![]() ![]() I would recommend this book to lovers of historical fiction and Mary Hooper fans in general. With both her mother and father dead, she is an orphan and has to rely upon her own wits to make a living. As contacting the dead and materialising spirits become everyday occurrences for Velvet, her thoughts turn to her troublesome past - she's done some things she's not proud of, and she only hopes her new employer finds out nothing about it - her and the handsome assistant Velvet is quickly falling for.īut her fast-paced, exciting life is now not only distracted by desire, but confusion - is Madame Savoya all she seems? Will she ever get over her past? And will there ever be any room in her new life for love?Īnother exciting, romantic, yet action-packed story from Mary Hooper. Velvet is a laundress in a Victorian steam laundry. One day, Velvet gets promoted to a better job that will change her life forever, and ends up working for the glamorous Madame Savoya, and the controversial trade of the medium. ![]() She cares for the simple pleasures in life, such as a small room all to herself, her friend Lizzie, and working her hardest. Velvet is an orphan, a lowly working washer-woman at Ruffold's. ![]() Having read The Sign Of The Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper and voted it as one of my favourite historical fiction books, I jumped at the chance to review another book of hers. ![]()
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