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IN A CITY BUILT ON BLOOD,

THE MOST DANGEROUS SECRETS ARE KEPT AT HOME.

 

Fiona Cummings has spent a lifetime clawing her way from the scullery to the limestone mansions of Prairie Avenue. Alongside her husband, Edward, she stands at the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, shielded by wealth and the thrumming power of the Union Stockyards. But in a city built on slaughter, safety is a fragile illusion, and the higher one climbs, the harder the wind blows.

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Fiona hoped her future would be secured. She was wrong.

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When Oliver Dubois arrives in Chicago, he brings with him a charm that masks a terrifying ambition. Driven by envy and a twisted obsession, he orchestrates a masterstroke of cruelty that shatters Fiona’s world. To the outside world, Oliver is the savior of the Cummings estate. To Fiona, he is a monster. From the shadows of her parlor, unseen and underestimated, Fiona begins a silent war. As Oliver basks in the limelight of high society, he fails to notice the quiet shifting of the pieces on the board. He thinks the house belongs to him. He has no idea that the walls have eyes, and the wind is rising on Prairie Avenue.