Like an American version of "Downton Abbey," this page-turning debut blends history, scandal, intrigue, and social conflict as a wealthy Seattle family and its household staff face the challenges wrought by World War I and the dawn of a new age.

Though born into one of Seattle's most prestigious families, Margot Benedict has fought to claim all the independence offered to young women in 1923. Where her brother Preston embraced a life of debauchery, Margot has a thriving medical practice. Working at a local orphanage, she's shocked to see a young boy who looks every inch a Benedict. But though she's convinced this is the illegitimate child Preston once mentioned, Margot has no way to prove...