By Chance

A fender-bender was never supposed to change her life.

 Neither was a mechanic from the South Side.

Chicago, 1923. Charlotte Adler knows exactly what her parents expect of her: respectable friends, respectable interests, and, eventually, a respectable marriage. Elias Taylor has learned not to wish for more than a steady job and the satisfaction of fixing what’s broken.

But when an accident brings their worlds together, the attraction between them is unmistakable—and entirely inconvenient. One date becomes another, secrets are shared, and futures once certain begin to shift. Yet Charlotte’s family won’t accept a working-class suitor, and Elias refuses to let love become the reason she gives up her dreams.

As pressures mount and gossip spreads, Charlotte must choose between the life she was raised for and the love she never saw coming… while Elias confronts the terrifying possibility that some risks are worth taking.

A heartfelt romance set against the jazz, ambition, and social upheaval of the Roaring Twenties.