Heartwarming Victorian Historical Fiction by Lynette Rees author of the bestselling Kindle book, The Workhouse Waif. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Maggie Hope. A baby girl, just a few months old, is discovered wrapped up in a shawl on a wooden bench at Itchy Park, Spitalfields. Its a frosty December evening just before the Christmas of 1861. The infant is rescued by a lady called Bessie Harper, who has her own pie making business. Bessie names the young child, Lucy, and in later years, deceives the child by telling her that her mother died years ago, not to upset her with the revelation shed been left to the elements. Bessie has no idea who the childs mother really is but clutched tightly in the babys hand, she discovers a silver locket which has the name Adella inscribed on it and a lock of hair inside. Bessie vows one day shell help the child find her mother and tell her the truth regarding the circumstances of how she found her. Bessies husband, however, becomes jealous and mean to the child, so as soon as shes old enough, he encourages his wife to send her out to work. Lucy begins work as a maid at a coaching inn called The Horn and Bugle near to Bessies home, where she also resides on the premises. But there, she discovers that light fingered hands are at work and she wants no part of it.Smithy, who works helping the ostlers at the inn, introduces her to Archie Ledbetter, a young street urchin, who is on the run from a chimney sweep who has been forcing him to...

Binding: Paperback;286 pages; Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP; Classification: N/A; Weight: 544.11 g; Dimensions: N/A

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