In this captivating novella, set in 1893, the author introduces a new series of adventure stories based on the beloved character, Nellie Chapman, as she prepares to marry Ernest Page during a time known as the Gilded Age. Wedding plans are well underway for what is touted to be New York's grandest event of the social season, a time of great prosperity for some and hardship for others. The groom's family sent invitations to two hundred fifty of New York's most influential and elite citizens and expectations are high as the marriage of Miss Nellie Chapman and Mr. Ernest Page approaches, although, many are wondering if Miss Chapman, a young commoner from the Upper West Side, will fit in with her fiancée's upper crust family and the likes of the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, and Carnegies. Nellie and her widowed mother, Hazel Chapman, struggle to find their place in the planning of the most important day in a young woman's life. As the morning of the wedding finally arrives though, it is discovered that the groom is missing.