Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced. Small town Illinois, 1870: “My stepfather was not particularly fond of me to begin with, and now that he’d found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth”Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of her child’s father and accepts her stepfather’s decision that the baby be born at a Poor Farm and discreetly adopted.Until an … and discreetly adopted.
Until an unused padded cell is opened and two small bodies fall out.
Nell is the only resident of the Poor Farm who is convinced the unwed mother and her baby were murdered, and rethinks her decision to abandon her own child to fate. But even if she manages to escape the Poor Farm with her baby she may have no safe place to run to.
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Bored me. Didn’t get past first 4 chapters.
It’s okay. A good page turner.
It was an OK story. Vivid and interesting at first but it felt like the ending was rushed. Certainly worth reading.
Really enjoyed this book and bought the next to finish the story.
Waiting for the next one in the series to be available.
Not for me. Tried but couldn’t get thru it.
Delves into historical fiction like none other.
It was a very interesting book, but it ended very abruptly…..I did not like that fact. Goodness — give the book a decent ending.
it was a ok book
An excellent read. Fresh characters, interesting, complex plot.
I enjoyed it. I ended up buying the other 2 books in the series and read them.
There is no ending to this book. You have to wait until the author completes the next book in the series. It was a predictable story and I’m certain of the story plots of the next book too. But, the characters were interesting.
Entertaining read. Like the writing style.
I enjoyed reading this book.
Very nice! Reminded me of Lauren Wittig’s works
I enjoyed reading this book very much – interesting story line
Presently reading the next book
Insights into historical treatment of gender, sexual taboos, social standing, and treatment of mentally challenged.
I finished this book and immediately bought the next one.
Only 4 stars because I wanted a happily ever after, not another book