The New York Saga: It Was Like This — Diana Rubino

In this sequel to From Here to Fourteenth Street, Vita and Tom McGlory's son Billy and their daughters Susan and Tess are doing their best to make ends meet in New York City.It's 1932: Prohibition rages, the Depression ravages. Billy comes of age whether he wants to or not. Musical and adventurous, Billy dreams of having his own ritzy supper club and big band. So when the mysterious Rosie Ingovito offers him all that and more on the eve of his marriage to the pregnant Prudence, it seems an offer that Billy can't possibly refuse. Fame, fortune, his own Broadway musical, are all his for the taking. Only when he gets in way over his head does he ever stop to wonder how Rosie really makes all of his money, and by then it's far too late...