2013- 12 Days of Fiction: DAY 9!

No Safe Harbor by Elizabeth Ludwig

In trying not to feature the same authors as I did last year, I've run into a completely different hurdle. I've managed to double promote almost all of these titles. :) If you are a fan or follower of the blog I co-write with my battle brother, Nancy Kimball, my 12 Days will seem pretty redundant.
I can't really apologize though, because it means not only do these books contain great heroes, but also the book as a whole is a great read.
Elizabeth Ludwig writes historical suspense, and it's a genre that I am not very familiar with. But having read both No Safe Harbor and Dark Road Home (book 2 in the a Edge of Freedom Series) it's pretty safe to say that I am now a big fan. (Am I also allowed to say that book 3, Tide and Tempest is one of my most anticipated titles for 2014? Of course I can. It's my blog. Ha!)
This story centers around Irish immigrants who have just arrived in New York city. My husband's great-grandfather and  -grandmother immigrated here from Scotland in 1902 through the gateway of Ellis Island- so the setting and characters appealed to me. Rourke and Cara are characters worth investing in, their love story...and the suspense, will keep you turning pages until the very end.

http://www.fictionherofeatures.com/2013/07/rourke-walsh-turner.html

Back Cover:
New York City, 1897

She came to America searching for her brother. Instead all she's found is a web of danger.
Cara Hamilton had thought her brother to be dead. Now, clutching his letter, she leaves Ireland for America, desperate to find him. Her search leads her to a houseful of curious strangers, and one man who claims to be a friend--Rourke Walsh. Despite her brother's warning, Cara trusts Rourke, revealing her purpose in coming to New York.

She's then thrust into a world of subterfuge, veiled threats, and attempted murder, including political revolutionaries from the homeland out for revenge. Her questions guide her ever nearer to locating her brother--but they also bring her closer to destruction as those who want to kill him track her footsteps.

With her faith in tatters, all hope flees. Will her brother finally surface? Can he save Cara from the truth about Rourke... a man she's grown to love?