The Day The Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan

It is early 1900s and Bess Heath, at seventeen, is about to find her world crumbling about her. Living on the edge of Niagara Falls, she has had the best of life; now her father has lost his job, she will not be returning to private school and her sister and fiance have broken up. Her mother returns to sewing for people. Bess meets an unlikely young man, certainly inappropriate by her family's standards, but is immediately attracted to Tom Cole, riverman. Buchanan writes a compelling, heart breaking tale of young love won and lost. A good read. Would recommend. Sandy Penton