Julie Beard, The Maiden’s Heart.
In medieval England, religious woman forced to marry a knight to save her father’s estate hopes for a chaste marriage, but her husband has other plans. Northwestern grad.

Elizabeth Bevarly, How to Trap a Tycoon.
A sociology professor at a small college in Oak Brook writes a guide on how to marry a millionaire
and finds herself falling for one of her research subjects.

Jasmine Cresswell, The Inheritance.
A woman who tried to escape her family’s criminal network by starting her own life in Chicago is
drawn back into their world when her dying father leaves her a disk containing information about his weapons deals.

Barbara Delinsky, Variation on a Theme.
A private eye falls in love with a beautiful flautist when he goes to Chicago to warn her about her
father’s poor health.

Patricia Gaffney, Wild at Heart.
In the late 19th century, an anthropologist brings a wild man he discovered in the Canadian forests home to his estate on the shores of Lake Michigan where he lives with his daughter.

Vanessa Gray, The Lonely Earl.
A lord retires to his country home after a disastrous marriage, while at the same time a neighbor lady returns from an unsuccessful Season. Oak Park author.

Dee Henderson, The Negotiator.
An FBI agent is attracted to a hostage negotiator in Chicago, but issues of work and faith threaten to keep them apart. Chicago area author.

Samantha Holder, Miss Rowland’s Resolve.
A lady seeking her missing brother flees her mean relatives & takes a job at Hookham's, then meets a man who fled to the U.S. years ago when a lady jilted him for his brother. Sequels are Scandal in Bath and Temporary Wife. Northbrook author!

Kate Huntington, The Captain’s Courtship.
To save her family from the poorhouse, a lady sets her sights on a wealthy husband and ignores a captain who is using her for his own ends. Chicago area author.

Janet Kendall, Hunter of My Heart.
A Scottish earl marries a bedraggled seamstress in order to stop her from exposing a shameful family secret. Chicago author.

Mary Alice Kruesi, Second Star to the Right.
A single mom and her two children relocate to London and meet a professor who helps them learn to believe in magic. Also try her books as Mary Alice Monroe. Chicago native.

Jill Marie Landis, Blue Moon.
A runaway is rescued from a southern Illinois swamp by a reclusive man with a scarred face.

Lynn Leslie, The Other Amanda.
A Chicago woman awakens with amnesia and tries to unlock the secrets of her past with the help of a doctor. Chicago area authors.

Cathie Linz, The Rancher Gets Hitched.
A woman with an MBA makes poor work of a job as a housekeeper on a Colorado ranch, but the
rancher doesn’t seem to mind. Chicago area librarian.

Judith McNaught, Paradise.
A Chicago department store heiress has focused on her career since the bad boy she loved as a
teenager walked out of her life, but now he has made a success of himself and returned.

Judith Michael, Deceptions.
A jetsetting woman who wants to settle down switches places with her twin, who is bored with her
marriage to a university professor in a Chicago suburb. Chicago area authors.

Kayla Perrin, Everlasting Love.
A Chicago woman whose marriage was torn apart after the death of her stepson is reunited with her husband when a car accident nearly claims her life.

Susan E. Phillips, It Had to be You.
A woman who inherits her father’s Chicago football team is determined to succeed despite her
ignorance of the game and the reservations of the head coach. Chicago area author.

Susan Wiggs, The Firebrand.
A woman who runs a bookstore catering to suffragettes and free thinkers learns that the child she
saved during the Great Chicago Fire is the daughter of a conservative banker.