From the bestselling author of It Happened at the Fair comes a historical love story about a lady doctor and a Texas Ranger who meet at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
Saddled with a man’s name, the captivating Billy Jack Tate makes no apologies for taking on a man’s profession. As a doctor at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, she is one step closer to having her very own medical practice — until … very own medical practice — until Hunter Scott asks her to give it all up to become his wife.
Hunter is one of the elite. A Texas Ranger and World’s Fair guard specifically chosen for his height, physique, character, and skill. Hailed as the toughest man west of any place east, he has no patience for big cities and women who think they belong anywhere but home…
Despite their difference of opinion on the role of women, Hunter and Billy find a growing attraction between them — until Hunter discovers an abandoned baby in the corner of a White City exhibit. He and Billy team up to make sure this foundling isn’t left in the slums of Chicago with only the flea-riddled, garbage-infested streets for a playground. As they fight for the underprivileged children in the Nineteenth Ward, an entire Playground Movement is birthed. But when the Fair comes to an end, one of them will have to give up their dream.
Will Billy exchange her doctor’s shingle for the domesticated role of a southern wife, or will Hunter abandon the wide open spaces of home for a life in the “gray city,” a woman who insists on being the wage earner, and a group of ragamuffins who need more than a playground for breathing space?
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She does romance right!
I was captivated by the idea of a book set against the backdrop of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, but it was just bonus when I discovered the protagonists were a lady doctor and a Texas Ranger. This is one humdinger in its length and its scope. The story felt long, but for the life of me I can’t imagine cutting one part out to shorten it because …
Clean..good plot.
Deanna Gist is a great and humorous writer. I love historical fiction and she never disappoints.
The female character is too manly.
I love this author. Lanyon’s prose, characterization, and timing in the unfolding of story are, in this book and series as in other works, superb. I struggled with the ‘gay conservative’ trope, and in an earlier book in this series, moments where these veteran LEOs *seem* to buy into racial profiling. I was hoping to find that they’d grown to …
GREAT NEW SERIES! Narration was clear and compelling. This is love. The ups and downs, the trust and suspicions, the family of it all. My husband gave me the look when he noticed the main characters are gay. Then he asked me to turn the volume back up. The mystery is that compelling and the characters are that loving/carefull with each other’s …
Returning to Elliot and Tucker is always an emotional roller coaster for me. They are my absolute favorite couple and team of all of Josh’s books, and that includes my adoration for Adrien and Jake and Sam and Jason. Their relationship is raw, intense, and so very human. They both have hang-ups and weaknesses and combined strengths that paint them …