Chloe Lorraine Kimball is born at the estate of Ivy Manor in the wee hours of the twentieth century. Growing up, she is the apple of her grandmother’s eye. Becoming a young woman, and having a home filled with everything a young girl could desire, she still lacks the one thing she wants above all else: unconditional love from her parents.

And so, with the help of friends, one of whom cares for Chloe more than she’s prepared to acknowledge, Chloe strikes out on her own. Escaping into New York City’s bohemian world of the Roaring Twenties, she begins to live on her own terms, determined to stand apart form her family. She embraces marriage and a career. But nothing, not even motherhood, brings her what she longs for.

As her world comes crashing down amid the opening months of the Depression, Chloe must realize that whether or not she’s capable of giving and receiving love is something entirely up to her. Will she find happiness on her own terms?

Award-winning author Lyn Cote delivers the first story in her moving Women of Ivy Manor series about four generations of women, set against the sprawling tapestry of the twentieth century.

LYN COTE (pronounced “co-tee”) is the award-winning author of historical novels. She was born in Texas, grew up in Illinois on the shores of Lake Michigan, and raised two children in Iowa. She now lives in northern Wisconsin with her husband and two cats.