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During the Great Fire of 1871, sixteen‑year‑old Delia Spencer witnesses the destruction of her hometown and the beginning of a dramatic shift in Chicago’s social and economic landscape. She becomes drawn to the city’s charismatic retail magnate, Marshall Field, whose famous motto, "Give the lady what she wants," is as much a business strategy as a personal promise. Their budding romance develops against the backdrop of Field’s grand rebuilding of his dry‑goods store and the broader industrial boom led by figures such as Potter Palmer and George Pullman. Through scandal, heartbreak, and the transformative energy of the 1893 World’s Fair, Delia and Marshall confront the ethical complexities of capitalism while striving for personal fulfillment in a rapidly modernizing society.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Renée Rosen
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