VelvetVelvet is a laundress in a Victorian steam laundry. With both her mother and father dead, she is an orphan and has to rely upon her own wits to make a living. The laundry's work is back-breaking and Velvet is desperate to create a better life for herself. Then Velvet is noticed by Madame Savoya, a famed medium, who asks Velvet to come to work for her. Velvet is dazzled at first by the young yet beautifully dressed and bejewelled Madame. But soon Velvet realises that Madame Savoya is not all that she says she is, and Velvet's very life is in danger . . . A romantic and thrillingly exciting new novel from an acclaimed and much loved historical writer for teens. |
Contents
Chapter One | 1 |
Chapter Two | 14 |
Chapter Three | 28 |
Chapter Four | 44 |
Chapter Six | 65 |
Madame Savoyas First Private Sitting | 75 |
Madame Savoyas First Private Sitting | 100 |
Madame Savoyas First Private Sitting | 125 |
Madame Savoyas Second Private Sitting | 175 |
Chapter Eleven | 182 |
Madame Savoyas Second Private Sitting | 192 |
Chapter Twelve | 201 |
Madame Savoyas Third Private Sitting | 212 |
Chapter Thirteen | 218 |
Madame Savoyas Third Private Sitting | 231 |
Madame Savoyas Third Private Sitting | 243 |
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