The Shadows

Grace Knox is about to turn seventeen, and the world of Victorian New
York society should be opening to her—a time of dances and parties and
boys vying for her heart and her hand. Instead, Grace’s world is closing
in: the family business is gone; her brother is drinking and gambling
away whatever is left; her widowed mother cannot cope; and her
grandmother is slipping into madness. And now Grace is having disturbing
dreams of ancient battles.Grace’s only hope is to marry Patrick Devlin
and let his fortune save them all. But she isn’t sure she loves Patrick,
and she doesn’t share his passion to free Ireland from British rule.
Why look to Ireland when there is so much poverty and despair here?Then
Grace meets Diarmid, an Irish stableboy. Being with him means losing
everything. But the secrets and mystery surrounding him are too
compelling to ignore. Soon Grace is drawn into his world of legend and
heroes, magic and prophecy—the world of her dreams—where her own choice
between faith and fear holds the greatest power of all.