Dear Inmate (Paddy #2) by Lisa Boyle

This novel is the continuation of the Dear Paddy series, and the story line just flows right from the first book! Rosaleen and Emmett are still trying to make things fair and right for the Irish and the Blacks but many are against these immigrants and slaves and will do nothing to keep these people […]

The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb #interview

~Interview with Heather Webb~ What is something unexpected you found in your research for The Next Ship Home? I was surprised to learn that the biggest tragedy in NYC history (besides the horrific 911) wasn’t the triangle shirtwaist factory fire but the General Slocum fire, a ferry that caught fire in the Hudson Bay in […]

The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick

Two sisters who are well known in the art world, but are estranged and continents apart from each other, have very different styles and are both on the bring of big changes in their lives. Sarah gets a cable that her sister has died and she heads to California with lots of questions. How could […]

Erin’s Children by Eileen O’Finlan

This was an interesting read into the Irish immigrants who came to American after the potato famine and how terribly they were treated. I need to buy the first book, and read that one now! The novel followed two maids who had come to America to work to send money back to help their families […]

Fiery Girls by Heather Wardell

Two different girls come to America for a better life and to work to better their families lives. Told from the view point of Rosie an immigrant from Russia, and Maria an immigrant from Italy, these two girls along with thousands of others who passed through immigration on Ellis Island lived very similar but different […]

Matrimony, Inc. by Francesca Beauman

This was quite an eye opening on the history of romance, love, marriage, settlement, and overall history of how this all helped to shape the U.S. into what it is today. This was more than just a read about historical facts, it had interesting historical stories tied in with photos and newspaper clippings. The author […]