Thanks to Jessica Butler of Berkley/NAL, I am giving away one print copy of What the Lady Wants.
Book Description:
In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing women customers with his famous motto: “Give the lady what she wants.” His legendary charm also won the heart of socialite Delia Spencer and led to an infamous love affair.
The night of the Great Fire, as seventeen-year-old Delia watches the flames rise and consume what was the pioneer town of Chicago, she can’t imagine how much her life, her city, and her whole world are about to change. Nor can she guess that the agent of that change will not simply be the fire, but more so the man she meets that night.…
Leading the way in rebuilding after the fire, Marshall Field reopens his well-known dry goods store and transforms it into something the world has never seen before: a glamorous palace of a department store. He and his powerhouse coterie—including Potter Palmer and George Pullman—usher in the age of robber barons, the American royalty of their generation.
But behind the opulence, their private lives are riddled with scandal and heartbreak. Delia and Marshall first turn to each other out of loneliness, but as their love deepens, they will stand together despite disgrace and ostracism, through an age of devastation and opportunity, when an adolescent Chicago is transformed into the gleaming White City of the Chicago’s World’s Fair of 1893.
About Renee Rosen:
Renée Rosen is the author of ‘Dollface’ and the young adult novel, ‘Every Crooked Pot’. She lives in Chicago where she is at work on a new novel.
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Wonderful and special. Enjoyable and great. thanks.
A story about tycoon Marshall Field sounds fascinating. Thanks for the giveaway.
Interesting story, thanks.
I don’t know anything about the real Marshall Field, thanks for the chance to learn more.
My mother grew up in Chicago and has told me stories about that era and shopping at Marshall Field’s. I’d love to read this!
I’d read the book for the cover alone ;), and of course the story sounds captivating. Thanks, Teddy. Cheers, Kara S
What interests me is that it is a love story with scandal and heartbreak, the two things that make a great read. Thanks for having the giveaway.