by Lucius Parheleon

Five years ago, Catherine Hughes was a high-class Broadway chorus girl, intent on making her own way while evading the clutches of the stage door Johnnies. Five years ago, Mabel Helen Waldrope Williams was the youngest and richest of maverick millionaires, busy seeking revenge against Manhattan 's Robber Barons. But all this was before Cat found a job with Mrs. Williams, and both of them discovered that there were goals more fascinating than an interesting job or a well-considered vengeance.

Cat knows the sophisticated ways of gay New York but not how to play this new game of hearts and diamonds. Mrs. Williams earned her title as the Empress of Wall Street from wary enemies, but has never known Cat's freedom. Now they must learn quickly as the Jazz Age teeters on the edge of the thirties, threatening to take along their old sureties as it falls. Were their past rebellions the right ones, or do they need new and hotter ways to uphold the power of the Empress?

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