This is a poignant story of a young woman's escape from her past.November, 1907: Hester Shaw is hidden away in a small London flat paid for by Alex, her wealthy married lover. When he persuades her to accompany his aunt on a trip to New York on the RMS Mauretania - on its maiden voyage - she meets a young steward, Charlie Barnes, who falls in love with her. This is her chance to put her shadowy past behind her and start afresh but the decision to leave Alex will prove disastrous. He is a very powerful senior policeman and he will stop at nothing to prevent her 'escape'.
- ISBN10 072786582X
- ISBN13 9780727865823
- Publish Date 19 October 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 May 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Severn House Publishers Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English