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Emma Baden is swept into the
dangerous world of radical union organizers in the silk mill town of Union Hill
in 1911. She is drawn to the charismatic
socialist leader, Frederick Mossler, who
charms her into becoming a speaker for his cause. An evening rally suddenly turns violent but
Emma is rescued from the panicked mob by Max Keppel, the handsome heir to the
town’s largest mill. Their attraction
is immediate, yet he is married and considered the enemy. Their relationship survives her destructive
marriage and the fall of the unions as well as the disintegration of his
marriage to spoiled heiress, Lavinia.
Eventually Emma achieves her goal of owning her own embroidery business
and lingerie line. Though she finds
success, Emma knows she was always just a pawn of fate.
Pawn of Fate excerpt
As they reached the main road, a
car swerved to avoid hitting them. She recognized the Keppel coat of arms,
but it was not Max in the back seat; it was a small woman. Emma stared as it
drove away.
Frederick pulled
her closer. “Is that what you want?”
Emma tossed her
hair. “No, of course not. It’s just interesting to see how the owners live,
isn’t it?”
Frederick smiled.
“They have so much, and yet their workers have so little. One day it will all
be equal. Keppel better enjoy his life while he can.”
He turned back
toward the harbor. “Look at that dock over there. See that ship? It’s the Mauretania,
one of the biggest ships afloat, over thirty-one thousand tons. Her sister
ship, the Lusitania, just broke the transatlantic record from Ireland to
New York.”
Emma strained to
see what he was talking about. “How do you know so much about it?”
“Ever since I came
to America in steerage, I’ve always dreamed of returning to Germany in a great
ship like that.” He stopped, embarrassed.
Emma couldn’t help
herself; she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. He returned her
kiss, and Emma felt her knees go weak. He was right about Max Keppel. She meant nothing to
him. He was never going to mean anything to her or the union. He was only
protecting his mill.
About the Author
Janet Gibbs has researched
and written extensively on women’s history.
She researched and wrote three biographies for the book, Past and
Promise, Notable New Jersey Women,
published by Syracuse University Press, 1997.
Her 2010 dissertation was a critical biography of Zona Gale, Literary
Comet.
Her historical romance, Pawn
of Fate, is an ebook and paperback currently appearing on
Amazon.com,Barnes & Noble.com and Itunes.
Her first historical romance, So Much More, was published
in September 2016 and is also available.
She has written non-fiction
which has appeared in several newspapers including The New York Times. She was
awarded a grant from the AAUW to complete her novel and was asked to read her
poetry at the Princeton Arts Center.
Born in England she now
resides in Northern New Jersey where she continues to write novels about strong
women with minds of their own. Janet
Gibbs can be reached at –
Available
on Amazon.com, B&N.com and Itunes.-Mainstream Historical, rated PG13.
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