<P><B>''Vividly rendered'' </B><I>Historical Novel Society</I><br><br><B><I>''</I>A fantastic cast of characters'' </B><I>Goodreads</I><br><br><B>''Thoroughly absorbing'' </B><I>Goodreads </I><br>____________________<br><B><br>Growing up in fear of their cruel, drunken father, Olivia Bone and her siblings haven''t had an easy start in life. </B><br><br>But when Livvie''s fianc¿oe is killed at Ypres and he bequeaths her his house in Islington, it seems like the Bone family might finally escape the worst street in north London.<br><br>Though their new life is anything but settled, at least Livvie has good friends, and perhaps more than a friend in Lieutenant Lucas Black, her old boss at the Barratt''s Sweet Factory. Although they come from very different worlds, he never treats her as anything less than a lady. As they grow closer, she decides to enlist as a war nurse, hoping to help brave men like him in fighting for their country.<br><br>Livvie soon realises that her days as a factory