For My Brother's Sins (The Feeney Family Sagas Book 2)

From an author praised for her “genuinely perceptive portrayals of human relationships,” a historical saga about an immigrant Irish family in Yorkshire ( Irish Independent ). Summer, 1867: a sudden change in fortune promises to save the Feeneys from their life of poverty. But what will save the Feeney family from itself? Patrick and Thomasin Feeney and their children, Erin, Richard and Sonny, each have different dreams—and as these dreams grow the old bonds between them begin to break. Husband and wife, father and son, brother and brother are all in conflict. But it is Richard, as dishonest and selfish as he is handsome and charming, whose final betrayal threatens everything . . . The second in the bestselling Feeney Family sagas, For My Brother’s Sin s is an unputdownable and emotionally moving saga for fans of Annie Murray, Maggie Ford and Anna Jacobs. Praise for the writing of Sheelagh Kelly: “The tough, sparky characters of Catherine Cookson, and the same sharp sense of destiny, place and time.” Reay Tannahill, author of Fatal Majesty and Sex in History “Sheelagh Kelly surely can write.” — Sunderland Echo The second in the bestselling Feeney Family sagas. How one treacherous act can turn a brother's love into murderous rage ... Summer, 1867: a sudden change in fortune promises to save the Feeneys from their life of poverty. But what will save the Feeney family from itself? Patrick and Thomasin Feeney and their children, Erin, Richard and Sonny, each have different dreams -- and as these dreams grow the old bonds between them begin to break. Husband and wife, father and son, brother and brother are all in conflict. But it is Richard, as dishonest and selfish as he is handsome and charming, whose final betrayal threatens everything ... An unputdownable and emotionally moving saga for fans of Annie Murray, Maggie Ford and Anna Jacobs In the summer of 1867 a sudden change in the fortunes of the Feeney family saves them from their life of struggle and poverty in the mean back streets of York. But what will save the Feeney family from itself? Patrick and Thomasin Feeney and their children, Erin, Richard and Sonny, each have different dreams - and as these dreams grow under the influence of their new-found wealth the old bonds between them begin to break. Estranging husband and wife, dividing father and son, setting brother against brother. But it is Richard, as dishonest and selfish as he is handsome and charming, whose final betrayal threatens to bring down the judgment of God