Hallie Rubenhold

Henrietta Lightfoot, an orphan raised with her cousins, learns to fend for herself on the streets of eighteenth-century London as a courtesan, a gambler, and a feisty intellectual.

Mistress of My Fate

By the author of the book behind the BBC hit costume drama THE SCANDALOUS LADY W Georgian England, 1789. Under a cloud of scandal, Henrietta Lightfoot flees her home at Melmouth Park. She has little money and no worthwhile talents, for what use is a neat stitch and a pretty voice outside the drawing room? Without family support, her only hope of survival lies with the dashing but elusive Lord Allenham... In a desperate quest to find him, Henrietta embarks on a journey through Londonâe(tm)s debauched and glittering underworld, where she discovers more about her own mysterious past than she could have imagined. With the aid of new-found skills at the card table and on the stage, will Henrietta be able to turn her life around to become mistress of her fate?

Mistress of My Fate

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