The Waterfront Lass - A gritty historical saga from AnneMarie Brear

The BRAND NEW gripping historical novel from Bestselling author AnneMarie Brear 

Wakefield 1870

On the banks of the River Calder, Meg Taylor struggles to care for her younger siblings and sick mother whilst her father is away working as a boatman on the canals. The slums where they live are rife with disease, and Meg longs for a different life, away from the grinding poverty, but she''ll never leave her family.

But with the canals slowly dying as trade moves to the railways, and with Meg''s father stubbornly holding onto the past, Meg fears her family''s future is going to get even bleaker. If only there was a way she could save them....

Christian Henderson is tired of the greed of his wealthy family. He sees the