Good News Book Club
Cadence
by B.J. Hoff
Buy book: $9.88

This follow-up to Hoff's "Prelude"--set in 19th-century New York City and the surrounding Hudson River Valley--continues the saga of the courageous immigrants who help build this nation, the struggles they endured, and the gospel music they created, lived, and loved by. 
 

The beginning of the book was pretty good, but I found it a bit confusing, and it sounded a lot like a corny soap opera. It could turn out to be good.

I think the reason you found it confusing is because it is the second book of a series.