The Wind at Her Back - Kathleen Morris

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Résumé :
To do a great right, do a little wrong. 1876. An Irish orphan with a dark past, young Fiona Shanahan emigrates to America and becomes a lady's maid to a wealthy New York socialite, a safe haven where she reinvents herself. A lucky encounter lands her a spot on the Broadway stage, where she becomes a rising star until a violent confrontation forces her to flee west to Chicago. She meets theater magnate Julius DeMonte, who offers her sanctuary as part of the troupe aboard his showboat, Queen of Dreams, on its maiden voyage down the Mississippi. As they travel southward to New Orleans, Fiona discovers the reality of post-civil war America, very different from the gilded stages of New York. But Julius is far more than a simple theater producer, just as Fiona is far more than a na?ve ingenue, and as she becomes entwined in Julius's intrigues, Fiona finds herself in greater danger than she's ever known before.

Biographie:
Critically acclaimed author Kathleen Morris is an aficionado of history, and has lived all over the West, from Seattle to Phoenix and points between. She resides in Phoenix and loves the desert Southwest, especially following in the footsteps of the people she writes about. A graduate of Prescott College in Arizona, she firmly believes the key to good historical fiction is diligent research about the places and people she writes about. Along with The Wind at Her Back (Encircle Publications, 2020), she is also the author of The Lily of the West (Five Star Publishing, 2019), the story of Big Nose Kate-which was the winner of the 2019 Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award for Best First Western Novel as well as a finalist for Best Western Novel-her short story Mary Mary Quite Contrary is included in the anthology Contention (Five Star Publishing, 2019), and the novel, The Transformation of Chastity James, is coming in 2021 (Five Star Publishing). Kathleen's stories feature strong, independent female protagonists who embrace life and challenge adversity-no princesses allowed. She's a proud member of the Authors Guild, Western Writers of America, and Women Writing the West. Find out more at www.kathleenmorrisauthor.com.