Cathy Gohlke Books in Order

Irish immigrant Maureen arrives in New York seeking promised help and finds herself abandoned and vulnerable. As women disappear from her workplace, an ally from the family that rejected her helps organize a fight against exploitation.

Saved from the Titanic by Owen Allen, Michael promises to care for the man's family and sister Annie. Their letters gradually overcome grief and resentment, but the outbreak of war threatens the future they have begun to imagine.

In Germany in 1939, Rachel learns a friend's deaf daughter is in danger from her Nazi father. Searching for answers exposes secrets about Rachel's own past and draws her into resistance work with an American journalist.

After helping five Jewish children escape France, Claire reaches England with nowhere to take them. An estranged aunt offers refuge if she stays, forcing her to confront responsibility, unfamiliar love, and a war that reaches into their apparent haven.

Germany's invasion of Poland shatters two couples' hopes and brings their lives together through a young girl. A divided medallion offers one family a fragile chance of reunion as others risk everything to shelter those facing persecution.

Fleeing an abusive husband, Lilliana finds refuge with her great-aunt in rural North Carolina. Plans for an inclusive public library kindle friendship and renewal, but draw the Klan's hostility and bring her past and present dangers together.

A hidden room discovered in 1944 reveals Civil War secrets that could reshape an Appalachian family's future. Across two eras, young women challenge injustice and risk their own security to seek freedom and restitution for others.

Four girls form a lasting sisterhood at a boarding school, but jealousy, war, and tragedy tear them apart. Seventeen years later, an invitation to a graduation forces one woman to revisit the identity and friendships she abandoned.

Ginny inherits the Virginia Christmas tree farm she believed was lost to her forever and returns intending to sell. Family resentment, debt, and a troubled veteran nephew with young children challenge her plans and reopen long-buried wounds.

In 1918 New York, Gwen helps care for her ill sister's family as influenza spreads. When her nephew develops diabetes, the search for a lifesaving treatment becomes entangled with devastating losses and suspicions about his father's secret dealings.