Deadly Promise

Description for DEADLY PROMISE by Brenda Joyce: With her beloved Francesca Cahill novels, "New York Times" bestselling author Brenda Joyce has created a truly memorable series that brings turn-of-the-century New York City vividly to life. Readers enter a world where danger, passion and intrigue mingle on every gas-lit street--and where promises come at a most frightening price... It is March of 1902, and Francesca Cahill--Fifth Avenue heiress, undaunted political activist and intrepid amateur sleuth--has just learned of a grave new danger haunting the streets of New York. A beautiful teenage girl named Emily O'Hare is missing, and Francesca fears that the girl has been abducted. Only one person can help her learn the child's fate--but Police Commissioner Rick Bragg may not want to get involved because Francesca has just stunned Rick by accepting a proposal of marriage...from none other than his own rival. Francesca still questions her decision to marry the powerful and notorio