Form Here to Fourteenth Street

     It's 1894 on New York's Lower East Side. Irish cop Tom McGlory and Italian immigrant Vita Caputo fall in love despite their different upbringings. Vita goes from sweatshop laborer to respected bank clerk to reformer, helping elect a mayor to beat the Tammany machine.
     While Tom works undercover to help Ted Roosevelt purge police corruption, Vita's father arranges a marriage between her and a man she despises. As Vita and Tom work together against time and prejudice to clear her brother and father of a murder they didn't commit, they know their love can survive poverty, hatred and corruption.      
    
Our Review:

     Diana Rubino, who has earned a reputation for the highest quality of historical fiction, has surpassed herself with From Here to Fourteenth Street, Book One in The New York Saga.

     Her talents are many: a gift for dialogue of the specific era or area and extensive research to bring realism and accuracy to her writing. It is her gift for description, whether it be setting or characters, that we envy. 

     Makes us want to head out to get the rest of the New York Saga.

On a scale of 1 to 5, From Here to Fourteenth Street deserves a 6.

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews