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The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago. Now it's 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love—even where they’re not supposed to.

There is Olivia, the beautiful elder Davenport daughter, ready to do her duty by getting married . . . until she meets the charismatic civil rights leader Washington DeWight and sparks fly. The younger daughter, Helen, is more interested in fixing cars than falling in love—unless it’s with her sister’s suitor. Amy-Rose, the childhood friend turned maid to the Davenport sisters, dreams of opening her own business—and marrying the one man she could never be with, Olivia and Helen’s brother, John. But Olivia’s best friend, Ruby, also has her sights set on John Davenport, though she can’t seem to keep his interest . . . until family pressure has her scheming to win his heart, just as someone else wins hers.

Like the blazing Chicago sun, the drama is heating up for the Davenports and their social set. Before the summer of 1910 drops its last petal, the lives—and loves—of these four young women will change in ways they never could have imagined: Newly engaged Ruby Tremaine is eagerly planning her wedding to the love of her life when a nasty rumor threatens her reputation and her marriage. Olivia Davenporthas committed to the social justice cause and secretly hopes she’ll be reunited with dashing lawyer Washington DeWight—until her parents decide she’s to marry someone else. Amy-Rose Shepherd is making her lifelong wish of owning a salon come…

Чикаго, 1910 год. Дэйвенпорт — одна из самых успешных, состоятельных и влиятельных семей в городе. Неудивительно, что дети Дэйвенпортов становятся объектом пристального внимания со стороны противоположного пола. Красавица Оливия собирается выйти замуж. Точнее, собиралась, пока не встретила харизматичного и чертовски привлекательного Вашингтона ДеУайта, борца за права. Целеустремленную Хелен женихи нисколько не интересуют. Вместо походов по магазинам за платьями она предпочитает ремонтировать автомобили. Только вот ее строгий отец от этого занятия не в восторге. Старший брат и наследник Джон оказался втянутым в любовный треугольник.…