City of Promise

Resumen del libro

It is 1864. The Souths surrender is inevitable, and Manhattan is at the heart of the recovering nations surge to prosperity. Joshua Turner returns home from the war with only one leg, but his ambition intact. He aspires to build the citys first apartment houses for Everyman, a daring vision that will make him New Yorks first true real estate titan, but also attracts the dangerous attention of a shadowy figure from his past. Meanwhile, Mollie Brannigan, raised by her Auntie Eileen in the toniest bordello in town, is resigned at age twenty-two to spinsterhood until Joshua finds her at Macys and takes her coaching in Central Park. In his love Mollie finds a world of possibilities she has not dared to dream. But a secret Eileen thought left behind in Ireland will force Mollie to employ all her wits to protect not just her chance at happiness but her life.
Vividly imagined and awash in period detail, City of Promise delivers an historical adventure of suspense and intrigue, daring plot twists and bitter rivalries, and the captivating love story of two people struggling to forge their own destiny.