Iona Sheehan always wanted to be loved and accepted by her parents, but found it only with her grandmother. She was directed and introduced to her ancestry in Ireland and realised that there is a ring of evil around the family tree.  She joins with her new found cousins, Branna and Conner O’Dwyer, and Boyle  McGrath whom she has fallen in love with to make a home for herself.

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Set in the year 1575 , The Conte di Padovani’s wife, Lucia, is  almost close to death during childbirth.  Hannah Levi, a skilled midwife is summoned to the Conte’s residence to help with the birth.  However, Hannah accompanying the Conte to his palazzo  goes against her Rabbi’s wishes and Papal edict.  Jews were forbidden to treat Christian patients ! Countless, unfortunate charges can be laid against her.  She decides that this high-risk delivery is worth it and strikes a bargain !!

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In celebration of Black History Month, Bryan Prince a descendant of slaves, writes about  the Weems family and their struggle to be free from slavery. John Weems,  purchased his own freedom by paying the owner of his enslaved wife and eight children an annual fee to keep them together at one plantation.  When that owner died, the Weemses were  separated and scattered throughout the South. John Weems, heartbroken and desperate,  decided to raise the money to buy his family’s freedom and reunite them.

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