Wings to Soar

I changed the title of my latest work in progress which is now out to a few Beta readers for comments.  Wings to Soar seemed more fitting for the story.  I might have this one published by the end of the year.  Stand by.

Here's the dust jacket copy:

Wings to Soar
A historical novel of women’s struggle to gain their rights which continues today
 
In 1868 two friends, Nicole Stuart and Mercedes LaFitte, reunite in San Francisco after eighteen years. One lives in Boston and one in San Francisco. Their journeys bring them together again over the women’s rights movement after fighting for abolition of slavery. Mercedes, accompanied by her husband, Andre, comes to San Francisco not only to see her old friend again, but also to see her brother, Jamie, who now heads up the family business – New World Shipping – on the west coast.  Mercedes, a prominent leader in the women’s rights movement, will speak and help organize the effort in San Francisco. Nicole and her husband, Reese, have built a thriving hotel business since their arrival in San Francisco in 1853 after travelling overland on the California trail. But Nicole has vowed to help others attain their freedom as she has, which brought her into the women’s rights movement and before that abolition. A new challenge arrives in the person of Angela Flowers, a native American, who wants to help the Indians of California gain their rights as they have been persecuted by white settlers, gold miners, and militia. Angela comes to San Francisco to learn from Nicole and Mercedes and in doing so hopes to help her people develop wings to soar again.