Karen Heenan

Every marriage is different. And family is more than blood. Ava and Claire have moved on from the traumatic events of 1934—while Ava has decided at last to marry patient Max Byrne and allow love back into her life, Claire and her husband have gone to France to repair their relationship. Harry...

Recently widowed Ava has moved to Philadelphia, determined to start over. With her children and blossoming career as a dressmaker taking up all her time, she's not ready for charming, persistent Max Byrne. But he shows up at every turn, making it impossible for Ava to ignore him—and worse yet...

A woman who's lost everything. Her sister, who has everything. And the baby who means everything—to both of them. Ava has always been poor, so she doesn't think the Great Depression will change anything. But when her mother dies and her coal miner husband loses his job, Ava's certainty falters...