[Laes] Kindle The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1)
By Jennifer Donnelly
East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where
thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled
streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the
darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona
Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together
with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing
but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle,
save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams.But Fiona's life is shattered
when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly
everything-and everyone-she holds dear. Fearing her own death, she is
forced to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit propels
her rise from a modest West Side shop-front to the top of Manhattan's
tea trade. But Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, and to silence them,
she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly
