Judith Miller

The truth could cost her everything.... Olivia Mott didn't intend to lie. Somehow, it just happened. And wasn't it all Lady Charlotte's fault anyway? Now Olivia's position as assistant chef at Pullman's elegant Hotel Florence is dependant upon her keeping her secrets. And sometimes lies have a way of leading to other lies. Should Olivia admit her real past and accept the consequences or keep quiet in order to preserve her comfortable new circumstances?...

"In 1850, Mellie helps her family by finding employment creating silhouette portraits at a daguerreotype shop. When romance slowly blossoms with one of her charming customers, her life seems to have fallen perfectly into place. But when the unexpected happens, she struggles to find happiness in spite of hidden secrets" --

Olivia Mott becomes torn between her loyalty to Pullman Car Works and love for Fred DeVault, who is the union's delegate, and when Lady Charlotte Spencer returns to Chicago with her son, Chicago Herald reporter Matthew Clayborn shows interest, causing Charlotte to wonder about his motivations.

Staying behind in Rochester when her family flees a cholera outbreak, Amanda Broadmoor works to help control the disease but finds her efforts compromised by pressure to marry a man she hates in order to save her family estate.

Lilly plans to take revenge against the wealthy mill owners for her father's death and stealing his farm until she discovers Matthew Cheever is involved.

Book 2 of The Bells of Lowell. The mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts, beckons Arabella Newberry when she decides to flee the life of the Shakers. There she finds the independence she seeks and a greater purpose as she works for educational reform. But Lowell, plagued by ethnic strife, seems no longer a safe haven but rather a danger when several girls go missing. As rumors and conflict invade the industry of the mill, Arabella struggles with her...