Fair Game

A Fair to Remember #2

by Carol Cox

Dinah Mayhew takes on more than just a job at the Chicago World's Fair when she sets her cap for Seth Howell. As Dinah and Seth team up to help Chicago's unfortunates, romance fairly blossoms. But matters take a turn for the worse when Cousin Gladys appears on the scene and starts looking for love in all the wrong places. Upon Gladdie's sudden and mysterious disappearance, Dinah and Seth begin searching for answers, only to find themselves trapped in a maze of secrecy and deception. Will they live to expose the truth or find themselves facing the point of no return?

Genres: Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Historical

320 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

About the author

Carol Cox has an abiding love for history and romance, especially when it’s set in her native Southwest. As a third-generation Arizonan, she takes a keen interest in the Old West and hopes to make it live again in the hearts of her readers. A pastor’s wife, Carol lives with her husband and daughter in northern Arizona, where the deer and the antelope really do play—within view of the family’s front porch.

Reviews

[Carrie Daws · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a cast of characters! I love how Mrs. Cox weaved in a very broad mix of people, from the highly pious to relatable Christians struggling to do what is right to non-Christians figuring out where to draw the line. Of course, this is Chicago, so she included some unsavory types that none of us would want to meet in a dark alley, but they all blended well into the story, moving it forward with tension and suspense. And, Mrs. Purvis! I'd love to have a cup of tea with her.

Parts of the story are uncomfortable although true even in our modern age. But the author handled them well, sharing just enough to get her point across without diving into the hopelessness of reality. She didn't shy away from some of the ugliness of humanity, but she also reminded readers of the hope those who remain steadfast with Christ have regardless of what others around us choose.

[Ellen White · Rating 4 out of 5]

World Fair in Chicago in 1893 Dinah has an office job within the fair. The excitement of those days in Chicago starts for us as Dinah looks out the window, busyness of people and the activities, A time of tent meetings, a young man dropped an invitation off at the boarding house, The adventure to go and maybe see the man again. He has a mission and she is caught up in it,of helping ones less fortunate. When a cousins turns up and then turns missing, they are now in a web of lies and secrets. Will it be their undoing of being in the wrong place, good description of that time in Chicago and of love coming .

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting novel with romance, faith, and some mystery. As in the first book in the series, a young woman, Dinah Mayhew, comes to Chicago to work at the 1893 World's Fair and obtains a room at the boarding house of Mrs. Purvis. Dinah has come at the invitation of her father, who she has had little contact with the past ten years after the death of her mother. She is anxious to have a closer relationship with her dad. Mrs. Purvis and Dinah meet a young preacher, Seth Howell when he gives them an invitation to a tent revival. I enjoyed the book.

[Janeen Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

So excited to read all of the “Fair Series” Book one got me hooked and i was amazed at how the great author really has a knack for drawing you in as she details the history of the era in which the story takes place! Love the romance and young Christian’s love that blossoms between the characters… I was impressed by the action and intrigue in this one and book 3!

Mrs Purvis is a unique character and her quirkiness is well written - you certainly get to know and love her as the book and the rest of the series unfolds! Hope ya’all enjoy this great author as read all 3 in the series!

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another very enjoyable book! It is not a sequel but it is set at the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1896. I loved it when the quirky but lovable owner of the boarding house reappeared in this story as did a policeman from the first book. I learned that D.L. Moody had tent revivals while the world was coming to Chicago during this time. So many good spiritual truths revealed in this book too!

[Jodi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Read

This second book by Carol Cox about the Chicago World Fair was excellent! Carol weaves spiritual application in a nonthreatening way with romance and suspense. Can't wait to read the next book in the series.

[Terry Yaceyko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable read.

[juanita dennis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fair Game

Be careful what you ask for it just might come true and it did in addition to exceeding expectations and desire.

[Teresa Merriman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a fun series! Love this book!

[Delia · Rating 5 out of 5]

She's young. She's beautiful. She's innocent. She's completely unprepared for the streets of lower-end Chicago in 1893.

Dinah Mayhew arrives in the big city, having taken a job within the offices of the World's Fair. She's seeking excitement and the father who disappeared from her life years earlier. Dinah finds all that - and more, in the person of Seth Howell, a handsome and dedicated young minister. To her own surprise, Dinah finds herself involved in Seth's ministry to the lower class of the city, and their relationship soon becomes more than either of them expected.

But then Dinah's obnoxious cousin Gladys arrives in town, and promptly gets involved with a dangerous con man. When she disappears, Seth and Dinah find themselves in the role of reluctant sleuths, attempting to save the girl from death ... or worse.

Carol Cox's Fair Game is a wonderful peek into the inner workings of the historical World's Fair. I came into "A Fair to Remember" one book behind, and found many delightful little nuggets of faith, a generous helping of intrigue, two heart's worth of love - and a novel full of tightly written prose and skillfully woven story line. If Book Two is any indication, I don't want to miss the rest of this series.

[D-lyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book and I actually wish I could have gone to the 1893 world Fair in Chicago!
The Author described it so that I wished i were really there. I also loved some of the characters. i enjoy a mystery and so i was excited to read it but found that part of the story was expected and I was always a step ahead of the plot.... Other wise it was fun.

[Misti Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a cute and simple book. I picked this book up at Salvation Army in Ocean shores to just read something. I didn't know that it was going to be a relgion/suspense book, but it turned out to be a good book.

[Mackenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book 2 of 3

[Janice Mcmullen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good little mystery with romance and a Christian theme

[Sandy Duke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book and its historical setting. Well written, well rounded characters.