Fleeing a crushing affair, Nora Kelly enters the Left Bank society of early twentieth-century Paris, where she joins the struggle to free Ireland. 1903. Nora Kelly is talented and climbing the ladder of opportunity in Chicago, until a violent encounter with a dangerous man. She moves on Paris, mixing with couturiers and artists. But when she stumbles into the centuries-old Collège des Irlandais, she is challenged to honor her Irish blood and join...

"The American Dream thrives in 1912 New York City. Annie Wood, the housemaid-turned-pattern designer in The Pattern Artist, jumps at the chance to design her own clothing line when a wealthy New York couple offers to finance her endeavor. Joining the project is Annie's new husband, Sean Culver, her best friend at Butterick, Maude Nascato, and a mother figure, Edna Holmquist. Annie and her colleagues give up their careers, risking everything to follow...