Forging the Shilling Girl (The Hudson Sagas #1)
Emma Hardwick

On the coffin ship from Dublin, in the final hours of the journey to England, Clare goes into labour.
Weakened and alone, the young, beleaguered mother gives birth near the quayside. Unable to look after the newborn, the child is bought for a single shilling by a curious gentleman, the industrialist Samuel Hudson.
What will happen to the young girl? What plans does Mr Hudson have for her?
Will the child thrive, or merely survive?
Also by Emma Hardwick
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