Where the Light Enters by Sara Donati

Book two in the series begins where THE GILDED HOUR left off. We have two female doctors who are cousins, deeply aware that they are a minority in the late 1800s but aren't about to let that stop them from doing what they feel is right. Their work takes them to help women particularly when it comes to having a choice in bearing children and contraceptives which was just as much of a social and religious hotspot as it is today. As if this wasn't trouble enough, women are disappearing in the hands of an unknown killer. Sara Donati does a great job of highlighting the social issues of the day and covers a wide range of economic and ethnic groups. She has long been known as a beloved chronicler of early America. Her characters are authentic, the history is fascinating and you know when you begin one of her books you are in for a wonderful tale - this is no exception.