Enjoyed reading about life on the steamboat 'Cordelia' in the 1890's. Blanche Lamar was without money and a home following her mother's death. She suddenly receives a request from the father she never knew to come by steamboat to receive her inheritance with the help of a man named Ike Gallagher. Blanche will take to the river and the life aboard the steamboat. She will also get to know her father and realize he is a man she loves and doesn't want to lose. An interesting ride up and down the river as people learn to love and work together. ( )