Ravenswood

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Ravenswood…the castle estate that Gabrielle had called home since she had wed Lord William at sixteen. But with William now dead, and the arrival of Sir Talbot, a secret heir, what does life now hold for her?When the mysterious Lord Barrett appears, the true heir of Ravenswood, things become even more complicated for Gabrielle. Although loved by both men, Gabrielle must ask the question, what is God's will for her?

It's easy to get caught up in the hidden history of Ravenswood and Lake View, like the Harm's Park picnic that lasted fifty-four years or the political gimmickry of the "Cowboy Mayor" of Chicago. Who can resist a double take over folk like the "Father of Ravenswood," who kept Chicago from falling to the Confederacy, or the "North Side's Benedict Arnold," who was sent to the electric chair during World War II? If you want to visit the days when the Cubs were the Spuds or debate whether Ravenswood is an actual neighborhood or just a state of mind, do it with longtime North Side journalist Patrick Butler in this curio shop of forgotten people and places.