They were just friends. Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh's porch steps, dreaming about the future. They were both going to get out of north Omaha--Shiloh would go to go to college and become an actress, and Cary would join the Navy. They promised each other that their friendship would never change. Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. And yet, somehow, everything changed. Now Shiloh's thirty-three,...

When Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to see Charlie is a one of her coworkers. They met a year ago on a flight to Omaha after her parents' divorce, and his endless commentary was the irritating cherry on top of an already emotionally fraught trip. When they witness two coworkers who keep flirting, Bailey and Charlie made a bet whether the pair will actually get together. To keep track of the others, Bailey and...

"A new novel depicting a tragic love story set amid the fanciful inventions, gothic amusements, spiritualists, flimflam men, and other crooked characters who populated the 1898 Omaha World's Fair"-- Provided by publisher. On the eve of the 1898 Omaha World's Fair, Ferret Skerritt, ventriloquist by trade, con man by birth, isn't quite sure how it will change him or his city. When he crosses paths with the beautiful and enigmatic Cecily, his whole...