Grace of the Empire State

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  • In
  • this
  • breathtaking
  • debut
  • novel,
  • a
  • daring
  • dancer
  • must
  • take
  • her
  • twin
  • brother’s
  • place
  • as
  • a
  • riveter
  • high
  • atop
  • the
  • in-progress
  • Empire
  • State
  • Building
  • to
  • save
  • her
  • family
  • from
  • ruin.After
  • the
  • death
  • of
  • their
  • father,
  • it’s
  • up
  • to
  • Grace
  • O’Connell
  • and
  • her
  • twin
  • brother
  • Patrick
  • to
  • support
  • their
  • family
  • as
  • the
  • Great
  • Depression
  • takes
  • its
  • toll
  • on
  • New
  • York
  • City.
  • When
  • Grace
  • is
  • laid
  • off
  • from
  • her
  • dancing
  • gig
  • and
  • Patrick
  • is
  • injured
  • at
  • work
  • on
  • the
  • construction
  • of
  • the
  • Empire
  • State
  • Building,
  • desperation
  • leaves
  • them
  • only
  • one
  • solution:
  • Grace
  • must
  • disguise
  • herself
  • as
  • Patrick
  • and
  • take
  • his
  • place
  • on
  • the
  • half-built
  • skyscraper.She
  • soon
  • proves
  • herself
  • as
  • capable
  • as
  • any
  • man
  • on
  • the
  • steel,
  • and
  • her
  • affection
  • for
  • the
  • loyal
  • men
  • around
  • her—especially
  • Italian
  • immigrant
  • Joe—grows
  • by
  • the
  • day.
  • But
  • when
  • a
  • terrible
  • accident
  • happens
  • high
  • above
  • the
  • city
  • and
  • Grace
  • is
  • the
  • only
  • one
  • capable
  • of
  • saving
  • her
  • stranded
  • colleague,
  • she
  • must
  • make
  • a
  • split-second
  • decision
  • to
  • risk
  • everything
  • or
  • live
  • with
  • her
  • conscience
  • forever.Set
  • against
  • the
  • backdrop
  • of
  • a
  • city
  • at
  • a
  • crossroads,
  • this
  • electrifying
  • story
  • is
  • full
  • of
  • heart
  • and
  • hope,
  • family
  • and
  • friendship,
  • and
  • the
  • sacrifices
  • we
  • make
  • for
  • those
  • we love.
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