Shadows

Grace Knox is about to turn seventeen, and the world of Victorian New York society should be opening to hera time of dances and parties and boys vying for her heart and her hand. Instead, Graces world is closing in: the family business is gone; her brother is drinking and gambling away whatever is left; her widowed mother cannot cope; and her grandmother is slipping into madness. And now Grace is having disturbing dreams of ancient battles.Graces only hope is to marry Patrick Devlin and let his fortune save them all. But she isnt sure she loves Patrick, and she doesnt share his passion to free Ireland from British rule. Why look to Ireland when there is so much poverty and despair here?Then Grace meets Diarmid, an Irish stableboy. Being with him means losing everything. But the secrets and mystery surrounding him are too compelling to ignore. Soon Grace is drawn into his world of legend and heroes, magic and prophecythe world of her dreamswhere her own choice between faith and fear holds the greatest power of all.