Keep My Candle Bright: A Gilded Age Romance

In the opulence and turmoil of Gilded Age Manhattan, the young and ambitious Helen Riddell dreams of being a journalist. When she slips out of her domineering father's house to document conditions in Five Points---the city's most notorious slum---she meets Rafe “Mack” Macleod, a Scottish immigrant and sex worker who captures her heart. From riotous turn-of-the-century New York to the light and art of Belle Epoch Paris, Rafe and Helen must test their powerful connection against uncompromising class divisions, sexist institutions, and vindictive exes bent on avenging unrequited debts.