They said he was abandoned.
Forgotten.
Unwanted.
But five-year-old Percy knew better. Somewhere out there was a woman who sang lullabies with trembling hands and eyes full of sorrow. And maybe—just maybe—she never meant to let him go.
Thrown into a poorhouse and later into the choking air of a textile mill, Percy survives each day the only way he can. Through grit. Through hope. And through the memories of a smile he barely remembers.
Ida Carmichael had a heart full of sympathy and a head full of fire. While other girls dreamed of dances and suitors, she fought for factory rights and food on the tables of the workers her father treated. And somehow, in all the dust and noise, she never forgets the boy with coal-smudged cheeks and stubborn pride.
Their story spans years—filled with missed moments, clashing words, and one quiet truth: they need each other.
But fate has one final twist to deliver. A name. A carriage accident.
And a woman with stories of a boy she once held close...
Genre: Historical Romance
Forgotten.
Unwanted.
But five-year-old Percy knew better. Somewhere out there was a woman who sang lullabies with trembling hands and eyes full of sorrow. And maybe—just maybe—she never meant to let him go.
Thrown into a poorhouse and later into the choking air of a textile mill, Percy survives each day the only way he can. Through grit. Through hope. And through the memories of a smile he barely remembers.
Ida Carmichael had a heart full of sympathy and a head full of fire. While other girls dreamed of dances and suitors, she fought for factory rights and food on the tables of the workers her father treated. And somehow, in all the dust and noise, she never forgets the boy with coal-smudged cheeks and stubborn pride.
Their story spans years—filled with missed moments, clashing words, and one quiet truth: they need each other.
But fate has one final twist to deliver. A name. A carriage accident.
And a woman with stories of a boy she once held close...
Genre: Historical Romance
Used availability for Catherine James's Lost - The Unclaimed Child