To save her family from bankruptcy, Chicago socialite Julie Beaufort agrees to marry a wealthy industrialist. But when she meets Walter, a charming yet poor German peddler, she questions whether she could really spend a lifetime married to a man she doesn't love. When Walter witnesses a scandal, he's offered a well-paying job in exchange for his silence. Suddenly entrenched in a world of money, he falls for Julie Beaufort. She isn't like all the other eccentric American women with their large rumped skirts. She's sweet and kind and doesn't care if he isn't refined and wealthy. The only problem is she's engaged to a pompous oaf who doesn't deserve her. But after saving a year to return to his homeland, can Walter sail away and watch the woman he loves live in misery for the rest of her life?

They had vowed to marry. But fate had other plans. Will they seize their second chance at love? Caroline Worthington had promised to marry her childhood sweetheart, Miles Vernon. But when her parents whisked her away from St. Louis, Miles stopped returning her letters. She moved on, marrying a man chosen by her parents. That marriage was a terrible mistake. But what more could she have done to heal her shattered heart? When Caroline moved away and married another, Miles buried his hurt by working in his father’s photography studio. But years later, when his sister announces that Caroline is newly divorced and needs a job to support her young son, Miles knows he must do whatever he can to help her. Even if it means risking having his heart broken again by the woman he once loved. As old flames reignite, Caroline and Miles fight to extinguish their feelings. Rekindling their relationship is the last thing either of them needs, especially when old wounds are still open and healing. Can they forgive each other and find the strength to open their hearts again? Or will their choices prevent their second chance at love and life? Second Chance in St. Louis is a clean historical romance with twists and turns, wounded hearts, and a guaranteed happily ever after.