Review: Red River Girls by Lisa Warren

November 5, 2026

Synopsis:

1847, Ireland

To fend for her starving family, Maggie O’Shea hunts in the woods where murderers hide and steals from the well-guarded rich. The workhouse haunts her nightmares, but a worse fate awaits if she fails.

Her sister’s bones show through pale skin, her mother’s coughing fits rattle, and her baby brother’s cries grow weaker by the day.

When her father does the unforgivable, Maggie must do the unimaginable to honor a promise to her mother and keep her siblings safe.

Nearby, Lady Evelyn Ward lives in a gilded cage. After two seasons of marriage to a cruel earl still obsessed with his first wife, she plans her escape in hopes of finding a better life.

Together, the Irish pauper and British aristocrat take on the Canadian wilderness—where survival demands more than either young woman thought she had left to give.

Review:

Ireland has a special place in my heart, and each time I get the chance to read a story about the hardships of the people in the past, it is an immediate yes for me. This one is no exception.
In 1847, the English were not well liked in Ireland. While the Irish suffered tremendously, the English made their suffering worse each day, and at a certain point, enough is enough. We meet Maggie, who is doing her best to ensure her family survives, albeit barely. When her father sells off her siblings, she goes on a mission to find them and save them.
Then we have Lady Evelyn, who is trapped in her marriage and the way she is treated. She and her maid plan to run away.
When the Irish attack, it brings these unlikely women together in their goal to find a place where they are safe.

This is a story of women standing up for themselves, taking matters into their own hands, leaving their home countries behind, and fighting every day to survive their journey across the sea in search of a new home. The new country comes with its own unique challenges and dangers.
It does not shy away from showing how dangerous this journey is and how losing people along the way was considered normal, as well as how many people lost loved ones in the search for a new home. I deeply felt for these women and the loss and grief they had to go through.

🌙 Recension: Red River Girls by Lisa Warren
📚 Genre: Historical Fiction
📅 Release Date: July 31, 2026
📖 Publisher: Thirsty Quill Press
📱 Read as: Kindle
📗 available in various formats – included in Kindle+
💸 I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
🗣️ Language: English
📆 Pages: 330
⭐️ 4/5