Mal posso esperar para continuar a acompanhar a saga de Belle no próximo livro, ainda para mais tendo em conta o interessantíssimo período histórico que irá atravessar! Apesar de nos apresentar uma linguagem um pouco crua, nada habitual em Lesley Pearse e que poderá até chocar algumas almas mais sensíveis, admiro-a por não ter tido medo de o fazer!

Dehşete düşen Belle onun yetişmesinde büyük bir pay sahibi olan Mog'a olayı anlatsa da Belle'nin annsi Annie'nin yanlış davranış yüzünden katilin serbest şekilde dolaşmasına sebep oldukları gibi. Her father was away at sea and it was only when a neighbour saw Lesley and her brother playing outside without coats on that suspicion was aroused - their mother had been dead for some time.But when she witnesses one of the girls brutally strangled by a client, she is cast into a cruel, heartless world. Her mother, though misguided in her love, tries to protect her by hiding all evidence of Belle being present at the scene of the crime. I found that there was a lot of repetition in the book, which made it a lot longer than it needed to be. You can smell the stench, see the intense poverty, the depths of disappear, and understand why people were willing to do anything to survive.

Jimmy, o primeiro amor de Belle, que a conheceu antes de ser levada e que fará de tudo para a recuperar, juntamente com Mog, protectora de Belle, desde o seu nascimento. Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office. Belle (who was raised in a whorehouse), finally discovers the manner of the work the girls do upstairs by witnessing the murder of one of those girls. Lesley Pearse is the master of strong heroines struggling through difficult circumstances and Belle really is one of the strongest and passionate characters of any of her novels.

By this time Belle has been transported to Paris where she is sold to one Madame Sondheim’s brothel.