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       Praise for the novels of Susan Wiggs

      “Susan Wiggs paints the details of

      human relationships with the finesse of a master.”

      —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author

      “Wiggs provides a delicious story for us to savor.”

      —Oakland Press on The Mistress

      “Susan Wiggs delves deeply into her characters’

      hearts and motivations to touch our own.”

      —RT Book Reviews on The Mistress

      “Once more, Ms. Wiggs demonstrates her ability

      to bring readers a story to savor that has them

      impatiently awaiting each new novel.”

      —RT Book Reviews on The Hostage

      “A quiet page-turner that will hold readers

      spellbound as the relationships, characters

      and story unfold. Fans of historical romances

      will naturally flock to this skillfully executed trilogy,

      and general women’s fiction readers should

      find this story enchanting as well.”

      —Publishers Weekly on The Firebrand

      “Wiggs is one of our best observers

      of stories of the heart. Maybe that is because

      she knows how to capture emotion on

      virtually every page of every book.”

      —Salem Statesman-Journal

      “Susan Wiggs writes with bright assurance,

      humor and compassion.”

      —Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author

      The Mistress

      The Chicago Fire Trilogy

      Susan Wiggs

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      To my third-grade teacher, Mrs. Marge Green,

      who taught me cursive writing

      and told me the story of Mrs. O’Leary’s cow.

      Acknowledgments

      Thanks to Joyce, Betty and Barb, for favors too numerous to count; to friends near and far, including Jamie for brainstorming a trading scam, and Jodi for therapeutic e-mail conversations; thanks to Jill for the Bunco book, and to the wonderful Martha Keenan, who always edits above and beyond the call of duty.

      Special thanks to the Chicago Historical Society, one of the richest resources ever to make itself available to a writer.

      Also by Susan Wiggs

       Contemporary Romances

      HOME BEFORE DARK

      THE OCEAN BETWEEN US

      SUMMER BY THE SEA

      TABLE FOR FIVE

      LAKESIDE COTTAGE

      JUST BREATHE

       The Lakeshore Chronicles

      SUMMER AT WILLOW LAKE

      THE WINTER LODGE

      DOCKSIDE

      SNOWFALL AT WILLOW LAKE

      FIRESIDE

      LAKESHORE CHRISTMAS

      THE SUMMER HIDEAWAY

       Historical Romances

      THE LIGHTKEEPER

      THE DRIFTER

       The Tudor Rose Trilogy

      AT THE KING’S COMMAND

      THE MAIDEN’S HAND

      AT THE QUEEN’S SUMMONS

       Chicago Fire Trilogy

      THE HOSTAGE

      THE MISTRESS

      THE FIREBRAND

       Calhoun Chronicles

      THE CHARM SCHOOL

      THE HORSEMASTER’S DAUGHTER

      HALFWAY TO HEAVEN

      ENCHANTED AFTERNOON

      A SUMMER AFFAIR

      One dark night,—

      when people were in bed,

      Old Mrs. Leary lit a lantern in her shed;

      The cow kicked it over, winked its eye and

      said”There’ll be a hot time

      in the old town tonight.”

      ~Anon.,

      quoted in the Chicago Evening Post

       The Contact

      What is the chief end of man?

      —to get rich.

      In what way?

      —dishonestly if we can;

      honestly if we must.

      Mark Twain, 1871

      The Setup

      It was beautiful and simple

      as all truly great swindles are.

      ~O. Henry

      Annual income twenty pounds,

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