Secretary of Frivolous Affairs

311 pp. Loulie Codman, an orphaned young woman who takes a unique job as a 'secretary of frivolous affairs' for Mrs. Hazard. Her primary duty is to guide Mrs. Hazard's son and daughter toward appropriate romantic matches. This novel was adapted as a silent film in 1915 starring May Allison, Harold Lockwood, Carol Holloway, and Lillian Gonzales. The author's husband, writer Jacques Futrelle, died on the Titanic.