Bow Belles

A compelling and emotional saga of family, romance and secrets

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  • A
  • young
  • girl’s
  • search
  • for
  • her
  • mother
  • brings
  • danger
  • and
  • romance Young
  • Kate
  • Browning
  • was
  • beginning
  • to
  • find
  • the
  • strain
  • almost
  • too
  • hard
  • to
  • bear.
  • With
  • her
  • mother
  • Florrie
  • missing,
  • and
  • her
  • spineless
  • father
  • no
  • use
  • at
  • all,
  • it
  • fell
  • to
  • Kate
  • to
  • look
  • after
  • the
  • family.
  • But
  • life
  • in
  • East
  • London
  • at
  • the
  • end
  • of
  • the
  • nineteenth
  • century
  • had
  • never
  • been
  • easy,
  • and
  • with
  • her
  • cruel
  • half-brother
  • Alex
  • becoming
  • more
  • and
  • more
  • difficult,
  • she
  • despaired
  • of
  • ever
  • seeing
  • her
  • beloved
  • mother
  • again.Her
  • fortunes
  • change
  • when
  • one
  • day,
  • searching
  • for
  • Florrie
  • around
  • the
  • docks,
  • she
  • meets
  • a
  • friendly
  • face
  • in
  • the
  • form
  • of
  • John
  • Kelly,
  • a
  • cheery
  • Irishman
  • who
  • rescues
  • her
  • from
  • a
  • tricky
  • situation.
  • Together
  • with
  • his
  • grandparents,
  • John
  • reminds
  • her
  • how
  • good
  • life
  • can
  • be
  • and
  • she
  • soon
  • dreams
  • of
  • happiness
  • with
  • him.But
  • the
  • dark
  • shadow
  • of
  • Alex
  • hangs
  • over
  • her
  • still,
  • and
  • when
  • he
  • learns
  • of
  • her
  • new
  • friendship,
  • his
  • cruelty
  • slides
  • into
  • madness.
  • Harbouring
  • unnatural
  • desires
  • for
  • his
  • beautiful
  • half-sister,
  • he
  • will
  • never
  • allow
  • the
  • Irishman
  • to
  • take
  • her
  • away
  • but
  • Kate
  • has
  • inherited
  • her
  • mother’s
  • spirit
  • as
  • well
  • as
  • her
  • looks,
  • and
  • vows
  • to
  • forge
  • her
  • own
  • way:
  • discovering
  • what
  • became
  • of
  • Florrie,
  • and
  • giving
  • herself
  • a
  • deserved
  • chance
  • of
  • love…Bow
  • Belles
  • is
  • an
  • unputdownable
  • saga
  • from
  • a
  • master
  • of
  • the
  • genre,
  • sure
  • to
  • enthral
  • readers
  • of
  • Dilly
  • Court,
  • Sally
  • Warboyes,
  • and
  • Katie Flynn.
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