It’s 1902 in New York City and Francesca, a 20-year-old bluestocking, openly works for reform while secretly attending Brainard College.  She is the youngest of three and still lives at home with her parents in what is called the Marble Palace because of its opulence.  Francesca is determined to get a journalism degree and become the first woman reporter for a major New York newspaper and her mother is just as determined to see her marry well.  Francesca is beautiful and wealthy and suitors have never been a problem, but she is known to be different from other girls her age, so her best friends are her sister Connie and her brother Evan.

If you like turn of the century New York, wealthy and powerful men and beautiful and smart women you should give it a try.  The mysteries are good and the romance is hot. If you are sensitive to the way alpha males treat the women they love then this may not be the series for you.  It’s a favorite series of mine and they really need to be read in order.

The series, each book linked to my thoughts.

#1 Deadly Love

#2 Deadly Pleasure

#3 Deadly Affairs

#4 Deadly Desire

#5 Deadly Caress

#6 Deadly Promise

#7 Deadly Illusions

#8 Deadly Kisses

#9 Deadly Vows

This series is on my Top 100 Series list.