The Gilded Lily
Winter, 1661.
Shy Sadie Appleby has never left her rural home. But one night she is rudely awoken by her older and bolder sister, Ella, who has robbed her employer and is on the run.
Together they flee to London, desperate to lose themselves in the teeming city. Ella, seduced by the glitter and glamour of city life, sets her sights on flamboyant man-about-town, Jay Whitgift, owner of The Gilded Lily -- a beauty parlour for the wives of the London gentry.
But nothing in the city is what it seems, least of all Jay Whitgift. And soon the sisters are threatened by a menace more sinister than the law.
Set in a brilliantly realised 17th Century London, The Gilded Lily is a novel about beauty and desire, about the stories we tell ourselves, and about how sisterhood can be both a burden and a saving grace.
Praise for The Gilded Lily:
“A heart-rending story of two sisters on the run, searching for a better life. Beautifully written and meticulously researched, the novel drew me straight into the teeming streets of Restoration London. An addictive, page-turning read.”
~ Mary Sharratt, author
“The Gilded Lily had me hooked from the first chapter even the first page... I loved it.”
~ Peeking Between The Pages
“Superb dialogue, steeped in contemporary language, adds credibility and atmosphere to this compelling tale which examines the ties that bind together siblings, the consequences of greed and ambition, the fickleness of fate and women's constant battle to survive in a man's world.”
~ Lancashire Evening Post
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