Fiction

Peter Novak is no stranger to hardship. Beginning his life as his mother's ended, sold into indentured servitude at age eight, a privileged childhood is not to be. Hard work and loyalty to his master earns Peter an opportunity for freedom. A new life awaits Peter in America, but not the streets paved with gold he expected. Filthy air, social unrest, and prejudice toward immigrants do not stop him from building a comfortable life for himself-almost. A ghost from his past threatens to divulge Peter's secrets and tear his world apart.

Immigrant Katie Novak is a successful businesswoman. Her fame lands her in the midst of protests for Women's Suffrage. Katie is jailed, beaten and abused, but her resolve, and the help of other suffrage leaders craft and pass the nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Her story honors the hundredth anniversary of American women's victory