Hope Av Lesley Pearse

<p><b>From the bestselling author of <i>You''ll Never See Me Again</i> comes a compelling story about an old scandal and its consequences . . .<br><i><br>Her existence would be the ruin of her mother.</i></b><br><br>Baby Hope was the unfortunate proof of Lady Harvey''s adultery.<br><br>Smuggled out of a privileged aristocratic household to a nearby village, her true identity is kept secret as she grows up in the arms of the poor, but loving, Renton family.<br><br>When the day comes for Hope to pay her way, what could be more natural than being taken into service by the Harveys?<br><br>However, when she sees something she should not, she is blackmailed into leaving her beloved Rentons forever . . .<br><br>Destitute and on the streets of an unfriendly city, Hope''s courage and kindness sees her become a nurse destined for the horrific battlefields of the Crimea.<br><b><i><br>But will Hope ever come home and uncover the true story of her birth?</i></b><br><u><b><br>Praise for Lesley Pears