Her heart may have been broken by love but it’s big enough to help those less fortunate than herself, and Nancy takes these unloved orphans in – but when one of them is accused of a serious crime, the neighbourhood turns against her. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. I enjoyed this final outing and though I read "A Thimble for Christmas" before this one, it was good to revisit with those chraracters post-Rockwood. Abandoned by their parents and left to fight for themselves, headstrong Rosalind Carey has no choice but to take charge of her younger brothers and sister in Devonshire’s grand Rockwood Castle.

I felt so sorry for dear Freddie though and perhaps his character would make for a good final book in the series.I liked the character of Dolly, her bravery, strength, a wise head on her shoulders and her adventurous spirit all melded together to make a rollicking good read.

Won't say who as I don't want to spoil anything for other readers, but I will say that if you are now thinking of starting this series you will not be disappointed. But Dolly isn't prepared for the life that awaits her away from the safety of her family shroud and soon she discovers that the streets are fraught with danger. Abandoned by their parents and left to fight for themselves, headstrong Rosalind Carey has no choice but to take charge of her younger brothers and sister in Devonshire's grand Rockwood Castle. Living hand to mouth and desperate to provide for the estate that depends on them, the Carey family are one debt away from ruin.The dark streets of London are the perfect place to hide from the world, and Patricia makes her living singing on the streets. Not sure if there are plans for more from the Rockwood Chronicles but I would really love to read more! Until the day comes when the dashing Piers Blanchard appears on their doorstep from Cornwall, claiming he is Rosalind's distant cousin and that Rockwood Castle is his. She is married with two grown-up children and four grandchildren, and now lives in Dorset on the beautiful Jurassic Coast with her husband.

The sixth and final installment of the Rockwood Chronicles focuses on the eldest of Rosalind Blanchard's children, Dolly.A most enjoyable final read and a fitting end, as being the sixth book I feel the series has run its course, particularly with the awful Felicia de Marney who I wished would have taken a stage dive long ago. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Asia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Middle East, Moldova, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South America, South East Asia, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, Virgin Islands (U.