The characterizations are not as strong as they could be and veer towards stereotype. James men are dangerous and stalwart, the women are gentle and kind. The urchin and the aristocrat triumph together with the help of the other urchins. Enter an aristocrat who is both attractive and makes the urchin leery. Plot Summary (All): A plucky and determined urchin has built a safe, good life. A group of four friends – don’t worry, Sykes isn’t one of them – have survived and escaped Victorian London’s rookeries and built better lives for themselves in fact, owing to an aristocratic kinship of one of their circle and the enterprise of another, they now rub shoulders with the wealthiest and most powerful people in England. There is an Oliver, a Feagan, a Dodger, a Sykes, and a Nancy. James series has this through line, as well an homage to Oliver Twist. Every romance author has a through line to her work and Lorraine Heath’s is damaged people finding strength in each other and themselves to persevere and succeed.
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