Sunday’s Child

by Dilly Court Book 4 in the The Rockwood Chronicles series.

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Nancy Sunday was abandoned at an orphanage as a newborn and later taken into the Carey household by Rosalind. At eighteen she is loved as a member of the family, yet the mystery of her birth continues to shape her sense of belonging.

Sent to finishing school, Nancy enters London society and falls for the kind-hearted Freddie Ashton, whose wealthy family would oppose a match with a foundling. At the same time, the dangerous Gervase North pursues his own interest in her parentage, turning Nancy’s search for identity into a struggle over her future.

Nancy’s uncertain parentage has practical consequences because Victorian inheritance and marriage prospects depend heavily on recognised family status. Finishing school can teach manners but cannot manufacture a lineage acceptable to every wealthy household. Her investigation into her origins therefore becomes a search for legal and social security as well as personal identity.