Samantha Bell knows how to survive in the shadows.
Every morning before dawn, she walks the streets of Whitechapel with her bamboo rod and pocketful of dried peas, tapping on windows to wake labourers before the city stirs. It is lonely, dangerous work, but it is honest—and it is hers.
Until one false accusation takes everything from her.
Hunted by a furious man who claims she helped rob him, Samantha flees with nowhere to go. Her only refuge is a flower seller, Violet, whom she stumbles upon in Covent Garden. But hiding as herself is impossible. So Violet offers the only solution she can: the clothes of her dead brother, Billy.
With her hair cut short, her figure bound, and her name changed to Sam, Samantha disappears into a young man’s life.
Then she finds work with Adam Talbot, a night soil collector whose grim trade takes them through London’s darkest courts while the rest of the city sleeps. Adam is steady, kind, capable—and far too easy to love.
But Adam believes Sam is a lad.
The closer Samantha grows to him, the more dangerous her secret becomes. Every shared laugh, every act of tenderness, every dream Adam offers for the future pulls her deeper into a lie she cannot keep—and a truth she is terrified to tell.
For if Adam discovers who she really is, Samantha may lose not only her safety…
…but the only man who has ever made her dream of a life beyond fear.
If you enjoy evocative and emotional Victorian historical romances, you’ll love Sophie Winsor’s tale of disguise, survival, and the courage it takes to be loved as one’s true self.
Genre: Historical Romance
Every morning before dawn, she walks the streets of Whitechapel with her bamboo rod and pocketful of dried peas, tapping on windows to wake labourers before the city stirs. It is lonely, dangerous work, but it is honest—and it is hers.
Until one false accusation takes everything from her.
Hunted by a furious man who claims she helped rob him, Samantha flees with nowhere to go. Her only refuge is a flower seller, Violet, whom she stumbles upon in Covent Garden. But hiding as herself is impossible. So Violet offers the only solution she can: the clothes of her dead brother, Billy.
With her hair cut short, her figure bound, and her name changed to Sam, Samantha disappears into a young man’s life.
Then she finds work with Adam Talbot, a night soil collector whose grim trade takes them through London’s darkest courts while the rest of the city sleeps. Adam is steady, kind, capable—and far too easy to love.
But Adam believes Sam is a lad.
The closer Samantha grows to him, the more dangerous her secret becomes. Every shared laugh, every act of tenderness, every dream Adam offers for the future pulls her deeper into a lie she cannot keep—and a truth she is terrified to tell.
For if Adam discovers who she really is, Samantha may lose not only her safety…
…but the only man who has ever made her dream of a life beyond fear.
If you enjoy evocative and emotional Victorian historical romances, you’ll love Sophie Winsor’s tale of disguise, survival, and the courage it takes to be loved as one’s true self.
Genre: Historical Romance
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