, or may have designs of his own. F. Marion Crawford weaves a delicious tale of constraint and desire, where every dance card conceals a negotiation and every marriage proposal carries the weight of generational wealth. This is Gilded Age New York at its most seductive: beautiful, brutal, and utterly intoxicating.