An intelligent slum-dwelling teenage girl takes drastic measures to survive when her father throws her out of her home in this spellbinding historical sagaPoplar London Fourteen-year-old Victoria Keats is horrified when her father demands that she go to work for wealthy Mr Preston x everyone knows why he takes young girls into his house But her violent father whoxs never let her forget shexs not the son he wanted wonxt listen to her concerns x and when she stands up for herself he throws her out of their dingy little house in the slumsIntelligent book-loving Vicki vows to make her father regret this day but she is all alone in the world Despite her courage and quick wits it seems likely she will starve x until two men both complete strangers provide her with no-strings-attached helpAs Vickixs life improves beyond all recognition she canxt help but fixate on the mystery of these two good Samaritans who were they And why did they help her She determines to find the men and thank them but tracking them down may be harder x and more life-changing x than she thinks.
