Lions and Lace (Van Alen Sisters Book 1)

Set among the mansions of the Astors and Vanderbilts and the gas-lit streets of New York, this novel follows Alana Van Alen, a New York heiress with beauty, wealth, and status who is living a lie to protect her sister. After a calculated act of revenge leaves her penniless, she falls under the control of Trevor Sheridan, one of the city's most notorious gentlemen. Sheridan, known as the Predator of Wall Street, rose from poverty in Ireland to power in Manhattan, though the city's elite Four Hundred continue to shun him. He has devised a scheme to destroy the rich and powerful, with his final phase involving marriage to the pedigreed Alana Van Alen to gain the acceptance he has been denied. However, he makes an unexpected mistake: he falls in love with her. This is the first book in the Van Alen Sisters series. The story of Christal Van Alen continues in Fair Is the Rose.