Ladies of Carson Street – serie

An unputdownable historical saga set in Victorian Bath, where one woman must fight for freedom, friendship and a second chance. Perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson, Rosie Goodwin and Mary Wood. 📖✨From grieving widow...1851, England. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath she knew nothing about the only things she has left of him.To a new life as a madam…Knowing the debt collectors will arrive any moment, Louisa must leave everything she knows behind, and move to Bath. But left with no means of income, Louisa knows she has little choice but to return to but her old way of life. But this time, she’ll do it on her own terms – by turning her new home into a brothel for upper class gentleman. And she’s determined the horrors she was forced to endure in the past are not experienced by the girls she saves from the streets.Enlisting the help of Jacob Jackson, a quiet but feared boxer, to watch over the house, Louisa is about to embark on a life she never envisaged. Can she find the courage to forge this new path?The Widow's Vow is the first in a gripping and gritty Victorian saga series from the bestselling author of The Home Front Nurses, Rachel Brimble. Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as A Widow’s Vow.

A powerful and atmospheric saga set in the glitter and grit of Victorian Bath’s theatre world. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Mary Wood and Sarah Waters. 🎭A young girl’s dream…Bath, 1852. As a girl, Nancy Bloom would go to Bath’s Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. She longed to be a part of it all and when a man promised her parents he could find a role for Nancy in the theatre, they believed him.His lie and betrayal led to her ruin.A foundling’s ambition…Francis Carlyle is a theatre manager, a man with big dreams, who has finally shed the skin of his secret past as a foundling and is now rich, successful and in need of a new female star. Never in a million years did he think he'd find her standing on a table in one of Bath’s bawdiest pubs, entertaining its patrons with her exquisite voice.Nancy vowed never to trust a man again. Francis will do anything to make her his star. As they engage in a battle of wits and wills, can either survive with their hearts intact?The second in Rachel Brimble’s thrilling Victorian saga series, The Foundling’s Fortune, will whisk you away to the riotous, thriving underbelly of Victorian Bath.Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as Trouble for the Leading Lady.

A powerful and dramatic Victorian saga of ambition, love and scandal—perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Mary Wood and Sarah Waters. ✨He needs a wife...1853, Bath. Industrialist William Rose was a poor lad from the slums who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, but in order to achieve his greatest ambitions he must become the epitome of Victorian respectability: a family man.She has a plan...But the only woman who’s caught his eye is sophisticated beauty, Octavia Marshall, one of the notorious ladies of Carson Street. Though she was once born to great wealth and privilege, she’s hardly got the reputation he’s looking for, but she’s determined to invest her hard-earned fortune in Mr Rose’s mills and forge a new life as an entirely proper businesswoman.They strike a deal that promises them both what they desire the most, but William’s a fool if he thinks Octavia will be a conventional married woman, and she’s very much mistaken if she thinks their pasts won’t follow them wherever they go.In the third and final instalment of Rachel Brimble’s exciting Victorian saga series, The Ladies of Carson Street will open the doors on a thoroughly modern marriage – and William is about to get a lot more than he bargained for.Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as A Very Modern Marriage.

An unputdownable historical saga set in Victorian Bath, where one woman must fight for freedom, friendship and a second chance. Perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson, Rosie Goodwin and Mary Wood. 📖✨From grieving widow...1851, England. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath she knew nothing about the only things she has left of him.To a new life as a madam…Knowing the debt collectors will arrive any moment, Louisa must leave everything she knows behind, and move to Bath. But left with no means of income, Louisa knows she has little choice but to return to but her old way of life. But this time, she’ll do it on her own terms – by turning her new home into a brothel for upper class gentleman. And she’s determined the horrors she was forced to endure in the past are not experienced by the girls she saves from the streets.Enlisting the help of Jacob Jackson, a quiet but feared boxer, to watch over the house, Louisa is about to embark on a life she never envisaged. Can she find the courage to forge this new path?The Widow's Vow is the first in a gripping and gritty Victorian saga series from the bestselling author of The Home Front Nurses, Rachel Brimble. Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as A Widow’s Vow.

An unputdownable historical saga set in Victorian Bath, where one woman must fight for freedom, friendship and a second chance. Perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson, Rosie Goodwin and Mary Wood. 📖✨From grieving widow...1851, England. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath she knew nothing about the only things she has left of him.To a new life as a madam…Knowing the debt collectors will arrive any moment, Louisa must leave everything she knows behind, and move to Bath. But left with no means of income, Louisa knows she has little choice but to return to but her old way of life. But this time, she’ll do it on her own terms – by turning her new home into a brothel for upper class gentleman. And she’s determined the horrors she was forced to endure in the past are not experienced by the girls she saves from the streets.Enlisting the help of Jacob Jackson, a quiet but feared boxer, to watch over the house, Louisa is about to embark on a life she never envisaged. Can she find the courage to forge this new path?The Widow's Vow is the first in a gripping and gritty Victorian saga series from the bestselling author of The Home Front Nurses, Rachel Brimble. Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as A Widow’s Vow.

An unputdownable historical saga set in Victorian Bath, where one woman must fight for freedom, friendship and a second chance. Perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson, Rosie Goodwin and Mary Wood. 📖✨From grieving widow...1851, England. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath she knew nothing about the only things she has left of him.To a new life as a madam…Knowing the debt collectors will arrive any moment, Louisa must leave everything she knows behind, and move to Bath. But left with no means of income, Louisa knows she has little choice but to return to but her old way of life. But this time, she’ll do it on her own terms – by turning her new home into a brothel for upper class gentleman. And she’s determined the horrors she was forced to endure in the past are not experienced by the girls she saves from the streets.Enlisting the help of Jacob Jackson, a quiet but feared boxer, to watch over the house, Louisa is about to embark on a life she never envisaged. Can she find the courage to forge this new path?The Widow's Vow is the first in a gripping and gritty Victorian saga series from the bestselling author of The Home Front Nurses, Rachel Brimble. Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as A Widow’s Vow.

