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Think Manhattan 1899 what do you see? Elegant carriages, pulled by matching horses with docked tails, snapping their legs high; off to some exquisite ball held for and by the rich. Smartly dressed coachmen help well-born young ladies in volumous dresses down from the plush box. Its all an act, and everyone knows so, but under silent agreement, pretend they dont.

Penelope Hayes life is going just as planned and believe me, it is planned. From her early youth she conspired and manipulated to get precisely what she wants money, a life of luxury, and a certain Henry Schoonmaker. And it all seems to be going precisely as she wanted. So when her not-so-best-friend, Elizabeth Holland, returns from oversees and is suddenly engaged to the very man Penelope was sure she would some day wed, she decides that she will not lose her Henry without a fight. Meanwhile, Henry has fallen for spunky and beautiful Diana Holland, Elizabeths younger sister. Diana feels the same way, but is somewhat torn between love and a sisters loyalty. Yet Elizabeth does not want to marry Henry she is, in fact, in love with Will Keller, her familys coachman. So how will these young teens ever untangle their dramatic lives? A sudden, mysterious, and planned death throws all their lives off course.