"Will steal your heartWith her customary high-quality plotting,
Lyn Cote has brought to life [a] long overlooked period of United States history.
Appealing characterizations exemplify the pathos, despair, and courage of
post-WWI America."Irene Brand, award-winning author of Where Morning
Dawns and The Hills are Calling.

"A romance of epic proportions, absorbing and satisfying. Cote has written a winner.
You will remember this heroine long after the final page is turned."Deborah Bedford,
author of A Morning Like This and If I Had You


Chloe Lorraine Kimball is born at the estate of Ivy Manor in the wee hours of
the twentieth century. Becoming a young woman, and having a home filled with everything
a young girl could desire, she still lacks the one thing she wants above all else: unconditional
love from her parents. With the help of friends, Chloe strikes out on her own, determined to
stand apart from her family. She embraces marriage and a career, but not even motherhood
brings her what she longs for. Her world comes crashing down amid the opening months of the
Depression and Chloe must realize that whether or not she's capable of giving and receiving love
is entirely up to her. Will she find happiness on her own terms?

Chloe is the first story in the Women of Ivy Manor series about four generations of women,
set against the sprawling tapestry of the twentieth century.

Lyn Cote (pronounced "co-tee") is the award-winning author of historical novels including Echoes of Mercy and Lost in His Love. She was born in Texas, grew up in Illinois on the shores of Lake Michigan, and raised two children in Iowa. A full-time writer, she now lives in northern Wisconsin with her husband and two cats.

Marguerite Gavin grew up on the Chesapeake Bay. She holds an M.F.A. in acting and a B.F.A. in theater. An actress working in theater and audiobook narration, she is also artistic director of a youth theater program. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her husband and son.