Bethlehem

'Christina Delaine's voice can be smooth as dark chocolate or sharp as a razor....Delaine's performance highlights the family tensions as well as the love, caring and sacrifice that lead to trust and understanding.' -- AudioFile MagazineWith the atmospheric storytelling of Kate Morton and Lisa Wingate, Karen Kelly weaves a shattering debut about two intertwined families and the secrets that they buried during the gilded, glory days of Bethlehem, PA.A young woman arrives at the grand ancestral home of her husband's family, hoping to fortify her cracking marriage. But what she finds is not what she expected: tragedy haunts the hallways, whispering of heartache and a past she never knew existed.Inspired by the true titans of the steel-boom era, Bethlehem is a story of temptation and regret, a story of secrets and the cost of keeping them, a story of forgiveness. It is the story of two complex women-thrown together in the name of family-who, in coming to understand each other, come finally to understand themselves.