The Lightfingered Lass

A gripping, gritty Victorian saga with a daring heroine

Reeks: The House of Help for Friendless Girls

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  • 'Quite
  • a
  • romp!'
  • Val
  • WoodNineteen-year
  • old
  • Nan
  • Turpin
  • is
  • in
  • trouble
  • again,
  • accused
  • of
  • stealing.
  • She’s
  • guilty.
  • Cast
  • out
  • by
  • her
  • family,
  • she
  • turns
  • to
  • the
  • House
  • of
  • Help
  • for
  • Friendless
  • Girls,
  • which
  • promises
  • Nan
  • a
  • fresh
  • start
  • it’s
  • the
  • House
  • or
  • gaol.She
  • and
  • warden
  • Hetty
  • immediately
  • clash,
  • but
  • Hetty
  • has
  • her
  • own
  • secrets
  • to
  • keep
  • her
  • busy.
  • With
  • her
  • sister
  • Amelia
  • drawing
  • ever
  • closer
  • to
  • their
  • dark
  • family
  • past,
  • will
  • Hetty
  • find
  • the
  • courage
  • to
  • reveal
  • the
  • truth
  • before
  • it’s
  • too
  • late?As
  • romance
  • blossoms
  • for
  • Nan
  • outside
  • of
  • the
  • House,
  • can
  • resist
  • her
  • lightfingered
  • ways
  • to
  • forge
  • a
  • future
  • for
  • herself?A
  • dramatic
  • and
  • compelling
  • Victorian
  • saga
  • for
  • fans
  • of
  • Val
  • Wood,
  • Emma
  • Hornby
  • and
  • Kitty
  • Neale.‘Compelling
  • and
  • heartwarming.
  • I
  • loved
  • the
  • sassiness
  • of
  • the
  • characters…
  • it’s
  • littered
  • with
  • interesting
  • historical
  • facts’
  • ?????
  • Reader
  • review‘I
  • really
  • enjoyed
  • this
  • book
  • and
  • loved
  • the
  • style
  • of
  • writing’
  • ?????
  • Reader review
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