London, 1670. Eliza Rose is a prisoner. A mermaid. An orange seller. A lady's maid. A beautiful young woman with mysterious parentage. A page-turning historical novel for teen girls.
Fifteen-year-old Eliza Rose has come to the city to search for her father and a place to call home, but fate seems to be conspiring against her. Thown into the Clink Prison for stealing a pasty, she is rescued by a brash, grubby woman known as Old Ma Gwyn. Eliza's relief soon turns to horror, though, as she realises the kind of life her new benefactress has in mind for her.
Trapped in her house near Drury Lane, Eliza begins to despair - until Nell, Ma Gwyn's famed actress daughter and mistress of King Charles himself, takes Eliza under her wing and into a very different world of Court, parties and young gallants.
Will Eliza ever find out what she yearns to know - just where it is she truly belongs?
