"Melanie Barnett has figured out that love and career don't mix. While cleaning her Jordan MX car, a scarlet-red symbol of the Jazz Age's independent women that she inherited from her great-great-great-aunt Violet, Melanie finds a secret compartment holding Violet's weathered journal. In 1921 Violet Bond lived a life of adventure in Detroit. But in an era of speakeasies, financial windfalls, free-spirited friends, and unexpected romance, it was easy to spin out of control. Now, as Melanie's own world takes unexpected turns, her life and Violet's intersect. Generations apart, they question what modern womanhood-- and happiness-- really mean." -- Adapted from back cover.