Diana Palmer takes us back in time with this wonderful historical, set in Chicago in the early part of the twentieth century. You'll meet Tess Meredith the lovely suffragette and her long-time friend Matt Davis who is Sioux, but living the life of a white man in Chicago as head of a detective agency.

Their relationship really comes together when Tess' friend Nan's husband is murdered and Nan is sent to prison. Together the Tess and Matt work to uncover the real killer and in doing so they unleash their passion for each other.

This story really showed the hardships that women faced in early 1900's as well as the Indians, both were treated as second and third class citizens. It was impossible not to love Tess who fought strongly for what she believed in and for those she loved. You can feel Matt's frustrations when he tries to curb her enthusiasm and keep her from harms way. And you definitely will feel the suffering of Nan, the battered wife of Dennis Collier.

This was a wonderful story and definitely one for my keeper shelf.