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The River Maid
by Dilly Court
Book 1 in the The River Maid series.
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London, 1854. Twenty-year-old Essie Chapman works beside her father as a boatman in Limehouse, expecting that the Thames and the poverty of the riverside district will define her entire life. One night she ferries a stranger from a foreign ship to shore; he calls himself Raven and soon rents a room in the Chapman household.
Essie’s curiosity draws her into Raven’s concealed business and onto a vessel bound for the Australian penal colonies. Travelling with Raven and his cousin Alice, she confronts dangers far removed from London and begins a journey that will transform her understanding of family, loyalty and the world beyond the river.
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