The Orphan's Secret Song

They brought her to Bisset Row so she’d be safe, but The Row has its own secrets, its own troubles, and its own rules.

When Millie came home, Mama was already gone, and, her world was turned upside down. Strange men were talking about what would happen to her now. She didn’t know them, but they seemed to know her. In a matter of moments, Millie’s world changed forever. Handed over to Kath to be taken care of, Millie found herself with a warm bed and enough to eat for the first time in her life. But there was a darker side to her new home. A side she could only see the very edges of.

Allan grew up on Bisset Row. He always knew how it worked. Wealthy people came to enjoy themselves. Any pleasure they liked, at whatever cost. And all he and the people around him needed to do was keep The Row’s secrets, so everybody could enjoy a comfortable life. But as time went on, the weight of those secrets got heavier, the rewards less worth the cost.

Now, Allan and Millie find themselves fighting against the very place that’s meant to protect them. Trusting nobody but themselves, they need to escape before Bisset Row tears them apart.

The Orphan’s Secret Song is by turns heartwarming and tragic. The story of two lost souls, united against an unforgiving world. Told as only Hattie Finch could tell it. Fans of books like The Secret Child or The Hopeful Daughter’s Ordeal will love this new instalment in her growing “Moonlight and Fog” story collection.