A powerful and atmospheric saga set in the glitter and grit of Victorian Bath’s theatre world. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Mary Wood and Sarah Waters. 🎭A young girl’s dream…Bath, 1852. As a girl, Nancy Bloom would go to Bath’s Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. She longed to be a part of it all and when a man promised her parents he could find a role for Nancy in the theatre, they believed him.His lie and betrayal led to her ruin.A foundling’s ambition…Francis Carlyle is a theatre manager, a man with big dreams, who has finally shed the skin of his secret past as a foundling and is now rich, successful and in need of a new female star. Never in a million years did he think he'd find her standing on a table in one of Bath’s bawdiest pubs, entertaining its patrons with her exquisite voice.Nancy vowed never to trust a man again. Francis will do anything to make her his star. As they engage in a battle of wits and wills, can either survive with their hearts intact?The second in Rachel Brimble’s thrilling Victorian saga series, The Foundling’s Fortune, will whisk you away to the riotous, thriving underbelly of Victorian Bath.Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as Trouble for the Leading Lady.

A powerful and atmospheric saga set in the glitter and grit of Victorian Bath’s theatre world. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Mary Wood and Sarah Waters. 🎭A young girl’s dream…Bath, 1852. As a girl, Nancy Bloom would go to Bath’s Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. She longed to be a part of it all and when a man promised her parents he could find a role for Nancy in the theatre, they believed him.His lie and betrayal led to her ruin.A foundling’s ambition…Francis Carlyle is a theatre manager, a man with big dreams, who has finally shed the skin of his secret past as a foundling and is now rich, successful and in need of a new female star. Never in a million years did he think he'd find her standing on a table in one of Bath’s bawdiest pubs, entertaining its patrons with her exquisite voice.Nancy vowed never to trust a man again. Francis will do anything to make her his star. As they engage in a battle of wits and wills, can either survive with their hearts intact?The second in Rachel Brimble’s thrilling Victorian saga series, The Foundling’s Fortune, will whisk you away to the riotous, thriving underbelly of Victorian Bath.Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as Trouble for the Leading Lady.

A powerful and dramatic Victorian saga of ambition, love and scandal—perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Mary Wood and Sarah Waters. ✨He needs a wife...1853, Bath. Industrialist William Rose was a poor lad from the slums who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, but in order to achieve his greatest ambitions he must become the epitome of Victorian respectability: a family man.She has a plan...But the only woman who’s caught his eye is sophisticated beauty, Octavia Marshall, one of the notorious ladies of Carson Street. Though she was once born to great wealth and privilege, she’s hardly got the reputation he’s looking for, but she’s determined to invest her hard-earned fortune in Mr Rose’s mills and forge a new life as an entirely proper businesswoman.They strike a deal that promises them both what they desire the most, but William’s a fool if he thinks Octavia will be a conventional married woman, and she’s very much mistaken if she thinks their pasts won’t follow them wherever they go.In the third and final instalment of Rachel Brimble’s exciting Victorian saga series, The Ladies of Carson Street will open the doors on a thoroughly modern marriage – and William is about to get a lot more than he bargained for.Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as A Very Modern Marriage.

A powerful and dramatic Victorian saga of ambition, love and scandal—perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Mary Wood and Sarah Waters. ✨He needs a wife...1853, Bath. Industrialist William Rose was a poor lad from the slums who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, but in order to achieve his greatest ambitions he must become the epitome of Victorian respectability: a family man.She has a plan...But the only woman who’s caught his eye is sophisticated beauty, Octavia Marshall, one of the notorious ladies of Carson Street. Though she was once born to great wealth and privilege, she’s hardly got the reputation he’s looking for, but she’s determined to invest her hard-earned fortune in Mr Rose’s mills and forge a new life as an entirely proper businesswoman.They strike a deal that promises them both what they desire the most, but William’s a fool if he thinks Octavia will be a conventional married woman, and she’s very much mistaken if she thinks their pasts won’t follow them wherever they go.In the third and final instalment of Rachel Brimble’s exciting Victorian saga series, The Ladies of Carson Street will open the doors on a thoroughly modern marriage – and William is about to get a lot more than he bargained for.Readers love Rachel Brimble’s captivating historical sagas:‘Heart-warming yet gritty and gripping… Compelling reading.’ Lizzie Lane‘Fantastic!’ Rosie Clarke‘Heartwarming! … Hard to put down!’ Patricia McBride‘Skilled and vivid storytelling.’ May Ellis‘Absolutely 10/10! Amazing storyline and loved the characters and setting.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A hopeful story about friendship and learning to trust. I love stories about women who strive for their own goals in life independent of men and who understand the joy and security of close female friendships.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Previously published as A Very Modern Marriage.

Bath, 1852. As a girl, Nancy Blume would go to Bath's Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. She longed to be a part of it all and when a man promised her parents he could find a role for Nancy in the theatre, they believed him.His lie and betrayal led to her ruin.Francis Carlyle is a theatre manager, an ambitious man always looking for the next big thing to take the country by storm. A self-made man, Francis has finally shed the skin of his painful past and is now rich, successful and in need of a new female star. Never in a million years did he think he'd find her standing on a table in one of Bath's bawdiest pubs.Nancy vowed never to trust a man again. Francis will do anything to make her his star. As they engage in a battle of wits and wills, can either survive with their hearts intact?The second in Rachel Brimble's thrilling new Victorian saga series, Trouble for the Leading Lady will whisk you away to the riotous, thriving underbelly of Victorian Bath.