About the Book:
He needs a wife...
Manchester industrialist William Rose was a poor lad from the slums who pulled
himself up by his bootstraps, but in order to achieve his greatest ambitions he
must become the epitome of Victorian respectability: a family man.
She has a plan...
But the only woman who's caught his eye is sophisticated beauty Octavia Marshall,
one of the notorious ladies of Carson Street. Though she was once born to great
wealth and privilege, she's hardly respectable, but she's determined to invest
her hard-earned fortune in Mr Rose's mills and forge a new life as an entirely
proper businesswoman.
They strike a deal that promises them both what they desire the most,
but William's a fool if he thinks Octavia will be a conventional married woman,
and she's very much mistaken if she thinks the lives they once led won't follow
them wherever they go.
Our
Review: In this historical take on Pretty
Woman, multi-published and vastly talented author Rachel Brimble brings
sensitivity and in-depth research to the plight of homeless women and children
in 19th century England and the routes they were forced to take in
order to survive. Octavia, brave and self-directed, will let no one and nothing
stand in her way. If that means living alone and lonely, so be it. In his own
way, William is the of the same mind. How lucky for them they came together and
flourished. This is a joy to read!
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