Elizabeth Ludwig, author of 'Dark Road Home"

Ludwig’s Edge of Freedom series gives readers an intriguing glimpse into the lives of Irish immigrants to America in the 1800s. Each book is fast-paced and filled with period detail and page-turning plot twists. The last book in the series, Tide and Tempest, will be featured at the gala, with a cover reveal and the debut of the novel’s book trailer. This much-anticipated climax to the Edge of Freedom series promises to be a riveting conclusion with high stakes for the characters readers have come to love.

It's been two years since Tillie McGrath last saw Captain Keondric Morgan. He'd let her visit her ill fiancé before he died. Now the dashing captain has found her at the boarding house where she lives and has swept back into her life. But all is not well. He seems to be trying to protect her--from whom or what stays a secret.

Even years later, Keondric never forgot the heartbroken lass from his boat. When a crewmember's death-bed confession hints that her fiancé's death may have been murder, the captain knows he must try to save her. But his attention draws the notice of others as well, dangerous men who believe Tillie may have the last bit of evidence needed to put them away. And trying to stay safe may put them both in more danger than they could have ever imagined.

Elizabeth Ludwig is an award-winning author and an accomplished speaker and teacher. Her historical novel Love Finds You in Calico, California earned four stars from RT Book Reviews. She is the owner and editor of the popular literary blog The Borrowed Book. Along with her husband and two children, Elizabeth makes her home in Texas. Learn more at ElizabethLudwig.com.