Lady lightfingers
Janet Woods (Author)
Raised in the slums in 1850s London, Celia Laws is a rarity, an educated young woman whose creative skills have attracted notice. But with family to care for, circumstances have driven her to pickpocketing. In Celia{u2019}s harsh world, it{u2019}s a small step from picking pockets to prostitution. When a young man offers her a fortune to spend a week with him, she takes the money and runs. But Celia{u2019}s conscious can{u2019}t allow her to forget the money she stole, and she is soon brought face-to-face with her past
Print Book, English, 2011
First world edition View all formats and editions
Severn House, Sutton, Surrey, England, 2011
Romance
236 pages ; 23 cm
9780727880567, 9781847513670, 072788056X, 1847513670
712116175
A novel of Victorian England
Raised in the slums in 1850s London, Celia Laws is a rarity, an educated young woman whose creative skills have attracted notice. But with family to care for, circumstances have driven her to pickpocketing. In Celia's harsh world, it's a small step from picking pockets to prostitution. When a young man offers her a fortune to spend a week with him, she takes the money and runs. But Celia's conscious can't allow her to forget the money she stole, and she is soon brought face-to-face with her past . .