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The Jewel Cage: The House of Closed Doors, #4
The Jewel Cage: The House of Closed Doors, #4
The Jewel Cage: The House of Closed Doors, #4
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Does love conquer all? Nell's not so sure.

 

Adjusting to wedlock isn't easy for a woman whose initial aversion to the married state took her to the Poor Farm. When a tragedy out of the blue prompts her to repay past debts, her charitable instincts threaten to wreck her happy new life. What does she really want—and what does she really need?

 

Attraction to an old friend shakes Tess's world. Can she change his indifference to love?

 

Martin struggles with demons from his own past as he oversees the rebuilding of the store and the creation of a new home. Will his ambitions hurt those he loves the most?

 

Young Sarah faces the antagonist who knows the secret that might ruin her future.

 

Join the beloved characters from the House of Closed Doors series as we bridge the years between Nell's story and Sarah's, interweaving stories of love and despair, darkness and light in the turbulent Chicago of the late 1870s.

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Release dateDec 14, 2020
ISBN9781913810078
The Jewel Cage: The House of Closed Doors, #4
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Jane Steen

Jane Steen has lived in three countries but is now back in her native England, living on the south east coast. She’s always had one foot in the past and loves to write fiction set in the nineteenth century, drawing on Victorian traditions of mystery, melodrama, and hauntings. She’s passionate about promoting quality indie publishing and great historical fiction, and writes feature articles for the Historical Novel Society, of which she’s an active member. She also participates in the work of the Alliance of Independent Authors and the 10-Minute Novelists, and was the originator of the Ethical Author Code and the 365K Challenge.

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