Climbing Irish by James F Walsh Price verified 3 hours ago

Can Northern Ireland Catholics, demeaned as Papists, climb out of England's Plantation's religious bigotry and ethnic intolerance? In 1922, when England broke Ireland apart, Papists Michael and Bridget Connolly undergo a Plantation Minister's sniper fire. They escape to Free Ireland and are demeaned as 'Orangemen'. In 1925 Immigration is to Chicago a City riven with Prohibition's organized crime gangs. Michael, a master carpenter, is not free from criminal Labor Organizers, and Bridget demeaned as 'Irish Immigrant Trash.' The Great Depression does not reduce Michael or Bridget to residue resulting from England's Planation during America's pre-revolutionary days. In 1938, the opportunity to operate his own business organization lures Michael, Bridget, and their four Chicago born children to Oklahoma City during the height of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, during the plight of the 'Okies,' folks too troubled to be intolerant. In 1939, a move to Dallas finds the ...

Genre: Sagas

Caring For Grace (Love on Palmar Island Book 3) by Susanne Ash (221 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

A single dad trying to find his way away from his career, a babysitter with too much on her shoulders, and the adorable nine-month-old who brings them together. Dr. Parker Flagg needs help with his daughter, Grace. After handling raising her by himself while teaching physics, he's reached his limits. He finds himself back home on Palmar Island, trying to get his feet back under himself with the help of his mother and the small southern community he grew up in. When a friend asks him to help out at the local high school, he agrees under one condition. He needs a reliable nanny to care for Grace. Robin Warren hasn't had the easiest upbringing. She's making the best of it, taking any job she can to cobble up enough money to attend the local community college part time. When she hears about a babysitting job that allows her to continue her class, she jumps at the chance. What neither of them expected was the instant attraction they felt. Maneuvering the fine line between professional ...

Genre: Sagas