Jennifer Donnelly- The Winter Rose

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It's 1900 and the East End of London is a dangerous place for a woman doctor at a time when such a thing is rare. But India Selwyn Jones, beautiful and headstrong, sees a real need for her knowledge in the back streets where women are dying of hunger and overwork.

It is in an opium den that India meets one of London's most notorious gangsters: Sid Malone - violent, criminal and also devastatingly attractive. India finds herself, against her will, being drawn ever closer to him, enticed by the flashes of a softer side beneath his gruff exterior.

The Winter Rose brings the beginning of the twentieth century vividly to life, drawing the reader into its underworld, its society and the shadows where the strict rules of the time blur into secret passions.

Praise for the Tea Rose

'Most seductive...the writing is so fluid you feel the author simply loves telling her story' FRANK MCCOURT

'I loved this vividly researched and wonderfuly rumbustious yarn - brilliantly told, great fun to read' SIMON WINCHESTER