Rags to Rubies

[close] Grace Hathaway, rare jewelry appraiser, is getting along just fine until she is followed home by a shadowy stranger. Afraid for her life, Grace does the unthinkable for a young single woman and seeks refuge with a bachelor, the mysterious and wealthy, entrepreneur Jared Dunstan de Ware, III. Fortunately, he is home; unfortunately he is as handsome as he is wealthy and Grace has no intention of going down that road again.

Left on the doorstep of Angel Guardian Orphanage at age three, Jared's heart has been guarded by walls of stone. As Jared tries to unravel the web of intrigue surrounding Grace without getting tangled in its sticky threads, he discovers he's not as immune to the wiles of a beautiful woman as he'd thought.

What follows that initial encounter is a passionate escapade from Chicago's ethnic neighborhoods to the jazz and glitz of New York City's affluent ballrooms. Will two headstrong people brought together by a desire for the truth pay the price for digging up the secrets of th