Publisher's Synopsis
In the wake of losing both her parents, young Joanna believed Bernard Woods was the solution to all her problems. It's only after her baby, Della, is born that Joanna discovers Bernard is a scoundrel and a drunkard, more interested in gambling than in caring for his little family.
When Bernard's past catches up to him and Joanna finds him dead, police suspect she was the one who drove the knife into his heart. She has no choice but to take her baby and flee into the perilous streets of Victorian London, where children are a commodity and women a convenience... Joanna feels anything is possible as long as she has Della. But when the baby is torn from her arms, everything falls apart. Only her new friend, handsome street peddler Riley, offers her any hope. Can she survive the prejudice and chaos of the most notorious city of its time?
