Thursday 1 October 2020

The Widow of Red Lion Row

 

In the slums of London, she’ll do almost anything to survive …



It has been a long time coming, but landing on virtual shelves in January 2021 is 
"The Widow Of Red Lion Row."

London, 1810. Margaret Forsythe never expected to become a condom maker. But she is a widow, and due to her late husband, she has lost everything. Now she has been exiled to the filth of Southwark, with no money or means of survival. Never again will she be beholden to a man.

But when her situation becomes dire, she has little choice but to throw herself on the mercy of the dangerously handsome brothel owner, Charles Grimsby. 

Charles’s prostitutes need condoms to avoid venereal disease – and so, torn between morality and poverty, Margaret begins to manufacture them, using animal gut and ribbons. Will this new enterprise be her salvation, or her ultimate ruin?

Set in the grimy vice ridden streets of Southwark, London in 1810 - "The Widow of Red Lion Row" is a full length romance like no other. Gone are the glittering diamonds and gowns of upper echelon society, replaced with filthy hems and worn out boots. 

"The Widow of Red Lion Row" gives a raw insider's look into the darker side of Regency England. I hope the fans of my Regency Diaries will enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it...