The Firebrand

By Susan Wiggs

Chicago is burning and Lucy Hathaway is running for her life. As she rushes past a fine hotel engulfed in flames, a wrapped bundle tumbles from a window into her arms. Seconds later the building crumbles – and Lucy is astonished to discover the swaddled blanket contains a baby.

Five years later Lucy walks into Rand Higgins's bank and knows: the orphan she rescued that day actually belongs to this ruthless financier. Now, to keep the child she's come to love, she'll have to give up her hard-won freedom and become his wife.

But giving Rand her heart? That, she could never have expected…

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Oct 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9781408905081

Susan Wiggs

Susan Wiggs's life is all about family, friends, and fiction. She lives on an island in Puget Sound, and commutes to her writers' group in a motorboat. She is an international bestselling author, and her books have appeared in the #1 spot on the NYT bestseller list. The Apple Orchard has been made into a film, with others in production. Susan loves hiking, skiing, and surfing, but her favorite sport is reading a book.

Reviews for The Firebrand

[mmoj_2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lucy Hathaway is a forward, thinking debutante who doesn't believe she will marry because she is too opinionated and not even close to beautiful. She meets Rand Higgins on a fateful night that changes both their lives.

I enjoyed this story about the Women's Rights Movement the Great Chicago Fire. The romance was good and the history was presented in such away that it was a part of the story rather than taking over it as something detached which interrupts the story.

[lindahallmann · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lucy is running from the geart fire and as she passed a hotel window a bundle drops into her arms. This will chamger her life forever when she discovers that it comtains a baby. After searching for the parents Lucy adopts the child and raises it as her won. Five years later the father comes into her life and Lucy fights to keep the child she has come to love.