Historical Fiction

While Lilly works in her father's apothecary preparing herbs and remedies, she never stops thinking of her mother who abandoned them when she was still a girl. Everyone in town whispers about what happened, but no one says anything to her and her father...

Simon Belleville is an ambitious convert from Judaism who longs to become a member of Parliament. One night at a brothel, he meets a starving, mistreated girl. Although the last thing he needs is a scandal, he brings her to his home. Christine...