Victorian Romance: The Orphan’s Christmas Eve (A Family Saga Novel) - E-book - ePub

When you're poor, young, and beautiful. London is your enemy. Anna Lowry is orphaned young and quickly learns that life is cruel. On a bitterly cold Christmas Eve, her employer rips her clothes and assaults her. When his wife comes home, Anna is the one who takes the blame. But worse is yet to come. And it comes in the form of a dashing and untrustworthy rogue. James March. He makes her feel safe.
She should have known it was a lie. Anna finds herself at La Sirene. A brothel. Anna never thought she'd find comfort working as a maid in a brothel. But it is better than what the other girls have to do. But one day.When the new owner sees her youth and beauty. Anna knows she is in danger. She will need to escape. Alone and afraid, she heads north. But you're never really alone.James March is back.
He frightens her. He intrigues her. And he wants her to the point of madness. What scares Anna most is that she wants him, too. But can an orphaned maid find true happiness with a man so different from her, especially at Christmas?And can she ever feel safe with him if she does?When you're poor, young, and beautiful. London is your enemy. Anna Lowry is orphaned young and quickly learns that life is cruel.
On a bitterly cold Christmas Eve, her employer rips her clothes and assaults her. When his wife comes home, Anna is the one who takes the blame. But worse is yet to come. And it comes in the form of a dashing and untrustworthy rogue. James March. He makes her feel safe. She should have known it was a lie. Anna finds herself at La Sirene. A brothel. Anna never thought she'd find comfort working as a maid in a brothel.
But it is better than what the other girls have to do. But one day.When the new owner sees her youth and beauty. Anna knows she is in danger. She will need to escape. Alone and afraid, she heads north. But you're never really alone.James March is back. He frightens her. He intrigues her. And he wants her to the point of madness. What scares Anna most is that she wants him, too. But can an orphaned maid find true happiness with a man so different from her, especially at Christmas?And can she ever feel safe with him if she does?