"Like most women, Elizabeth Miles assumes many roles; unlike most, hers have made her a woman on the run. Elizabeth uses her guile to relieve so-called respectable men of their ill-gotten gains. But brutal and greedy entrepreneur Oscar Thornton has lost a great deal of money and is out for blood. With his thugs hot on her trail, Elizabeth seizes the moment to blend in with a group of suffragists marching for their right to vote. She forms an unlikely...

Sarah Brandt, a midwife in turn-of-the-century New York City, turns to Sergeant Frank Malloy for help in finding the person who killed Gerda, a beautiful German immigrant who had fallen into the life of a "Charity Girl," one who traded her favors for lavish gifts and entertainment.