Love Affair — Syrell Rogovin Leahy

When Frankie Grant stepped off a bus into the frenzied bazaar of nighttime in New York City's Port Authority, she had nothing left to lose. At twenty-two, Frankie had already lived a lifetime of tragedy, and now she had one plan in mind: to see, for herself, a sight she'd only heard of--the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. As fate would have it, Frankie would have to wait to see the famous lobby... that night she would meet Henry J. Maclver and her whole world would change...

A reporter on sabbatical from The New York Times, Mac thought that he'd seen everything. From gangland shootings to prostitution rings to the most violent of crimes--he'd covered them all on his beat. But when he saw the beautiful woman-child that night, he knew that he had to shelter her from the truths of the big city. So he took her home and slowly began to lose his heart as he showed her the ocean at Coney Island and the shops of Fifth Avenue. And neither of their lives would ever be the same